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.
Elizabeth Marvel | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 27, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Obie Awards (1998, 2000, and 2005) |
Early life and education
editMarvel 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]
Career
editSince 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]
Personal life
editMarvel 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
edit| Year | Title | Role | Theater | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| TBA | G20 | TBA | Post-production |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2012–2021[18] | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun | 14 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" |
References
edit- ^ a b "Elizabeht Marvel biography". Playbill. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ Healy, Patrick (March 14, 2010). "Plunging into Uncharted Depths of Character". The New York Times.
- ^ Salisbury, Vanita (March 10, 2010). "20 Questions: Elizabeth Marvel Has Balls". New York.
- ^ Del, John (February 26, 2010). "Elizabeth Marvel, Actor". Gothamist. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ Cote, David (September 24, 2008). "Elizabeth Marvel profile". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ "Elizabeth Marvel on Shakespeare, Picnic and the Fun of Playing 'Tenacious' Women". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Stratford Festival Archives | Details".
- ^ "Off-Broadway's Highest Honor: 1998 Award Winners". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Off-Broadway's Highest Honor: 2000 Award Winners". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ "Off-Broadway's Highest Honor: 2005 Award Winners". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ Cozby, Paul. "Billy Elliot nabs Drama Desk Best Musical". About.com theater. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ "Elizabeth Marvel: True Grit Actress". Right Cinema. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011.
- ^ "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women'". American Masters. PBS. December 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 18, 2013). "Elizabeth Marvel to star in CW's Blink". Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (27 July 2016). "'Homeland': Elizabeth Marvel Cast As U.S. President-Elect In Season 6". Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ^ "Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp". The New York Times. 2004-09-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ "Elizabeth Marvel Lives on a Farm in Vermont". YouTube. October 16, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Ori, Jack (January 21, 2021). "Law & Order: SVU Season 22 Episode 6 Review: The Long Arm of the Witness". TV Fanatic.