Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd

Known for
Acting
Born
January 30, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Ann Dowd (born January 30, 1956) is an American actress. She decided to become an actress while a premed student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. She graduated in 1978 and went on to study at The Theatre School at DePaul University. In 1993 she won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance in the play Candida. She has appeared in television shows including House, The X-Files, Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Films Dowd has appeared in include Lorenzo's Oil, Philadelphia, Apt Pupil, Garden State and Flags of Our Fathers.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Undertaker's Children

The Undertaker's Children

Movie · as Johanna Hall

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Poor Boy poster

Poor Boy

Movie

2026
The Testaments poster

The Testaments

TV · as Aunt Lydia Clements · 10 eps

2025
The Friend poster

The Friend

Movie · as Marjorie

2023
The Exorcist: Believer poster

The Exorcist: Believer

Movie · as Nurse Ann Brooks

2022
The Independent poster

The Independent

Movie · as Patricia Turnball

2022
Family Squares poster

Family Squares

Movie · as Judith

2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes poster

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

Movie · as Edna Garrett

2021
Mass poster

Mass

Movie · as Linda

2021
Enemy of the People poster

Enemy of the People

Movie

2021
Teenage Euthanasia poster

Teenage Euthanasia

TV · 1 ep

2021
Hacks poster

Hacks

TV · as Alien · 1 ep

2020
Speed of Life poster

Speed of Life

Movie · as June

2020
Rebecca poster

Rebecca

Movie · as Mrs. Van Hopper

2020
Cowboys poster

Cowboys

Movie · as Faith

2019
Henrietta Bulkowski poster

Henrietta Bulkowski

Movie · as Narrator

2019
The Other Two poster

The Other Two

TV · as Paula Davies · 1 ep

2019
Lambs of God poster

Lambs of God

TV · as Sister Margarita · 4 eps

2018
A Kid Like Jake poster

A Kid Like Jake

Movie · as Catherine

2018
Nancy poster

Nancy

Movie · as Betty

2018
American Animals poster

American Animals

Movie · as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

2018
Hereditary poster

Hereditary

Movie · as Joan

2018
Tyrel poster

Tyrel

Movie · as Silvia

2017
Hedgehog poster

Hedgehog

Movie · as Joan

2017
O Conto da Aia poster

O Conto da Aia

Movie · as Aunt Lydia Clements

2017
The Handmaid's Tale poster

The Handmaid's Tale

TV · as Aunt Lydia Clements · 50 eps

2016
The Great & The Small poster

The Great & The Small

Movie · as Dupre

2016
Captain Fantastic poster

Captain Fantastic

Movie · as Abigail Bertrang

2016
Collateral Beauty poster

Collateral Beauty

Movie · as Sally Price

2016
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer poster

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Movie · as Carol Raskin

2016
Search Party poster

Search Party

TV · as Paula Jo · 2 eps

2016
Quarry poster

Quarry

TV · as Naomi · 4 eps

2015
Wildlike poster

Wildlike

Movie · as Jeanie

2015
Our Brand Is Crisis poster

Our Brand Is Crisis

Movie · as Nell

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Drop poster

The Drop

Movie · as Dottie

2014
St. Vincent poster

St. Vincent

Movie · as Shirley

2014
Big Driver poster

Big Driver

Movie · as Ramona

2014
The Discoverers poster

The Discoverers

Movie · as Patti

2014
The Leftovers poster

The Leftovers

TV · as Patti Levin · 21 eps

2014
True Detective poster

True Detective

TV · as Betty Childress · 1 ep

2014
Olive Kitteridge poster

Olive Kitteridge

TV · as Bonnie Newton · 4 eps

2013
Side Effects poster

Side Effects

Movie · as Mrs. Taylor

2013
Gimme Shelter poster

Gimme Shelter

Movie · as Kathy

2013
Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex

TV · as Estabrooks Masters · 7 eps

2012
Bachelorette poster

Bachelorette

Movie · as Victoria Archer

2012
Compliance poster

Compliance

Movie · as Sandra

2011
Coming Up Roses poster

Coming Up Roses

Movie · as Lynne

2011
The Art of Getting By poster

The Art of Getting By

Movie · as Mrs. Grimes

2011
Lost Revolution

Lost Revolution

Movie · as Glenn

2010
Louie poster

Louie

TV · as Sister Carson · 1 ep

2009
The Informant! poster

The Informant!

