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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

G20
2025
as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth
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
2023
as Miss Millie
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
2022
Director
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
2021
as (segment "In the Air")
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
2021
Director, Screenplay
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
2021
as Celice Adkins
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
2021
as Deb Anderson
A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automatic weapons.

News of the World
2020
as Mrs. Gannett
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
2020
as Katherine Conrad
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their con...

Dark Waters
2019
as Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
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
2019
as Mrs. Dalton
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
2018
as Sophie
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)
2017
as Jean Meyerowitz
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Easy Living
2017
as Abby
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
2017
as Gloria Davis
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

The Phenom
2016
as June Epland
A rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.

The Congressman
2016
as Rae Blanchard
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
2015
as Connie Conway
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
2015
as Launch Announcer
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
2014
as Mrs. Rose
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
2012
as Missy
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
2012
as Mrs. Jolly
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
2012
as Dr. Connie Dowd
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Somewhere Tonight
2011
as Martha
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
2010
as 40-Year-Old Mattie
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
2010
as Pia
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
2010
as Elka Gold
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
2010
as Edie Deyarmin
Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio.

A Dog Year
2009
as Margo
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
2008
as Ma Wilder
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
2008
as Warehouse Realtor
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
2008
as Sandy Pfarrer
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
2008
as Louisa May Alcott
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
2008
as Tonya Honeycutt
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
2005
as Kelli
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
Thoughts and Prayers
N/A
as Nancy
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
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...