Ann Dowd
Acting • Born 1956-01-30
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.
Filmography
105 credits
The Informant!
Movie • 2009
Kate Medford
Bushwhacked
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Patterson
Apt Pupil
Movie • 1998
Monica Bowden
The Babysitters
Movie • 2008
Tammy Lyner
Marley & Me
Movie • 2008
Dr. Platt
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Movie • 2021
Edna Garrett
The Living Wake
Movie • 2007
Librarian
The Independent
Movie • 2022
Patricia Turnball
Bachelorette
Movie • 2012
Victoria Archer
Compliance
Movie • 2012
Sandra
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Movie • 1999
Louise Preston
The Toe Tactic
Movie • 2009
Honey Woman
Side Effects
Movie • 2013
Mrs. Taylor
Coming Up Roses
Movie • 2011
Lynne
Lucy
Movie • 2003
DeDe
The Drop
Movie • 2014
Dottie
Shiloh
Movie • 1996
Louise Preston
Gimme Shelter
Movie • 2013
Kathy
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Movie • 1995
Rose Long
Philadelphia
Movie • 1993
Jill Beckett
Garden State
Movie • 2004
Olivia
Flags of Our Fathers
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Strank
The Exorcist: Believer
Movie • 2023
Nurse Ann Brooks
St. Vincent
Movie • 2014
Shirley
Big Driver
Movie • 2014
Ramona
Wildlike
Movie • 2015
Jeanie
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
Congresswoman Beckett
The Undertaker's Children
Movie
Johanna Hall
The Friend
Movie • 2025
Marjorie
Familiar Strangers
Movie • 2008
The Art of Getting By
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Grimes
Our Brand Is Crisis
Movie • 2015
Nell
The Great & The Small
Movie • 2016
Dupre
Goodbye Baby
Movie • 2007
Terri
Green Card
Movie • 1990
Peggy
Captain Fantastic
Movie • 2016
Abigail Bertrang
I Believe in America
Movie • 2007
Glenn
Alice Upside Down
Movie • 2007
Aunt Sally
It Could Happen to You
Movie • 1994
Carol
Collateral Beauty
Movie • 2016
Sally Price
Hedgehog
Movie • 2017
Joan
A Kid Like Jake
Movie • 2018
Catherine
Nancy
Movie • 2018
Betty
American Animals
Movie • 2018
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Hereditary
Movie • 2018
Joan
Tyrel
Movie • 2018
Silvia
Speed of Life
Movie • 2020
June
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie • 2006
Edna Page
Homework
Movie • 2004
Mother
Taking Chance
Movie • 2009
Gretchen
Rebecca
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Van Hopper
All Over Me
Movie • 1997
Anne
Gardener of Eden
Movie • 2007
Ma Harris
Lorenzo's Oil
Movie • 1992
Pediatrician
Henrietta Bulkowski
Movie • 2019
Narrator
Cowboys
Movie • 2020
Faith
The Forgotten
Movie • 2004
Eileen the Accountant
Family Squares
Movie • 2022
Judith
Mass
Movie • 2021
Linda
The Thing About My Folks
Movie • 2005
Linda
Enemy of the People
Movie • 2021
The Discoverers
Movie • 2014
Patti
Lost Revolution
Movie • 2011
Glenn
Poor Boy
Movie
Saving Shiloh
Movie • 2006
Louise Preston
Baby
Movie • 2000
Ms. Minifred
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Sgt. Beth Markham
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dorothy Baxter
The Division
TV • 2001
Sarah
Providence
TV • 1999
Mary
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Mrs. Schleewee
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Paula Dardenne
Freaks and Geeks
TV • 1999
Cookie Kelly
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Louise Durning
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV • 2005
Karen Ames
Search Party
TV • 2016
Paula Jo
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Mrs. Reed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Laurie Manotti
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
The Jury
TV • 2004
Family Law
TV • 1999
Nothing Sacred
TV • 1997
Sister Mo
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Miss Macadoo (voice)
North and South
TV • 1985
Maureen
The Leftovers
TV • 2014
Patti Levin
True Detective
TV • 2014
Betty Childress
The Other Two
TV • 2019
Paula Davies
House
TV • 2004
Mother Superior
Teenage Euthanasia
TV • 2021
Quarry
TV • 2016
Naomi
Olive Kitteridge
TV • 2014
Bonnie Newton
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Teresa Franz
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Dr. Beth Allison
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Patricia Smith
Louie
TV • 2010
Sister Carson
Masters of Sex
TV • 2013
Estabrooks Masters
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Sally Wilkens
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV • 1987
Nurse Courtney
Lambs of God
TV • 2019
Sister Margarita
The Testaments
TV • 2026
Aunt Lydia
The Handmaid's Tale
TV • 2017
Aunt Lydia Clements
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Eleanor Robertson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest