Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Acting

Born July 18, 1961 · Evanston, Illinois, USA

Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actress. In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in her first film, Ordinary People, in…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Acting(88)

2025Talamasca: The Secret OrderHelen

2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleCora Crawley

2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf

2024And Mrs.Margaret

2022Downton Abbey: A New EraCora Crawley

2019War of the WorldsHelen Brown

2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSelf

2019Downton AbbeyCora Crawley

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019JFK Jr. and Carolyn's Wedding: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)

2019The ChaperoneNorma

2018The CommuterKaren MacCauley

2017The WifeElaine Mozell

2016Showing RootsShirley

2016The Queen At 90Narrator

2015UnexpectedCarolyn

2015SwungDolly Adams

2015Woman in GoldJudge Florence-Marie Cooper

2014Civil War: The Untold StoryNarrator (voice)

2014The KumarsSelf

2012Screen GoddessesNarrator

2012Cheerful Weather for the WeddingMrs. Thatcham

2011Angels CrestJane

2011Wallis Simpson: The Secret LettersWallis Simpson (Voice)

2010Downton AbbeyCora Crawley

2010Kick-AssMrs. Lizewski

2010Clash of the TitansMarmara

200910 Minute TalesEx-Wife

2009Modern FamilyCalifornia Mom (archive footage)

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2008InconceivableTallulah 'Tutu' Williams

2008A Room with a ViewMrs Honeychurch

2007A Room with a ViewMrs Honeychurch

2007DaphneEllen Doubleday

2006Three Moons Over Milford

2006The TruthDonna

2004Big Fat QuizSelf - Guest

2004Remembering RagtimeEvelyn Nesbit (archive footage)

2003The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire

2003Thursday the 12thCandice Hopper

2002Buffalo SoldiersMrs. Berman

2001HawkinsSusie Hawkins

2001The Flamingo RisingEdna Lee

2000The House of MirthMrs. Carry Fisher

2000ManilaElizabeth

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitFaith Sutton

1999Loose WomenSelf

1999The Scarlet PimpernelMarguerite Blakeney

1998The Misadventures of MargaretTill Turner

1998The Man with Rain in His ShoesDiane

1997CloverSara Kate

1997The Wings of the DoveSusan Stringham

1996The Summer of Ben TylerCelia Rayburn

1996Broken GlassMargaret Hyman

1995If Not for YouJessie Kent

1995Broken TrustJanice Dillon

1995Wings of CourageNoëlle Guillaumet

1994The FavorEmily

1993The ChangelingBeatrice-Joanna

1993Me and VeronicaFanny

1993King of the HillLydia

1992Tales from HollywoodHelen Schwartz

1991AshendenAileen Somerville

1991PerformanceHelen Schwartz

1990Tune in Tomorrow...Elena Quince

1990Women and Men: Stories of SeductionVicki (segment "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt")

1990A Shock to the SystemStella Anderson

1990The Handmaid's TaleMoira

1989Johnny HandsomeDonna McCarty

1989Tales from the CryptLaura Kendall

1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDame Celia Westholme

1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf

1988She's Having a BabyKristy Briggs

1987The Bedroom WindowDenise

1986Native SonMary Dalton

1984Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White

1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaDeborah

1984Racing with the MoonCaddie Winger

1983LovesickChloe Allen

1982Faerie Tale TheatreSnow White

1982American PlayhouseMary Dalton

1981RagtimeEvelyn Nesbit

1981Chytilová Versus FormanSelf

1980Ordinary PeopleJeannine Pratt

1979California Fever

1967OmnibusSelf

1951Hallmark Hall of FameCelia