Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 30, 1956
Place of Birth:
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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Ann Dowd
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Friend | Marjorie |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Nurse Ann Brooks |
| 2022 | The Independent | Patricia Turnball |
| 2022 | Family Squares | Judith |
| 2021 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Edna Garrett |
| 2021 | Mass | Linda |
| 2021 | Enemy of the People | |
| 2020 | Speed of Life | June |
| 2020 | Rebecca | Mrs. Van Hopper |
| 2020 | Cowboys | Faith |
| 2019 | Henrietta Bulkowski | Narrator |
| 2018 | A Kid Like Jake | Catherine |
| 2018 | Nancy | Betty |
| 2018 | American Animals | Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Joan |
| 2018 | Tyrel | Silvia |
| 2017 | Hedgehog | Joan |
| 2016 | The Great & The Small | Dupre |
| 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Abigail Bertrang |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty | Sally Price |
| 2015 | Wildlike | Jeanie |
| 2015 | Our Brand Is Crisis | Nell |
| 2014 | The Drop | Dottie |
| 2014 | St. Vincent | Shirley |
| 2014 | Big Driver | Ramona |
| 2014 | The Discoverers | Patti |
| 2013 | Side Effects | Mrs. Taylor |
| 2013 | Gimme Shelter | Kathy |
| 2012 | Bachelorette | Victoria Archer |
| 2012 | Compliance | Sandra |
| 2011 | Coming Up Roses | Lynne |
| 2011 | The Art of Getting By | Mrs. Grimes |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Kate Medford |
| 2009 | The Toe Tactic | Honey Woman |
| 2009 | Taking Chance | Gretchen |
| 2008 | The Babysitters | Tammy Lyner |
| 2008 | Marley & Me | Dr. Platt |
| 2008 | Familiar Strangers | |
| 2007 | The Living Wake | Librarian |
| 2007 | Goodbye Baby | Terri |
| 2007 | I Believe in America | Glenn |
| 2007 | Alice Upside Down | Aunt Sally |
| 2007 | Gardener of Eden | Ma Harris |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Mrs. Strank |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Edna Page |
| 2005 | The Thing About My Folks | Linda |
| 2004 | Garden State | Olivia |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Congresswoman Beckett |
| 2004 | Homework | Mother |
| 2004 | The Forgotten | Eileen the Accountant |
| 2003 | Lucy | DeDe |
| 2000 | Baby | Ms. Minifred |
| 1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Louise Preston |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Monica Bowden |
| 1997 | All Over Me | Anne |
| 1996 | Shiloh | Louise Preston |
| 1995 | Bushwhacked | Mrs. Patterson |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Rose Long |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Carol |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Jill Beckett |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Pediatrician |
| 1990 | Green Card | Peggy |
| The Undertaker's Children | Johanna Hall |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Teenage Euthanasia | |
| 2019 | The Other Two | Paula Davies |
| 2019 | Lambs of God | Sister Margarita |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's Tale | Aunt Lydia Clements |
| 2016 | Search Party | Paula Jo |
| 2016 | Quarry | Naomi |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Patti Levin |
| 2014 | True Detective | Betty Childress |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | Bonnie Newton |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Estabrooks Masters |
| 2010 | Louie | Sister Carson |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Karen Ames |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Miss Macadoo (voice) |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2004 | House | Mother Superior |
| 2001 | The Division | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Laurie Manotti |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Sgt. Beth Markham |
| 1999 | Providence | Mary |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Mrs. Schleewee |
| 1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Cookie Kelly |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Louise Durning |
| 1999 | Family Law | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sally Wilkens |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred | Sister Mo |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Paula Dardenne |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Mrs. Reed |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Dorothy Baxter |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Teresa Franz |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Dr. Beth Allison |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Patricia Smith |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Nurse Courtney |
| 1985 | North and South | Maureen |
| The Testaments | Aunt Lydia |