Elizabeth McGovern

Born 1961 · American actress

Elizabeth Lee McGovern is an American actress. She has received three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Satellite Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, among numerous other career plaudits and honors.

Elizabeth McGovern, in order

1. 1980 Ordinary People: acted · directed by Robert Redford
2. 1981 Ragtime: acted · directed by Miloš Forman · critics 85%, audiences 77%
3. 1983 Lovesick: acted · directed by Marshall Brickman
4. 1984 Once Upon a Time in America: acted · directed by Sergio Leone · critics 87%, audiences 93% · streaming on Prime Video, Plex, Tubi
5. 1984 Racing with the Moon: acted · directed by Richard Benjamin · critics 89%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
6. 1986 Native Son: acted · directed by Jerrold Freedman
7. 1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam: acted · directed by Bill Couturié
8. 1987 The Bedroom Window: acted · directed by Curtis Hanson
9. 1988 She's Having a Baby: acted · directed by John Hughes
10. 1989 Johnny Handsome: acted · directed by Walter Hill
11. 1990 A Shock to the System: acted · directed by Jan Egleson · critics 69%, audiences 61% · streaming on Philo, Roku Channel, Kanopy
12. 1990 The Handmaid's Tale: acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
13. 1990 Tune in Tomorrow: acted · directed by Jon Amiel
14. 1993 King of the Hill: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh
15. 1994 The Favor: acted · directed by Donald Petrie
16. 1995 Broken Trust (TV movie): acted · directed by Geoffrey Sax
17. 1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler (TV movie): acted · directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
18. 1996 Wings of Courage: acted · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
19. 1997 Clover (TV movie): acted · directed by Jud Taylor
20. 1997 The Wings of the Dove: acted · directed by Iain Softley · critics 84%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hoopla
21. 1998 The Man with Rain in His Shoes: acted · directed by Maria Ripoll
22. 1998 The Misadventures of Margaret: acted · directed by Brian Skeet
23. 1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series): acted
24. 2000 Manila: acted · directed by Romuald Karmakar
25. 2000 The House of Mirth: acted · directed by Terence Davies
26. 2001 Buffalo Soldiers: acted · directed by Gregor Jordan
27. 2001 The Flamingo Rising: acted · directed by Martha Coolidge
28. 2006 The Truth: acted · directed by George Milton
29. 2006 Three Moons Over Milford (TV series): acted
30. 2007 Daphne (TV movie): acted · directed by Clare Beavan
31. 2008 Appointment with Death (TV movie): acted · directed by Ashley Pearce
32. 2008 Inconceivable: acted · directed by Mary McGuckian
33. 2010 Clash of the Titans: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 27%, audiences 40%
34. 2010 Downton Abbey (TV series): acted · directed by Andy Goddard and Brian Kelly · critics 92%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock
35. 2010 Kick-Ass: acted · directed by Matthew Vaughn · critics 78%, audiences 81% · streaming on Fawesome
36. 2011 Angels Crest: acted · directed by Gaby Dellal · critics 22%, audiences 38% · streaming on Hoopla
37. 2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding: acted · directed by Donald Rice
38. 2015 The Woman in Gold: acted · directed by Simon Curtis
39. 2015 Unexpected: acted · directed by Kris Williams
40. 2016 Our Queen at Ninety: acted · directed by Ashley Gething
41. 2017 The Wife: acted · directed by Björn Runge · critics 85%, audiences 76%
42. 2018 The Chaperone: produced, acted · directed by Michael Engler
43. 2018 The Commuter: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · critics 55%, audiences 41%
44. 2019 Downton Abbey: acted · directed by Michael Engler · critics 85%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix
45. 2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era: acted · directed by Simon Curtis · critics 87%, audiences 97% · streaming on Netflix
46. 2024 And Mrs: acted
47. 2025 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale: acted · directed by Simon Curtis · critics 91%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix