Ann Dowd
Acting
Born: January 30, 1956 (age 70) · Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Highest Rated
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
Hereditary
2018
House
2004
Captain Fantastic
2016
Collateral Beauty
2016
Marley & Me
2008
Philadelphia
1993
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
True Detective
2014
The X-Files
1993
Side Effects
2013
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
The Drop
2014
Photos (2)
Movies (66)
Hereditary
Joan
The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks
Collateral Beauty
Sally Price
Marley & Me
Dr. Platt
Flags of Our Fathers
Mrs. Strank
St. Vincent
Shirley
Philadelphia
Jill Beckett
Side Effects
Mrs. Taylor
The Forgotten
Eileen the Accountant
The Manchurian Candidate
Congresswoman Beckett
Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang
Garden State
Olivia
Our Brand Is Crisis
Nell
The Drop
Dottie
The Informant!
Kate Medford
It Could Happen to You
Carol
The Friend
Marjorie
The Babysitters
Tammy Lyner
Compliance
Sandra
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Carol Raskin
Green Card
Peggy
The Independent
Patricia Turnball
Mass
Linda
American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
The Art of Getting By
Mrs. Grimes
Apt Pupil
Monica Bowden
Taking Chance
Gretchen
Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper
Gimme Shelter
Kathy
Lorenzo's Oil
Pediatrician
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett
The Notorious Bettie Page
Edna Page
Bachelorette
Victoria Archer
Big Driver
Ramona
Bushwhacked
Mrs. Patterson
Cowboys
Faith
A Kid Like Jake
Catherine
All Over Me
Anne
Wildlike
Jeanie
Shiloh
Louise Preston
First Steps
Debby
The Thing About My Folks
Linda
Hedgehog
Joan
Family Squares
Judith
Nancy
Betty
Saving Shiloh
Louise Preston
Gardener of Eden
Ma Harris
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Rose Long
Speed of Life
June
I Believe in America
Glenn
Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator
Lucy
DeDe
The Living Wake
Librarian
Tyrel
Silvia
Coming Up Roses
Lynne
The Discoverers
Patti
Familiar Strangers
Dottie Worthington
Alice Upside Down
Aunt Sally
Goodbye Baby
Terri
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Louise Preston
The Great & The Small
Dupre
Amy & Isabelle
Lenora
Homework
Mother
Baby
Ms. Minifred
The Toe Tactic
Honey Woman
Enemy of the People
2021
TV Shows (37)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Louise Durning · 2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sally Wilkens · 1 eps
Law & Order
Dorothy Baxter · 1 eps
Law & Order
Teresa Franz · 1 eps
Law & Order
Dr. Beth Allison · 1 eps
Law & Order
Patricia Smith · 1 eps
American Dad!
Miss Macadoo (voice) · 1 eps
House
Mother Superior · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Laurie Manotti · 1 eps
The X-Files
Mrs. Reed · 1 eps
The Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements · 50 eps
True Detective
Betty Childress · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
1994
Chicago Hope
Eleanor Robertson · 1 eps
Third Watch
Sgt. Beth Markham · 3 eps
Judging Amy
Mrs. Schleewee · 2 eps
Hacks
Alien · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Paula Dardenne · 1 eps
The Leftovers
Patti Levin · 21 eps
The Division
Sarah · 1 eps
Masters of Sex
Estabrooks Masters · 7 eps
Providence
Mary · 1 eps
The Other Two
Paula Davies · 1 eps
Family Law
1 eps
The Testaments
Aunt Lydia Clements · 10 eps
Louie
Sister Carson · 1 eps
Freaks and Geeks
Cookie Kelly · 2 eps
North and South
Maureen · 3 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Karen Ames · 1 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Nurse Courtney · 1 eps
Teenage Euthanasia
1 eps
Olive Kitteridge
Bonnie Newton · 4 eps
Quarry
Naomi · 4 eps
The Jury
1 eps
Search Party
Paula Jo · 2 eps
Lambs of God
Sister Margarita · 4 eps
Nothing Sacred
Sister Mo · 20 eps
