American actress Elizabeth McGovern mostly received only supporting roles, which she played brilliantly, and was even nominated for an Oscar as the best supporting actress in the drama "Ragtime." She worked not only in the venues of Hollywood, but also in the best theaters of New York, as well as on British television. The actress gained the greatest popularity after filming in the English series "Downton Abbey."
Elizabeth McGovern Biography
The future actress was born in a family of academics in Illinois in 1961. When the girl was 10 years old, her father joined the work at the University of California at Los Angeles. In high school, Elizabeth woke up interest in acting, and she began to study its basics in North Hollywood. As McGovern said in an interview: "North Hollywood is not exactly the Hollywood that everyone knows. This is absolutely not the glamorous part of Los Angeles."
Education and creativity Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth later studied acting at a school at the American Conservatory in San Francisco, and then at the prestigious Juilliard School of New York, until the talented girl was noticed by an agent: "Such changes in life marked the beginning of my stellar career." So Elizabeth McGovern got her first significant role as girlfriend Timothy Hatton in the Oscar-winning motion picture of Robert Radford's "Ordinary People" (1980). Thanks to the magnificent game, she was nominated for an Academy Award after embodying the image of the American scandalous model of the 20th century Evelyn Nesbit in the film "Ragtime." According to McGovern, it was an honor for her to play one of the most popular personalities of the last century.
The actress appeared in the gangster movie "Once Upon a Time in America" with Robert De Niro, played the role of the girlfriend of the hero Mickey Rourke in "Beauty Johnny", and also performed on the screen the image of the companion of the hero Brad Peet in the "Service".
In addition to working in films, Elizabeth McGovern played in theaters in New York. According to the actress, the stage experience helped her take a different look at her profession: "Hollywood never suited me. I felt uncomfortable there."
A few years later, the actress met with the English director Simon Curtis, who invited Elizabeth to participate in a television film produced by the Air Force.
McGovern played in the famous English series Poirot, Downton Abbey, the drama Woman in Gold, the thriller Passenger.
