Elizabeth McGovern

Her mother was an English teacher and her father was a law professor at UCLA. Studied with acting teacher Jared Sakren. Was a student at Juilliard when she accepted the role of Jeannine Pratt in Robert Redford's Ordinary People (1980), her feature-film debut. Dated and was briefly engaged to Sean Penn after meeting him on the set of Racing With the Moon (1984). Lives in London. Dabbles in music as the singer-songwriter of the acoustic band Sadie and the Hotheads. ~ Rovi