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