Elizabeth Marvel
Acting • Born 1969-11-27
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.
Filmography
67 credits
Burn After Reading
Movie • 2008
Sandy Pfarrer
A Dog Year
Movie • 2009
Margo
True Grit
Movie • 2010
40-Year-Old Mattie
The Bourne Legacy
Movie • 2012
Dr. Connie Dowd
Lincoln
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Jolly
Somewhere Tonight
Movie • 2011
Martha
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie • 2012
Missy
The Color Purple
Movie • 2023
Miss Millie
A Most Violent Year
Movie • 2014
Mrs. Rose
G20
Movie • 2025
Treasury Secretary Joanna Worth
Consumed
Movie • 2015
Connie Conway
Aloha
Movie • 2015
Launch Announcer
The Dying Gaul
Movie • 2005
Kelli
The Other Woman
Movie • 2010
Pia
Pretty Bird
Movie • 2008
Tonya Honeycutt
The Guitar
Movie • 2008
Ma Wilder
Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Warehouse Realtor
Holy Rollers
Movie • 2010
Elka Gold
The Phenom
Movie • 2016
June Epland
Easy Living
Movie • 2017
Abby
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie • 2017
Jean Meyerowitz
The Land of Steady Habits
Movie • 2018
Sophie
Gifted
Movie • 2017
Gloria Davis
The Congressman
Movie • 2016
Rae Blanchard
Goldstar, Ohio
Movie • 2010
Edie Deyarmin
Native Son
Movie • 2019
Mrs. Dalton
Swallow
Movie • 2020
Katherine Conrad
All the Little Things We Kill
Movie • 2021
Deb Anderson
Dark Waters
Movie • 2019
Dr. Karen Frank (voice)
News of the World
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Gannett
Being Dead
Movie • 2021
Celice Adkins
With/In Volume 2
Movie • 2021
(segment "In the Air")
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Movie • 2008
Louisa May Alcott
Devoted
Movie
Kay
Run Amok
Movie • 2026
Nancy
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
Movie
Disclosure Day
Movie • 2026
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ms. Grubman
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Alicia Corwin
Kidnapped
TV • 2006
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Amy Marshall
Love & Death
TV • 2023
Jackie Ponder
Mrs. Davis
TV • 2023
Celeste Abbott
Elementary
TV • 2012
Cassandra Walker
The District
TV • 2000
Nancy Parras
White Collar
TV • 2009
Dr. Mara Summers
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Rita Calhoun
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dr. Frantz
Manifest
TV • 2018
The Major
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Lauren Chatham
King & Maxwell
TV • 2013
Kelly Nelson
Fargo
TV • 2014
Constance Heck
A Will of their Own
TV • 1998
Diana
Homeland
TV • 2011
Elizabeth Keane
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Sylvia Moon
The Dropout
TV • 2022
Noel Holmes
House of Cards
TV • 2013
Heather Dunbar
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Emily
Helstrom
TV • 2020
Victoria Helstrom
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Jenny Hendry
Unbelievable
TV • 2019
Judith
Presumed Innocent
TV • 2024
Lorraine Horgan
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Sharon
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV • 2016
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Rita Calhoun
Past Life
TV • 2010
Lynn Sampels
Nurse Jackie
TV • 2009
Ginny Flynn