Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwriter. In 1992, she married English producer and director Simon Curtis. They and their two daughters, Matilda Lee,16 and Grace Wilkie,11 live in Chiswick, London.
McGovern was born in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Katharine Woolcot (née Watts), a high school teacher, and William Montgomery McGovern, a university professor. Her fam...
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Elizabeth McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwriter. In 1992, she married English producer and director Simon Curtis. They and their two daughters, Matilda Lee,16 and Grace Wilkie,11 live in Chiswick, London.
McGovern was born in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Katharine Woolcot (née Watts), a high school teacher, and William Montgomery McGovern, a university professor. Her family moved to Los Angeles, where her father accepted a position with UCLA. Elizabeth McGovern is the elder sister of novelist and writer, Cammie McGovern.
McGovern started acting in plays while attending North Hollywood High School. Agent Joan Scott saw her performance in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she take acting lessons. McGovern followed her advice and studied, first at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and then at The Juilliard School in New York City.
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