Elizabeth Marvel

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Elizabeth Marvel
Born (1969-11-27) November 27, 1969 (age 54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children1
Awards Obie Awards (1998, 2000, and 2005)

Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969) [1] is an American actress. [2] [3] [4] Her more 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 (alongside husband Bill Camp); and The Meyerowitz Stories . She also had a recurring role in season 2 of the FX series Fargo and the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable . She also played "The Major" in the series Manifest .

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Early life and education

Marvel was born in Los Angeles, California, [1] and was raised in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. She trained at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and then the Juilliard School.

Career

Since the early 1990s she has appeared in off-Broadway plays. [5]

Marvel appeared in many stage productions throughout her career. Her first professional role was as Isabella in Measure for Measure at Canada's Stratford Festival in 1992. [6] [7] She has won Obie Awards for her work in Thérèse Raquin and Misalliance (1998), [8] A Streetcar Named Desire (2000) [9] and Hedda Gabler (2005). [10] She returned to the role she originated Off-Broadway of Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities , which was played by Rachel Griffiths in its Broadway premiere. In 2009, for her performance in Fifty Words, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play. [11]

Marvel first gained widespread attention on television, with her four seasons playing the regular role of Nancy Parras in the CBS series The District (2000–04). She played a variety of guest and recurring roles on Lights Out , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Nurse Jackie , Person of Interest , 30 Rock , The Good Wife , and The Newsroom .

In film, Marvel has appeared in Burn After Reading (2008), directed by the Coen brothers, and in True Grit (2010), [12] as the adult Mattie Ross. She appeared in The Bourne Legacy (2012), Lincoln (2012), and Hyde Park on Hudson (2012).

In 2009 she played Louisa May Alcott in scenes from the writer's life in the documentary profile "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'" that aired on the PBS series American Masters . [13]

In 2013, she was cast as lead in the CW family drama pilot Blink, opposite John Benjamin Hickey. [14] She was noted for portraying Heather Dunbar in Netflix's political drama House of Cards . In 2016, she was cast as President-elect Elizabeth Keane for the sixth and seventh seasons of Showtime drama series Homeland . [15]

Personal life

Marvel married actor Bill Camp on September 4, 2004. The couple have one child, a son born in 2007. [16] Marvel revealed on Live with Kelly and Ryan on October 16, 2020, that she has been living with her family on a farm in Vermont. [17]

Theater

YearTitleRoleTheaterNotes
1992 The Seagull Understudy - MashaBroadway - Lyceum
1993 Saint Joan Duchesse de la Tremoulle, Understudy - JoanBroadway - Lyceum
1996 Taking Sides Emmi StraubeBroadway - Brooks Atkinson
1997 An American Daughter Quincy QuinceBroadway - Cort
2000Lydie BreezeLydie BreezeBroadway - New York Theatre Workshop
2005 Seascape SarahBroadway - Booth
2008 Top Girls MarleneBroadway - Biltmore
2012 Other Desert Cities Brooke WyethBroadway - Booth Replacement
2013 Picnic Rosemary SydneyBroadway - American Airlines
2019 King Lear Goneril Broadway - Cort
2022 Long Day's Journey into Night Mary TyroneOff-Broadway - Minetta Lane Theatre
2023Sabbath's TheaterDrenka, and othersOff-Broadway - The Pershing Square Signature Center

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Ten Hundred KingsCaroline Shepard
2005 The Dying Gaul Kelli Cartonis
2008 The Guitar Ma Wilder
Pretty Bird Tonya Honeycutt
Synecdoche, New York Warehouse Realtor
Burn After Reading Sandy Pfarrer
2009 A Dog Year Margo
The Other Woman Piaaka Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (UK title)
2010 Holy Rollers Elka Gold
Goldstar, OhioEdie DeyarminShort film
True Grit 40-year-old Mattie RossNarrator
2011 Somewhere Tonight Martha
2012 The Bourne Legacy Dr. Connie Dowd
Hyde Park on Hudson Missy
Living in the Age of SurveillanceAlicia Corwin
Lincoln Mrs. Jolly
2014 A Most Violent Year Mrs. Rose
2015 Aloha Natalie
Consumed Connie Conway
Peacock KillerSheriffShort film
2016Happy BabyTheo's Mom
The Congressman Rae Blanchard
The Phenom June Epland
2017 Easy Living Abby
Gifted Gloria Davis
The Meyerowitz Stories Jean
2018 The Land of Steady Habits Sophie Ashford
2019 Native Son Mrs. Dalton
Swallow Katherine Conrad
Dark Waters Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
All the Little Things We KillDeb Anderson
2020 News of the World Ella Gannett
Being Dead Celice Adkins
2021 With/In: Volume 2 Segment: "In the Air"; also director and writer
2023 The Color Purple Miss Millie
TBA G20 Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 As the World Turns PhotographerEpisode: "#1.10590"
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Amy MarshallEpisode: "Abduction"
A Will of Their Own DianaMiniseries, Episode: "#1.1"
1999 New York Undercover Eve FlemmingEpisode: "Catharsis"
2000–2004 The District Officer / Det. Nancy Parras88 episodes
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sylvia MoonEpisode: "Art"
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jenny HendryEpisode: "Prisoner"
2007 Kidnapped Madeleine2 episodes: "Acknowledgement" and "Resolution"
2008–2009 Law & Order Defense Attorney Grubman2 episodes: "Called Home" and "Exchange"
2009 30 Rock EmilyEpisode: "Jackie Jormp-Jomp"
The Good Wife Lauren ChathamEpisode: "Home"
American Masters Louisa May Alcott Episode: "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'"
2009–2010 Nurse Jackie Ginny Flynn3 episodes
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. FrantzEpisode: "Savior"
Past Life Lynn Sampels2 episodes: "Saint Sarah" and "Regressing Henry"
2011 Lights Out Margaret Leary9 episodes
2012 The Newsroom SharonEpisode: "We Just Decided To"
2012–2015 Person of Interest Alicia Corwin7 episodes
2012–2021 [18] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun14 episodes
2013 King & Maxwell Kelly NelsonEpisode: "Pilot"
Betrayal JanetEpisode: "...Nice Photos"
BlinkHelen TraskUnsold TV pilot
White Collar Dr. Mara SummersEpisode: "Controlling Interest"
Elementary Cassandra WalkerEpisode: "Tremors"
2014–2016 House of Cards Heather Dunbar23 episodes
2015 Fargo Constance Heck5 episodes
2017–2018 Homeland President Elizabeth Keane24 episodes
2019 Unbelievable JudithMiniseries, 4 episodes
2019–2020 Manifest Kathryn Fitz / The Major8 episodes
2020 Helstrom Victoria Helstrom / KtharaMain character; 10 episodes
2022 The Dropout Noel HolmesMiniseries, 6 episodes
2023 Mrs. Davis Celeste AbbotMiniseries, 5 episodes
Love & Death Jackie PonderMiniseries, 4 episodes
2024 Presumed Innocent Lorraine HorganMiniseries, 8 episodes

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