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