Ann Dowd
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jan 30, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | The TestamentsAunt Lydia | |
| 2025 | The FriendMarjorie | |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: BelieverNurse Ann Brooks | |
| 2022 | The IndependentPatricia Turnball | |
| 2022 | Family SquaresJudith | |
| 2021 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent StrokesEdna Garrett | |
| 2021 | MassLinda | |
| 2021 | Enemy of the People | |
| 2021 | Teenage Euthanasia | |
| 2020 | Speed of LifeJune | |
| 2020 | RebeccaMrs. Van Hopper | |
| 2020 | CowboysFaith | |
| 2019 | Henrietta BulkowskiNarrator | |
| 2019 | The Other TwoPaula Davies | |
| 2019 | Lambs of GodSister Margarita | |
| 2018 | A Kid Like JakeCatherine | |
| 2018 | NancyBetty | |
| 2018 | American AnimalsBetty Jean 'BJ' Gooch | |
| 2018 | HereditaryJoan | |
| 2018 | TyrelSilvia | |
| 2017 | HedgehogJoan | |
| 2017 | The Handmaid's TaleAunt Lydia Clements | |
| 2016 | The Great & The SmallDupre | |
| 2016 | Captain FantasticAbigail Bertrang | |
| 2016 | Collateral BeautySally Price | |
| 2016 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerCarol Raskin | |
| 2016 | Search PartyPaula Jo | |
| 2016 | QuarryNaomi | |
| 2015 | WildlikeJeanie | |
| 2015 | Our Brand Is CrisisNell | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | The DropDottie | |
| 2014 | St. VincentShirley | |
| 2014 | Big DriverRamona | |
| 2014 | The DiscoverersPatti | |
| 2014 | The LeftoversPatti Levin | |
| 2014 | True DetectiveBetty Childress | |
| 2014 | Olive KitteridgeBonnie Newton | |
| 2013 | Side EffectsMrs. Taylor | |
| 2013 | Gimme ShelterKathy | |
| 2013 | Masters of SexEstabrooks Masters | |
| 2012 | BacheloretteVictoria Archer | |
| 2012 | ComplianceSandra | |
| 2011 | Coming Up RosesLynne | |
| 2011 | The Art of Getting ByMrs. Grimes | |
| 2011 | Lost RevolutionGlenn | |
| 2010 | LouieSister Carson | |
| 2009 | The Informant!Kate Medford | |
| 2009 | The Toe TacticHoney Woman | |
| 2009 | Taking ChanceGretchen | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | The BabysittersTammy Lyner | |
| 2008 | Marley & MeDr. Platt | |
| 2008 | Familiar Strangers | |
| 2007 | The Living WakeLibrarian | |
| 2007 | Goodbye BabyTerri | |
| 2007 | I Believe in AmericaGlenn | |
| 2007 | Alice Upside DownAunt Sally | |
| 2007 | Gardener of EdenMa Harris | |
| 2006 | Flags of Our FathersMrs. Strank | |
| 2006 | The Notorious Bettie PageEdna Page | |
| 2006 | Saving ShilohLouise Preston | |
| 2005 | The Thing About My FolksLinda | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by JuryKaren Ames | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Miss Macadoo (voice) | |
| 2004 | Garden StateOlivia | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidateCongresswoman Beckett | |
| 2004 | HomeworkMother | |
| 2004 | The ForgottenEileen the Accountant | |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2004 | HouseMother Superior | |
| 2003 | LucyDeDe | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2001 | The DivisionSarah | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaurie Manotti | |
| 2000 | BabyMs. Minifred | |
| 1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonLouise Preston | |
| 1999 | Third WatchSgt. Beth Markham | |
| 1999 | ProvidenceMary | |
| 1999 | Judging AmyMrs. Schleewee | |
| 1999 | Freaks and GeeksCookie Kelly | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLouise Durning | |
| 1999 | Family Law | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSally Wilkens | |
| 1998 | Apt PupilMonica Bowden | |
| 1997 | All Over MeAnne | |
| 1997 | Nothing SacredSister Mo | |
| 1996 | ShilohLouise Preston | |
| 1995 | BushwhackedMrs. Patterson | |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongRose Long | |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to YouCarol | |
| 1994 | Touched by an AngelPaula Dardenne | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | Chicago HopeEleanor Robertson | |
| 1993 | PhiladelphiaJill Beckett | |
| 1993 | The X-FilesMrs. Reed | |
| 1992 | Lorenzo's OilPediatrician | |
| 1990 | Green CardPeggy | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderDorothy Baxter | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderTeresa Franz | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderDr. Beth Allison | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderPatricia Smith | |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly DoddNurse Courtney | |
| 1985 | North and SouthMaureen | |
| - | The Undertaker's ChildrenJohanna Hall | |
| - | Poor Boy |
| 2026 | The TestamentsProducer |