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Elizabeth Marvel

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Disclosure Day

As Sister Maura

Synecdoche, New York

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

Appears in a KinoChain journey

True Grit

As 40-Year-Old Mattie

Gifted

As Gloria Davis

Burn After Reading

As Sandy Pfarrer

A Most Violent Year

As Mrs. Rose

Aloha

As Launch Announcer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Camera Refuses to Blink

A chain of films about people who have crossed a line, and the directors who hold the lens steady. No absolution, no easy exits, only the long look at what we a...

7 films

Metamorphosis: Bodies in Flux

From Kafka's insect to Cronenberg's flesh, a journey through cinema's most profound transformations, where identity itself is the shape-shifter.

7 films

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