Hvem daterede Elizabeth McGovern?

Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American actress. She has received three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Satellite Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, among numerous other career plaudits and honors.

Born in Evanston, Illinois on July 18, 1961, McGovern spent most of her early life in Los Angeles. After attending the American Conservatory Theater and the Juilliard School, she made her feature film debut in Ordinary People (1980). For her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the film adaptation of Ragtime (1981), she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently had lead roles in a number of major studio films, including Once Upon a Time in America (1984), She's Having a Baby (1987), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), and The Wings of the Dove (1997).

In 2007, McGovern, after years of studying guitar, formed the musical group Sadie and the Hotheads, with whom she has released four studio albums since 2016. She gained further international attention for her portrayal of Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in the British drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. She reprised her role as Cora in the subsequent films Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025).

Sean Justin Penn (født 17. august 1960 i Santa Monica, Californien) er en amerikansk skuespiller og filminstruktør. Han er mest kendt for at spille intense, ofte humorforladte og usympatiske karakterer.

Fra 1985-1989 var han gift med Madonna, og fra 1996-2010 gift med skuespillerinden Robin Wright, som han også har to børn med, Dylan Frances (født 1991) og Hopper Jack (født 1993). Penn og Wright Penn mødte hinanden under indspilningen af filmen State of Grace i 1989 og havde i flere år et stormfuldt forhold som resulterede i et etårig brud i 1995. Penn havde i mellemtiden et kort forhold til artisten Jewel. Den 27. april 1996 blev Penn og Wright gift. Han giftede sig med Leila George i august 2020.

Sean Penn har fået flere Oscar-nomineringer for sine rolletolkninger: Dead Man Walking fra 1995, Sweet and Lowdown fra 1998 og for I Am Sam fra 2001. I 2004 lykkedes det endelig for Penn, og han vandt en Oscar for sin rolle som "Jimmy Markum" i filmen Mystic River.

Den 21. september 2007, havde hans femte film som instruktør, Into the Wild premiere, og i filmen medvirkede blandt andre de danske skuespillere Thure Lindhardt og Signe Egholm Olsen samt den amerikanske skuespiller Vince Vaughn.

Penn har ofte nævnt John Cassavetes som et stort forbillede for ham som instruktør.