Viola in Twelfth Night A Map of the World (David Hare) Aunt Dan and Lemon (Wallace Shawn) A Midsummer Night's Dream at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Winter 1987 When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout (Sharman Macdonald) Maids of Honour Three Sisters (Chekhov) As You Like It Since moving to London, McGovern's stage work has included: Jenny in The Misanthrope (Molière freely adapted by Martin Crimp) at the Young Vic Theatre, February 1996 Darlene in Hurlyburly (David Rabe) at the Old Vic Theatre, March 1997 Nan and Lina in Three Days of Rain (Richard Greenberg) at the Donmar Warehouse, March and November 1999 Beth in Dinner With Friends (Donald Margulies) at the Hampstead Theatre, June 2001 Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by Phyllis Nagy) at the Minerva Theatre, August 2005 Jackie Kennedy in Aristo at the Minerva Theatre, September – October 2008 Judith Brown in Complicit by Joe Sutton in The Old Vic, January 2009 Miss A in The Shawl by David Mamet in the Arcola Theatre, September 2009 June in Sunset at the Villa Thalia by Alexi Kaye Campbell at the Royal National Theatre, May - August 2016 Veronica in God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza at the Theatre Royal, Bath, August – September 2018 Anne in The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan at Wyndham's Theatre, May - August 2019 Veronica in God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, on tour in the UK, January - February 2020 Ava Gardner in Ava: The Secret Conversations at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, January - April 2022. McGovern was awarded the 2013 Will Award by the Shakespeare Theatre Company. In early 2020, McGovern was in rehearsal to star in a revival of The Little Foxes by American playwright Lillian Hellman at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. However, due to the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts, the show has been postponed indefinitely. Personal life In 1992, McGovern married British film director and producer Simon Curtis; the couple have two daughters and live in Chiswick, London. Filmography Film Television Discography Sadie and the Hotheads Solo Album guest appearances References Theatre Record and its annual Indexes External links 1961 births Actresses from Evanston, Illinois Actresses from Los Angeles American Conservatory Theater alumni American expatriates in England American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses American women singer-songwriters American people of English