Actor profile

Ann Dowd

30th January 1956 Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA Acting

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.

67 Movies 35 TV Shows 102 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Friend poster

The Friend 28th March 2025 as Marjorie

The Exorcist: Believer poster

The Exorcist: Believer 4th October 2023 as Nurse Ann Brooks

The Independent poster

The Independent 2nd November 2022 as Patricia Turnball

Family Squares poster

Family Squares 25th February 2022 as Judith

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes poster

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes 7th December 2021 as Edna Garrett

Mass poster

Mass 8th October 2021 as Linda

Enemy of the People poster

Enemy of the People 28th July 2021

Rebecca poster

Rebecca 16th October 2020 as Mrs. Van Hopper

Cowboys poster

Cowboys 15th April 2020 as Faith

Speed of Life poster

Speed of Life 10th January 2020 as June

Henrietta Bulkowski poster

Henrietta Bulkowski 8th March 2019 as Narrator

Nancy poster

Nancy 8th June 2018 as Betty

Hereditary poster

Hereditary 7th June 2018 as Joan

A Kid Like Jake poster

A Kid Like Jake 1st June 2018 as Catherine

American Animals poster

American Animals 1st June 2018 as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

Tyrel poster

Tyrel 20th January 2018 as Silvia

Hedgehog poster

Hedgehog 22nd May 2017 as Joan

Collateral Beauty poster

Collateral Beauty 15th December 2016 as Sally Price

Captain Fantastic poster

Captain Fantastic 8th July 2016 as Abigail Bertrang

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer poster

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer 14th April 2016 as Carol Raskin

The Great & The Small poster

The Great & The Small 31st March 2016 as Dupre

Wildlike poster

Wildlike 25th September 2015 as Jeanie

Our Brand Is Crisis 11th September 2015 as Nell

Big Driver poster

Big Driver 18th October 2014 as Ramona

St. Vincent poster

St. Vincent 9th October 2014 as Shirley

The Drop poster

The Drop 12th September 2014 as Dottie

The Discoverers poster

The Discoverers 16th May 2014 as Patti

Gimme Shelter poster

Gimme Shelter 17th October 2013 as Kathy

Side Effects poster

Side Effects 7th February 2013 as Mrs. Taylor

Compliance poster

Compliance 23rd August 2012 as Sandra

Bachelorette poster

Bachelorette 23rd January 2012 as Victoria Archer

Coming Up Roses poster

Coming Up Roses 23rd September 2011 as Lynne

The Art of Getting By poster

The Art of Getting By 17th June 2011 as Mrs. Grimes

Lost Revolution 1st February 2011 as Glenn

Taking Chance poster

Taking Chance 21st September 2009 as Gretchen

The Informant! poster

The Informant! 18th September 2009 as Kate Medford

The Toe Tactic poster

The Toe Tactic 29th January 2009 as Honey Woman

Marley & Me poster

Marley & Me 25th December 2008 as Dr. Platt

Familiar Strangers poster

Familiar Strangers 14th November 2008

The Babysitters poster

The Babysitters 9th May 2008 as Tammy Lyner

Alice Upside Down poster

Alice Upside Down 6th October 2007 as Aunt Sally

I Believe in America poster

I Believe in America 2nd July 2007 as Glenn

The Living Wake poster

The Living Wake 6th June 2007 as Librarian

Gardener of Eden poster

Gardener of Eden 26th April 2007 as Ma Harris

Goodbye Baby poster

Goodbye Baby 12th March 2007 as Terri

Flags of Our Fathers poster

Flags of Our Fathers 19th October 2006 as Mrs. Strank

The Notorious Bettie Page poster

The Notorious Bettie Page 14th April 2006 as Edna Page

Saving Shiloh poster

Saving Shiloh 5th April 2006 as Louise Preston

The Thing About My Folks poster

The Thing About My Folks 2nd June 2005 as Linda

The Forgotten poster

The Forgotten 24th September 2004 as Eileen the Accountant

The Manchurian Candidate poster

The Manchurian Candidate 30th July 2004 as Congresswoman Beckett

Garden State poster

Garden State 28th July 2004 as Olivia

Homework poster

Homework 3rd May 2004 as Mother

Lucy poster

Lucy 4th May 2003 as DeDe

Baby poster

Baby 8th October 2000 as Ms. Minifred

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season poster

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season 2nd July 1999 as Louise Preston

Apt Pupil poster

Apt Pupil 23rd October 1998 as Monica Bowden

All Over Me poster

All Over Me 25th April 1997 as Anne

Shiloh poster

Shiloh 30th November 1996 as Louise Preston

Bushwhacked poster

Bushwhacked 4th August 1995 as Mrs. Patterson

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long poster

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long 18th March 1995 as Rose Long

It Could Happen to You poster

It Could Happen to You 16th July 1994 as Carol

Philadelphia poster

Philadelphia 22nd December 1993 as Jill Beckett

Lorenzo's Oil poster

Lorenzo's Oil 30th December 1992 as Pediatrician

Green Card poster

Green Card 23rd December 1990 as Peggy

Poor Boy poster

Poor Boy

The Undertaker's Children as Johanna Hall

The Testaments poster

The Testaments 8th April 2026 as Aunt Lydia Clements

Teenage Euthanasia poster

Teenage Euthanasia 6th September 2021

Hacks poster

Hacks 13th May 2021 as Alien

Lambs of God poster

Lambs of God 21st July 2019 as Sister Margarita

The Other Two poster

The Other Two 24th January 2019 as Paula Davies

The Handmaid's Tale poster

The Handmaid's Tale 26th April 2017 as Aunt Lydia Clements

Search Party poster

Search Party 21st November 2016 as Paula Jo

Quarry poster

Quarry 9th September 2016 as Naomi

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

Olive Kitteridge poster

Olive Kitteridge 2nd November 2014 as Bonnie Newton

The Leftovers poster

The Leftovers 29th June 2014 as Patti Levin

True Detective poster

True Detective 12th January 2014 as Betty Childress

Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex 29th September 2013 as Estabrooks Masters

Louie poster

Louie 29th June 2010 as Sister Carson

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury 3rd March 2005 as Karen Ames

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Miss Macadoo (voice)

House poster

House 16th November 2004 as Mother Superior

The Jury poster

The Jury 8th June 2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent 30th September 2001 as Laurie Manotti

The Division poster

The Division 7th January 2001 as Sarah

Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks 25th September 1999 as Cookie Kelly

Third Watch poster

Third Watch 23rd September 1999 as Sgt. Beth Markham

Family Law poster

Family Law 20th September 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Sally Wilkens

Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy 19th September 1999 as Mrs. Schleewee

Providence poster

Providence 8th January 1999 as Mary

Nothing Sacred poster

Nothing Sacred 18th September 1997 as Sister Mo

Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel 21st September 1994 as Paula Dardenne

Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Eleanor Robertson

The X-Files poster

The X-Files 10th September 1993 as Mrs. Reed

Law & Order poster

Law & Order 13th September 1990 as Patricia Smith

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 21st May 1987 as Nurse Courtney

North and South poster

North and South 3rd November 1985 as Maureen