Movie · as Kate Medford

2009
The Toe Tactic poster

The Toe Tactic

Movie · as Honey Woman

2009
Taking Chance poster

Taking Chance

Movie · as Gretchen

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Babysitters poster

The Babysitters

Movie · as Tammy Lyner

2008
Marley & Me poster

Marley & Me

Movie · as Dr. Platt

2008
Familiar Strangers poster

Familiar Strangers

Movie · as Dottie Worthington

2007
The Living Wake poster

The Living Wake

Movie · as Librarian

2007
Goodbye Baby poster

Goodbye Baby

Movie · as Terri

2007
I Believe in America poster

I Believe in America

Movie · as Glenn

2007
Alice Upside Down poster

Alice Upside Down

Movie · as Aunt Sally

2007
Gardener of Eden poster

Gardener of Eden

Movie · as Ma Harris

2006
Flags of Our Fathers poster

Flags of Our Fathers

Movie · as Mrs. Strank

2006
The Notorious Bettie Page poster

The Notorious Bettie Page

Movie · as Edna Page

2006
Saving Shiloh poster

Saving Shiloh

Movie · as Louise Preston

2005
The Thing About My Folks poster

The Thing About My Folks

Movie · as Linda

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Karen Ames · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Miss Macadoo (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Garden State poster

Garden State

Movie · as Olivia

2004
The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie · as Congresswoman Beckett

2004
Homework poster

Homework

Movie · as Mother

2004
The Forgotten poster

The Forgotten

Movie · as Eileen the Accountant

2004
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · 1 ep

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Mother Superior · 1 ep

2003
Lucy poster

Lucy

Movie · as DeDe

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2001
Amy & Isabelle poster

Amy & Isabelle

Movie · as Lenora

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Laurie Manotti · 1 ep

2000
Baby poster

Baby

Movie · as Ms. Minifred

1999
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season poster

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

Movie · as Louise Preston

1999
Third Watch poster

Third Watch

TV · as Sgt. Beth Markham · 3 eps

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Mary · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Mrs. Schleewee · 2 eps

1999
Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks

TV · as Cookie Kelly · 2 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Louise Durning, Sally Wilkens · 2 eps

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · 1 ep

1998
Apt Pupil poster

Apt Pupil

Movie · as Monica Bowden

1997
All Over Me poster

All Over Me

Movie · as Anne

1997
Nothing Sacred poster

Nothing Sacred

TV · as Sister Mo · 20 eps

1996
Shiloh poster

Shiloh

Movie · as Louise Preston

1995
Bushwhacked poster

Bushwhacked

Movie · as Mrs. Patterson

1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long poster

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Movie · as Rose Long

1994
It Could Happen to You poster

It Could Happen to You

Movie · as Carol

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Paula Dardenne · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Eleanor Robertson

1993
Philadelphia poster

Philadelphia

Movie · as Jill Beckett

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Mrs. Reed · 1 ep

1992
Lorenzo's Oil poster

Lorenzo's Oil

Movie · as Pediatrician

1990
Green Card poster

Green Card

Movie · as Peggy

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Dorothy Baxter, Teresa Franz, Dr. Beth Allison, Patricia Smith · 1 ep

1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

TV · as Nurse Courtney · 1 ep

1985
First Steps poster

First Steps

Movie · as Debby

1985
North and South poster

North and South

TV · as Maureen · 3 eps