Elizabeth Marvel

About

Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969, in Los Angeles) is an American actress and Juilliard graduate who moves with equal authority between stage and screen. She has appeared in nine Broadway productions and won four Obie Awards for her off-Broadway work, including the title role in Ivo van Hove's Hedda Gabler. Television audiences know her as solicitor general Heather Dunbar in House of Cards, President Elizabeth Keane in Homeland, and from the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable; on film she has worked with Spielberg, the Coens, and Noah Baumbach.

Born:: 27 November 1969 (56 years)
Place of birth:: Los Angeles, California, USA

Broadway productions

Obie Awards for theatrical performance

50+

theatrical roles total (New York and regional stages)

What's new

2026-06
Marvel signed a contract with talent agency Verve; at the same time, she appeared in Spielberg's drama Disclosure Day, which has just entered cinemas.
2026-03
Marvel joined the cast of the fourth season of HBO's historical series The Gilded Age as a guest star.
2025-09
Marvel played the lead role in the world premiere of Tim Blake Nelson's off-Broadway play And Then We Were No More at La MaMa theater in New York.
2025
Marvel played Finance Minister Joanna Worth in the action thriller G20 alongside Viola Davis.
2025
Marvel appeared in the Apple TV+ series Presumed Innocent in the role of Lorraine Horgan.