Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth Lee McGovernis 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, Once Upon A Time In America, The Handmaid's Taleand The Wings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth18 July 1961
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.
I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.
I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.
I have a terrible sense of direction.
My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.
It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.
In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.
In London, I take the Tube everywhere.
I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.
I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.
I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.
It's very tough when two creative people are together.
My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.
North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.