Elizabeth McGovern


Birthday: July 18, 1961

The daughter of educators, Elizabeth McGovern moved from her home town of Evanston, Illinois to Los Angeles when her father, a law professor at Northwestern, transferred to UCLA. Discovered for the movies while appearing in a high-school play, McGovern made an impressive screen debut as the girlfriend of emotionally disturbed teenager Timothy Hutton in the Oscar-winning Ordinary People ...more
  • 1981
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  • New Star of the Year
  • Ragtime
  • nom
  • 1981
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Ragtime
  • nom


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