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Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an
American movie and theater actress. She was born
in Evanston, Illinois. Later her family moved to
Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, where her
father, a university professor, accepted a
position with UCLA. 

McGovern started acting in plays in high school.
Agent Joan Scott saw her performance in The Skin
of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, was impressed by
her talent, and recommended that she take acting
lessons. McGovern followed her advice and studied,
first at the American Conservatory Theatre in San
Francisco, and then at The Juilliard School in New
York City.

While studying at this school, she was offered in
1980 a part in her first movie, Ordinary People,
in which she played the girlfriend of troubled
teenager Timothy Hutton. It was also Robert
Redford's first film as director. The movie won
four Academy Award|Oscars. The next year she
earned an Academy Award nomination as Best
Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the
19th-century actress Evelyn Nesbit in the movie
Ragtime (movie)|Ragtime. The following years she
completed her education as an actress at the
American Conservatory Theatre and at The Juilliard
School, and began to act in theater plays, first
off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. Since
then she has continued performing on stage between
film assignments rather than concentrating on
becoming a film star. As a movie actress, big-eyed
and slightly baby-faced McGovern has given
preference to eccentric roles over those parts
typically tailored for actresses of her age.
Besides film|cinema and theater, she has also
played in several television films.

In 1992 she married English producer and director
Simon Curtis, with whom she currently lives in
London, together with their two daughters.

==Filmography==

*Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
*The Flamingo Rising (2001) 
*The House of Mirth (2000) 
*Thursday the 12th (2000)  
*Manila (2000)  
*The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)  
*Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998) 
*The Misadventures Of Margaret (1998)  
*The Wings of the Dove (1997) 
*Clover (1997) 
*Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
*Broken Trust (1995) 
*Wings of Courage (1995)  
*The Changeling (film)|The Changeling (1994)  
*The Favor (1994) 
*King of the Hill (1993) 
*Me and Veronica (1992)
*Ashenden, Part 2 (1991)
*Tune in Tomorrow (1990) 
*Women and Men (1990)  
*A Shock to the System (1990)  
*The Handmaid's Tale (1990) 
*Johnny Handsome (1989) 
*She's Having a Baby (1988) 
*The Bedroom Window (1987) 
*Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) 
*Native Son (1986)
*Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 
*Racing with the Moon (1984)
*Lovesick (1983)
*Ragtime (movie)|Ragtime (1981)
*Heaven's Gate (movie)|Heaven's Gate (1981) 
*Ordinary People (1980)

==External links==
*http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001527/ The Internet
Movie Database: Elizabeth McGovern