Ann Dowd
January 30, 1956 (69 years old) in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Friend as Marjorie
- 2023 · The Exorcist: Believer as Nurse Ann Brooks
- 2022 · The Independent as Patricia Turnball
- 2022 · Family Squares as Judith
- 2021 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Edna Garrett
- 2021 · Mass as Linda
- 2021 · Teenage Euthanasia as
- 2021 · Enemy of the People as
- 2020 · Rebecca as Mrs. Van Hopper
- 2020 · Cowboys as Faith
- 2020 · Speed of Life as June
- 2019 · Lambs of God as Sister Margarita
- 2019 · Henrietta Bulkowski as Narrator
- 2019 · The Other Two as Paula Davies
- 2018 · Nancy as Betty
- 2018 · Hereditary as Joan
- 2018 · American Animals as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
- 2018 · A Kid Like Jake as Catherine
- 2018 · Tyrel as Silvia
- 2017 · Hedgehog as Joan
- 2017 · The Handmaid's Tale as Aunt Lydia Clements
- 2016 · Collateral Beauty as Sally Price
- 2016 · Search Party as Paula Jo
- 2016 · Quarry as Naomi
- 2016 · Captain Fantastic as Abigail Bertrang
- 2016 · The Great & The Small as Dupre
- 2015 · Wildlike as Jeanie
- 2015 · Our Brand Is Crisis as Nell
- 2014 · Olive Kitteridge as Bonnie Newton
- 2014 · Big Driver as Ramona
- 2014 · St. Vincent as Shirley
- 2014 · The Drop as Dottie
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Patti Levin
- 2014 · The Discoverers as Patti
- 2014 · True Detective as Betty Childress
- 2013 · Gimme Shelter as Kathy
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Estabrooks Masters
- 2013 · Side Effects as Mrs. Taylor
- 2012 · Compliance as Sandra
- 2012 · Bachelorette as Victoria Archer
- 2011 · Coming Up Roses as Lynne
- 2011 · The Art of Getting By as Mrs. Grimes
- 2010 · Louie as Sister Carson
- 2009 · Taking Chance as Gretchen
- 2009 · The Informant! as Kate Medford
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · The Toe Tactic as Honey Woman
- 2008 · Marley & Me as Dr. Platt
- 2008 · The Babysitters as Tammy Lyner
- 2008 · Familiar Strangers as
- 2007 · Alice Upside Down as Aunt Sally
- 2007 · I Believe in America as Glenn
- 2007 · The Living Wake as Librarian
- 2007 · Gardener of Eden as Ma Harris
- 2007 · Goodbye Baby as Terri
- 2006 · Flags of Our Fathers as Mrs. Strank
- 2005 · The Notorious Bettie Page as Edna Page
- 2005 · The Thing About My Folks as Linda
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Karen Ames
- 2005 · American Dad! as Miss Macadoo (voice)
- 2004 · House as Mother Superior
- 2004 · The Forgotten as Eileen the Accountant
- 2004 · The Manchurian Candidate as Congresswoman Beckett
- 2004 · Garden State as Olivia
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2004 · Homework as Mother
- 2003 · Lucy as DeDe
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Laurie Manotti
- 2001 · The Division as
- 2000 · Baby as Ms. Minifred
- 1999 · Freaks and Geeks as Cookie Kelly
- 1999 · Third Watch as Sgt. Beth Markham
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Louise Durning
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sally Wilkens
- 1999 · Family Law as
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Mrs. Schleewee
- 1999 · Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Louise Preston
- 1999 · Providence as Mary
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Monica Bowden
- 1997 · Nothing Sacred as Sister Mo
- 1997 · All Over Me as Anne
- 1996 · Shiloh as Louise Preston
- 1995 · Bushwhacked as Mrs. Patterson
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Paula Dardenne
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · It Could Happen to You as Carol
- 1993 · Philadelphia as Jill Beckett
- 1993 · The X-Files as Mrs. Reed
- 1992 · Lorenzo's Oil as Pediatrician
- 1990 · Green Card as Peggy
- 1990 · Law & Order as Dorothy Baxter
- 1990 · Law & Order as Teresa Franz
- 1990 · Law & Order as Dr. Beth Allison
- 1990 · Law & Order as Patricia Smith
- 1987 · The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Nurse Courtney
- Future · The Testaments as Aunt Lydia
- 1995 · Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Rose Long
- 1985 · North and South as Maureen
- Future · The Undertaker's Children as Johanna Hall