Elizabeth Marvel

Biography

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Law & Order

Disclosure Day

Homeland

Person of Interest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (37)

• Disclosure Day2026 · as Sister Maura
• Run Amok2026 · as Nancy
• G202025 · as Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth
• The Color Purple2023 · as Miss Millie
• With/In Volume 22021 · as (segment "In the Air")
• Being Dead2021 · as Celice Adkins
• All the Little Things We Kill2021 · as Deb Anderson
• News of the World2020 · as Mrs. Gannett
• Swallow2020 · as Katherine Conrad
• Dark Waters2019 · as Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
• Native Son2019 · as Mrs. Dalton
• The Land of Steady Habits2018 · as Sophie
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)2017 · as Jean Meyerowitz
• Easy Living2017 · as Abby
• Gifted2017 · as Gloria Davis
• The Phenom2016 · as June Epland
• The Congressman2016 · as Rae Blanchard
• Consumed2015 · as Connie Conway
• Aloha2015 · as Launch Announcer
• A Most Violent Year2014 · as Mrs. Rose
• Hyde Park on Hudson2012 · as Missy
• Lincoln2012 · as Mrs. Jolly
• The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Dr. Connie Dowd
• Somewhere Tonight2011 · as Martha
• True Grit2010 · as 40-Year-Old Mattie
• The Other Woman2010 · as Pia
• Holy Rollers2010 · as Elka Gold
• Goldstar, Ohio2010 · as Edie Deyarmin
• A Dog Year2009 · as Margo
• The Guitar2008 · as Ma Wilder
• Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Warehouse Realtor
• Burn After Reading2008 · as Sandy Pfarrer
• Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women2008 · as Louisa May Alcott
• Pretty Bird2008 · as Tonya Honeycutt
• The Dying Gaul2005 · as Kelli
• Devoted— · as Kay
• The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd—

All TV Shows (30)

• Presumed Innocent2024 · as Lorraine Horgan
• Love & Death2023 · as Jackie Ponder
• Mrs. Davis2023 · as Celeste Abbott
• The Dropout2022 · as Noel Holmes
• Helstrom2020 · as Victoria Helstrom
• Unbelievable2019 · as Judith
• Manifest2018 · as The Major
• The $100,000 Pyramid2016 · as Self
• Fargo2014 · as Constance Heck
• King & Maxwell2013 · as Kelly Nelson
• House of Cards2013 · as Heather Dunbar
• Elementary2012 · as Cassandra Walker
• The Newsroom2012 · as Sharon
• Homeland2011 · as Elizabeth Keane
• Person of Interest2011 · as Alicia Corwin
• Past Life2010 · as Lynn Sampels
• White Collar2009 · as Dr. Mara Summers
• The Good Wife2009 · as Lauren Chatham
• Nurse Jackie2009 · as Ginny Flynn
• 30 Rock2006 · as Emily
• Kidnapped2006
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Sylvia Moon
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Jenny Hendry
• The District2000 · as Nancy Parras
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Rita Calhoun
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Frantz
• A Will of their Own1998 · as Diana
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Amy Marshall
• Law & Order1990 · as Ms. Grubman
• Law & Order1990 · as Rita Calhoun