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Ann Dowd

Acting · Born 1956-01-30 · 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.

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Filmography

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

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