About
| Birth Notes: | 18 July 1961, Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Family: | * Simon Curtis (12 December 1992 - present); 2 children |
| Biography: | Daughter of a law professor at Northwestern, she moved with her family to Los Angeles when he transferred to UCLA. She began acting in school plays at North Hollywood High, graduated from The Oakwood School and then continued her stage training at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the drama division of The Juilliard School in New York. Following a pleasant screen debut in Robert Redford 's Oscar-winning Ordinary People (1980), McGovern gave a great performance as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime (1981) for which she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. She has continued performing on stage between film assignments rather than concentrate on being a film star. |
Filmography
| A Shock to the System (1990) as Stella Anderson |
| Clash of the Titans (2010) as Marmara |
| Inconceivable (2008) as Tallulah 'Tutu' Williams |
| Kick-Ass (2010) as Mrs. Lizewski |
| King of the Hill (1993) as Lydia |
| Once Upon a Time in America (1984) as Deborah Gelly |
| Ordinary People (1980) as Jeannine |
| The Handmaid's Tale (1990) as Moira |
| Buffalo Soldiers (2001) as Mrs. Berman |
| Drift (2010) |
| Johnny Handsome (1989) as Donna McCarty |
| Last Year's Model (1980) |
| Lovesick (1983) as Chloe Allen |
| Manila (2000) as Elizabeth |
| Me and Veronica (1993) as Fanny |
| Native Son (1986) as Mary Dalton |
| Racing with the Moon (1984) as Caddie Winger |
| Ragtime (1981) as Evelyn Nesbit |
| She's Having a Baby (1988) as Kristy Briggs |
| The Bedroom Window (1987) as Denise |
| The Favor (1994) as Emily |
| The House of Mirth (2000) as Mrs. Carry Fisher |
| The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998) as Diane |
| The Misadventures of Margaret (1998) as Till Turner |
| The Truth (2006) as Donna |
| The Wings of the Dove (1997) as Susan 'Susie' Stringham |
| Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) as Elena Quince |
| Wings of Courage (1995) as Noëlle Guillaumet |
Trivia
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* Her younger sister Cammie McGovern is a novelist, whose latest novel [2006] is "Eye Contact." * Dropped out of college when she was studying acting at Julliard in order to accept the ingenue role in Ordinary People (1980). * As a young actress on the New York stage, McGovern was required in one play to pray over some candles that were set on a bed. Realizing that the bed had caught fire halfway through her monologue, McGovern kept talking while trying to pat out the flames. She thought she had the situation pretty well under control, when firefighters suddenly arrived onstage to clear the theater. * Measurements: 34B-23-32 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) * Was engaged to Sean Penn after falling in love on the set of Racing with the Moon (1984). * Has a brother, Monty. * Sings and plays guitar in her own band "Sadie And The Hotheads". * Has lived in West London (UK) since 1992. |
Quotes
| * On careers other than acting: "I probably would have become a veterinarian, or I might have lived on a ranch somewhere and raised horses, or I might have become more serious about painting, or I might have worked in a Burger King." |
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