Elizabeth McGovern

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elizabeth McGovern
Occupation	Tv Actress
Date Of Birth	Jul 18, 1961(1961-07-18)
Age	63
Birthplace	Evanston
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Cancer

Elizabeth McGovern Biography

Elizabeth McGovern is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on July 18, 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Academy Award winner of the 1980 Best Supporting Actress for the film Ragtime. She also was Cora the Countess of Grantham in the hit show Downton Abbey.

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Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film, television, and theater actor, and musician. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the 1981 film Ragtime. She is also known for her performance as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in the British drama series Downton Abbey, for which she has been nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. Her other films include Ordinary People (1980), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Handmaid’s Tale (1990), The Wings of the Dove (1997) and The Chaperone (2018).

Agent Joan Scott saw her performance in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, was impressed by her talent, and recommended she take acting lessons. McGovern studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and studied toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama at the Juilliard School in New York City as a member of Group 12 from 1979 to 1981.

She got married to Simon Curtis in 1992.

Elizabeth McGovern Net Worth

Elizabeth McGovern is one of the richest Tv Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elizabeth McGovern 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was in her college days when she landed the role in her first film Ordinary People.

In addition to theatre and films She also wrote songs for the group Sadie and the Hotheads.

McGovern appeared in a number of films in the 21st century, including Woman in Gold, a drama starring Helen Mirren.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Elizabeth McGovern height 5 ft 9 in Elizabeth weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Elizabeth McGovern Dating?

According to our records, Elizabeth McGovern married to Simon Curtis. As of December 1, 2023, Elizabeth McGovern’s is not dating anyone.

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McGovern co-starred with Kevin Bacon in a romantic comedy, She’s Having a Baby, directed by John Hughes, and starred in the thriller The Bedroom Window, directed by Curtis Hanson. She teamed with Michael Caine in 1990’s A Shock to the System, a comic mystery about a man who plots the murder of his wife.

Facts & Trivia

Elizabeth Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Elizabeth McGovern celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.

In a 1994 comedy, The Favor, McGovern played a woman who cheats on her boyfriend (played by Brad Pitt) by becoming her married best friend’s proxy in a tryst with a man the friend has fantasized about.

What is Elizabeth McGovern best known for?

McGovern was met with further international attention for her portrayal of Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in the British drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.

Was Elizabeth McGovern engaged to Sean Penn?

Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern has reflected on her career in acting, and the path she could have taken had she married former partner Sean Penn. The former couple met on the set of their 1984 film Racing with the Moon, and soon after they fell in love and got engaged when Elizabeth was 23.

Where is Elizabeth McGovern now?

McGovern later married British director Simon Curtis, 62 (Cranford), left her hometown of Los Angeles, spurned some blockbuster roles (“No regrets!”) and moved to the posh, veddy olde-English London neighborhood of Chiswick. Now she plays Cora, wife of Lord Grantham, in Downton Abbey: A New Era, directed by Curtis.

How old was Elizabeth McGovern in Downton Abbey?

61 years (July 18, 1961)

What happens to Lady Grantham in Downton Abbey?

Yes, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham does die in Downton Abbey: A New Era. As hinted at the end of the first Downton Abbey film, Violet Crawley is nearing the end of her life and spends the second film causing mischief and teasing about her past.