External links
- Elizabeth Marvel at IMDb
- Elizabeth Marvel at the Internet Broadway Database
- Elizabeth Marvel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
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| Born | November 27, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Children | 1 |
| 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 .
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.[ citation needed ]
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 .[ citation needed ]
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).[ citation needed ]
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]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes |
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| 1992 | The Seagull | Understudy - Masha | Broadway - Lyceum | |
| 1993 | Saint Joan | Duchesse de la Tremoulle, Understudy - Joan | Broadway - Lyceum | |
| 1996 | Taking Sides | Emmi Straube | Broadway - Brooks Atkinson | |
| 1997 | An American Daughter | Quincy Quince | Broadway - Cort | |
| 2000 | Lydie Breeze | Lydie Breeze | Broadway - New York Theatre Workshop | |
| 2005 | Seascape | Sarah | Broadway - Booth | |
| 2008 | Top Girls | Marlene | Broadway - Biltmore | |
| 2012 | Other Desert Cities | Brooke Wyeth | Broadway - Booth | Replacement |
| 2013 | Picnic | Rosemary Sydney | Broadway - American Airlines | |
| 2019 | King Lear | Goneril | Broadway - Cort | |
| 2022 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Tyrone | Off-Broadway - Minetta Lane Theatre | |
| 2023 | Sabbath's Theater | Drenka, and others | Off-Broadway - The Pershing Square Signature Center | |
| 2025 | Five Models in Ruins, 1981 | Roberta | Off-Broadway - Lincoln Center |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Ten Hundred Kings | Caroline 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 | Pia | aka Love and Other Impossible Pursuits (UK title) | |
| 2010 | Holy Rollers | Elka Gold | |
| Goldstar, Ohio | Edie Deyarmin | Short film | |
| True Grit | 40-year-old Mattie Ross | Narrator | |
| 2011 | Somewhere Tonight | Martha | |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Dr. Connie Dowd | |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | Missy | ||
| Living in the Age of Surveillance | Alicia Corwin | ||
| Lincoln | Mrs. Jolly | ||
| 2014 | A Most Violent Year | Mrs. Rose | |
| 2015 | Aloha | Natalie | |
| Consumed | Connie Conway | ||
| Peacock Killer | Sheriff | Short film | |
| 2016 | Happy Baby | Theo'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 Kill | Deb 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 | |
| 2025 | G20 | Joanna Worth | |
| TBA | Devoted | TBA | Post-production [18] |
| The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd | TBA | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | As the World Turns | Photographer | Episode: "#1.10590" |
| 1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Amy Marshall | Episode: "Abduction" |
| A Will of Their Own | Diana | Miniseries, Episode: "#1.1" | |
| 1999 | New York Undercover | Eve Flemming | Episode: "Catharsis" |
| 2000–2004 | The District | Officer / Det. Nancy Parras | 88 episodes |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sylvia Moon | Episode: "Art" |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jenny Hendry | Episode: "Prisoner" |
| 2007 | Kidnapped | Madeleine | 2 episodes: "Acknowledgement" and "Resolution" |
| 2008–2009 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Grubman | 2 episodes: "Called Home" and "Exchange" |
| 2009 | 30 Rock | Emily | Episode: "Jackie Jormp-Jomp" |
| The Good Wife | Lauren Chatham | Episode: "Home" | |
| American Masters | Louisa May Alcott | Episode: "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'" | |
| 2009–2010 | Nurse Jackie | Ginny Flynn | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Frantz | Episode: "Savior" |
| Past Life | Lynn Sampels | 2 episodes: "Saint Sarah" and "Regressing Henry" | |
| 2011 | Lights Out | Margaret Leary | 9 episodes |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Sharon | Episode: "We Just Decided To" |
| 2012–2015 | Person of Interest | Alicia Corwin | 7 episodes |
| 2012–2025 [19] | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun | 15 episodes |
| 2013 | King & Maxwell | Kelly Nelson | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Betrayal | Janet | Episode: "...Nice Photos" | |
| Blink | Helen Trask | Unsold TV pilot | |
| White Collar | Dr. Mara Summers | Episode: "Controlling Interest" | |
| Elementary | Cassandra Walker | Episode: "Tremors" | |
| 2014–2016 | House of Cards | Heather Dunbar | 23 episodes |
| 2015 | Fargo | Constance Heck | 5 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Homeland | President Elizabeth Keane | 24 episodes |
| 2019 | Unbelievable | Judith | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Manifest | Kathryn Fitz / The Major | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Helstrom | Victoria Helstrom / Kthara | Main character; 10 episodes |
| 2022 | The Dropout | Noel Holmes | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Celeste Abbot | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| Love & Death | Jackie Ponder | Miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent | Lorraine Horgan | Miniseries, 8 episodes |
| Law & Order | Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun | Episode: "The Perfect Man" |
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