Elizabeth Marvel

Known for: Acting

Born: 1969-11-27 (age 56)

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969) 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.

Filmography (64)

MOVIE★ 6.7
Disclosure Day
2026
as Sister Maura
MOVIE
Run Amok
2026
as Nancy
MOVIE★ 6.3
G20
2025
as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth
TV★ 7.8
Presumed Innocent
2024
as Lorraine Horgan
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Color Purple
2023
as Miss Millie
TV★ 7.8
Love & Death
2023
as Jackie Ponder
TV★ 6.8
Mrs. Davis
2023
as Celeste Abbott
TV★ 7.3
The Dropout
2022
as Noel Holmes
MOVIE★ 4.0
With/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "In the Air")
MOVIE★ 5.0
Being Dead
2021
as Celice Adkins
MOVIE★ 4.0
All the Little Things We Kill
2021
as Deb Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.9
News of the World
2020
as Mrs. Gannett
TV★ 6.7
Helstrom
2020
as Victoria Helstrom
MOVIE★ 6.6
Swallow
2020
as Katherine Conrad
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dark Waters
2019
as Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Unbelievable
2019
as Judith
MOVIE★ 5.5
Native Son
2019
as Mrs. Dalton
TV★ 7.6
Manifest
2018
as The Major
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Land of Steady Habits
2018
as Sophie
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017
as Jean Meyerowitz
MOVIE★ 4.8
Easy Living
2017
as Abby
MOVIE★ 8.0
Gifted
2017
as Gloria Davis
TV★ 7.0
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Phenom
2016
as June Epland
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Congressman
2016
as Rae Blanchard
MOVIE★ 5.5
Consumed
2015
as Connie Conway
MOVIE★ 5.5
Aloha
2015
as Launch Announcer
MOVIE★ 6.6
A Most Violent Year
2014
as Mrs. Rose
TV★ 8.3
Fargo
2014
as Constance Heck
TV★ 7.0
King & Maxwell
2013
as Kelly Nelson
TV★ 8.0
House of Cards
2013
as Heather Dunbar
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Missy
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lincoln
2012
as Mrs. Jolly
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as Cassandra Walker
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Connie Dowd
TV★ 8.1
The Newsroom
2012
as Sharon
TV★ 7.6
Homeland
2011
as Elizabeth Keane
TV★ 8.1
Person of Interest
2011
as Alicia Corwin
MOVIE★ 6.9
Somewhere Tonight
2011
as Martha
MOVIE★ 7.3
True Grit
2010
as 40-Year-Old Mattie
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Other Woman
2010
as Pia
MOVIE★ 5.7
Holy Rollers
2010
as Elka Gold
MOVIE
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
as Edie Deyarmin
TV★ 3.6
Past Life
2010
as Lynn Sampels
TV★ 8.2
White Collar
2009
as Dr. Mara Summers
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Lauren Chatham
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Dog Year
2009
as Margo
TV★ 7.1
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Ginny Flynn
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Guitar
2008
as Ma Wilder
MOVIE★ 7.5
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Warehouse Realtor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Burn After Reading
2008
as Sandy Pfarrer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
2008
as Louisa May Alcott
MOVIE★ 4.9
Pretty Bird
2008
as Tonya Honeycutt
TV★ 7.5
30 Rock
2006
as Emily
TV★ 7.1
Kidnapped
2006
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dying Gaul
2005
as Kelli
TV★ 7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sylvia Moon
TV★ 6.8
The District
2000
as Nancy Parras
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Rita Calhoun
TV★ 7.5
A Will of their Own
1998
as Diana
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Amy Marshall
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Ms. Grubman
MOVIE
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
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MOVIE
Devoted
—
as Kay