Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel

1969-11-27 Los Angeles, California, USA 38 Credits

Biography

Elizabeth Marvel is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on The District, Solicitor General Heather Dunbar on House of Cards, and President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland. Film roles include Burn After Reading; Synecdoche, New York; True Grit; Lincoln; and The Meyerowitz Stories.

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G20

G20

2025

as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth

6.5
Acting

After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family ...

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

2023

as Miss Millie

7.1
Acting

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately find...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2022

Director

7.4
Directing

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

as (segment "In the Air")

4.0
Acting

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

Director, Screenplay

4.0
Directing Writing

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

Being Dead

Being Dead

2021

as Celice Adkins

5.0
Acting

Being Dead The film adaptation of Jim Crace's award-winning novel that follows a mid-life couple's effort to rekindle their marriage by traveling bac...

All the Little Things We Kill

All the Little Things We Kill

2021

as Deb Anderson

4.0
Acting

A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automatic weapons.

News of the World

News of the World

2020

as Mrs. Gannett

7.0
Acting

A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

Swallow

Swallow

2020

as Katherine Conrad

6.6
Acting

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their con...

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

2019

as Dr. Karen Frank (voice)

7.5
Acting

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the pr...

Native Son

Native Son

2019

as Mrs. Dalton

5.5
Acting

A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life ...

The Land of Steady Habits

The Land of Steady Habits

2018

as Sophie

5.5
Acting

After leaving his wife and his job to find happiness, Anders begins a clumsy, heartbreaking quest to reassemble the pieces of his fractured life.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

as Jean Meyerowitz

6.5
Acting

An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Easy Living

Easy Living

2017

as Abby

4.8
Acting

Sherry Graham, a self-destructive makeup saleswoman, hopes a new man and business venture will provide her a fresh start. After her plans are foiled, ...

Gifted

Gifted

2017

as Gloria Davis

8.0
Acting

Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

The Phenom

The Phenom

2016

as June Epland

5.5
Acting

A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.

The Congressman

The Congressman

2016

as Rae Blanchard

6.2
Acting

Maine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out a...

Consumed

Consumed

2015

as Connie Conway

5.4
Acting

When Sophie's son, Garrett, develops a mysterious illness, she embarks on a search for answers. This leads her into the controversial world of Genetic...

Aloha

Aloha

2015

as Launch Announcer

5.5
Acting

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling f...

A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

2014

as Mrs. Rose

6.6
Acting

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the live...

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson

2012

as Missy

5.2
Acting

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the ...

Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

as Mrs. Jolly

6.9
Acting

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

2012

as Dr. Connie Dowd

6.2
Acting

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Somewhere Tonight

Somewhere Tonight

2011

as Martha

6.9
Acting

Somewhere Tonight is an urban fable that tells the story of two lonely New Yorkers trying to find companionship over an adult chat phone line. John Tu...

True Grit

True Grit

2010

as 40-Year-Old Mattie

7.3
Acting

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Ma...

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

2010

as Pia

6.2
Acting

Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief followi...

Holy Rollers

Holy Rollers

2010

as Elka Gold

5.8
Acting

Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.

Goldstar, Ohio

Goldstar, Ohio

2010

as Edie Deyarmin

Acting

Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio.

A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009

as Margo

6.2
Acting

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answer...

The Guitar

The Guitar

2008

as Ma Wilder

5.5
Acting

The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months...

Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008

as Warehouse Realtor

7.6
Acting

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as ...

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

2008

as Sandy Pfarrer

6.7
Acting

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money f...

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

2008

as Louisa May Alcott

7.0
Acting

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until th...

Pretty Bird

Pretty Bird

2008

as Tonya Honeycutt

5.0
Acting

A comic tale of three would-be entrepreneurs who set out to invent a rocket belt. The clash of their mismatched personalities soon dissolves the busin...

The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

2005

as Kelli

6.1
Acting

A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.

Devoted

N/A

as Kay

Acting

Thoughts and Prayers

N/A

as Nancy

Acting

A teenage girl decides to stage a musical reenactment of a tragedy that took place at her high school 10 years ago.

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

N/A

Acting

Tim Blake Nelson's latest directorial effort follows a teacher in an abusive marriage who takes a job at a maximum security prison, where she falls fo...