Ann Dowd
Known for acting · Born 30 January 1956 · 70 · Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
105 credits
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
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Hereditary
2018
The Leftovers
2014
Compliance
2012
Side Effects
2013
The Drop
2014
Mass
2021
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
American Animals
2018
Rebecca
2020
Big Driver
2014
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
Acting (104)
2026The TestamentsAunt Lydia Clements · 10 episodesSeries
2025The FriendMarjorieFilm
2023The Exorcist: BelieverNurse Ann BrooksFilm
2022The IndependentPatricia TurnballFilm
2022Family SquaresJudithFilm
2021HacksAlienSeries
2021MassLindaFilm
2021Teenage EuthanasiaSeries
2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent StrokesEdna GarrettFilm
2021Enemy of the PeopleFilm
2020RebeccaMrs. Van HopperFilm
2020CowboysFaithFilm
2020Speed of LifeJuneFilm
2019The Other TwoPaula DaviesSeries
2019Lambs of GodSister Margarita · 4 episodesSeries
2019Henrietta BulkowskiNarratorFilm
2018HereditaryJoanFilm
2018American AnimalsBetty Jean 'BJ' GoochFilm
2018A Kid Like JakeCatherineFilm
2018NancyBettyFilm
2018TyrelSilviaFilm
2017The Handmaid's TaleAunt Lydia Clements · 50 episodesSeries
2017HedgehogJoanFilm
2016Captain FantasticAbigail BertrangFilm
2016Collateral BeautySally PriceFilm
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerCarol RaskinFilm
2016QuarryNaomi · 4 episodesSeries
2016Search PartyPaula Jo · 2 episodesSeries
2016The Great & The SmallDupreFilm
2015Our Brand Is CrisisNellFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - GuestSeries
2015WildlikeJeanieFilm
2014True DetectiveBetty ChildressSeries
2014The DropDottieFilm
2014St. VincentShirleyFilm
2014The LeftoversPatti Levin · 21 episodesSeries
2014Olive KitteridgeBonnie Newton · 4 episodesSeries
2014Big DriverRamonaFilm
2014The DiscoverersPattiFilm
2013Side EffectsMrs. TaylorFilm
2013Masters of SexEstabrooks Masters · 7 episodesSeries
2013Gimme ShelterKathyFilm
2012BacheloretteVictoria ArcherFilm
2012ComplianceSandraFilm
2011The Art of Getting ByMrs. GrimesFilm
2011Coming Up RosesLynneFilm
2011Lost RevolutionGlennFilm
2010LouieSister CarsonSeries
2009The Informant!Kate MedfordFilm
2009Taking ChanceGretchenFilm
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - GuestSeries
2009The Toe TacticHoney WomanFilm
2008Marley & MeDr. PlattFilm
2008The BabysittersTammy LynerFilm
2008Familiar StrangersDottie WorthingtonFilm
2007Alice Upside DownAunt SallyFilm
2007Gardener of EdenMa HarrisFilm
2007The Living WakeLibrarianFilm
2007Goodbye BabyTerriFilm
2007I Believe in AmericaGlennFilm
2006Flags of Our FathersMrs. StrankFilm
2006The Notorious Bettie PageEdna PageFilm
2006Saving ShilohLouise PrestonFilm
2005American Dad!Miss Macadoo (voice)Series
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryKaren AmesSeries
2005The Thing About My FolksLindaFilm
2004HouseMother SuperiorSeries
2004Garden StateOliviaFilm
2004The Manchurian CandidateCongresswoman BeckettFilm
2004The ForgottenEileen the AccountantFilm
2004The JurySeries
2004HomeworkMotherFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - GuestSeries
2003LucyDeDeFilm
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaurie ManottiSeries
2001The DivisionSarahSeries
2001Amy & IsabelleLenoraFilm
2000BabyMs. MinifredFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLouise Durning · 2 episodes, Sally WilkensSeries
1999Freaks and GeeksCookie Kelly · 2 episodesSeries
1999Third WatchSgt. Beth Markham · 3 episodesSeries
1999Judging AmyMrs. Schleewee · 2 episodesSeries
1999ProvidenceMarySeries
1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonLouise PrestonFilm
1999Family LawSeries
1998Apt PupilMonica BowdenFilm
1997All Over MeAnneFilm
1997Nothing SacredSister Mo · 20 episodesSeries
1996ShilohLouise PrestonFilm
1995BushwhackedMrs. PattersonFilm
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongRose LongFilm
1994It Could Happen to YouCarolFilm
1994Touched by an AngelPaula DardenneSeries
1994Chicago Hope, Eleanor RobertsonSeries
1993PhiladelphiaJill BeckettFilm
1993The X-FilesMrs. ReedSeries
1992Lorenzo's OilPediatricianFilm
1990Law & OrderDorothy Baxter, Teresa Franz, Dr. Beth Allison, Patricia SmithSeries
1990Green CardPeggyFilm
1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddNurse CourtneySeries
1985North and SouthMaureen · 3 episodesSeries
1985First StepsDebbyFilm
—The Undertaker's ChildrenJohanna HallFilm
—Poor BoyFilm
Production (1)
2026The TestamentsProducerSeries