Acting

Elizabeth Marvel

Born 1969-11-27 · 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.

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