Ann Dowd
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.
Filmography (103 titles)
8.3ShowThe Testaments
Aunt Lydia Clements · 2026
6.7MovieThe Friend
Marjorie · 2025
5.8MovieThe Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks · 2023
6.5MovieThe Independent
Patricia Turnball · 2022
4.1MovieFamily Squares
Judith · 2022
7.5MovieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett · 2021
7.3MovieMass
Linda · 2021
5.7ShowTeenage Euthanasia
2021
2.0MovieEnemy of the People
2021
7.5ShowHacks
Alien · 2021
6.3MovieRebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper · 2020
6.2MovieCowboys
Faith · 2020
4.9MovieSpeed of Life
June · 2020
6.0ShowLambs of God
Sister Margarita · 2019
6.1MovieHenrietta Bulkowski
Narrator · 2019
7.0ShowThe Other Two
Paula Davies · 2019
5.1MovieTyrel
Silvia · 2018
5.9MovieNancy
Betty · 2018
7.3MovieHereditary
Joan · 2018
6.0MovieA Kid Like Jake
Catherine · 2018
6.7MovieAmerican Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch · 2018
6.1MovieHedgehog
Joan · 2017
8.2ShowThe Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements · 2017
7.2MovieCollateral Beauty
Sally Price · 2016