Ann Dowd
ActingAnn 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.
Movies
Marjorie
The Friend
2025
Nurse Ann Brooks
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
Patricia Turnball
The Independent
2022
Judith
Family Squares
2022
Edna Garrett
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021
Linda
Mass
2021
Enemy of the People
2021
Mrs. Van Hopper
Rebecca
2020
Faith
Cowboys
2020
June
Speed of Life
2020
Narrator
Henrietta Bulkowski
2019
Silvia
Tyrel
2018
Betty
Nancy
2018
Joan
Hereditary
2018
Catherine
A Kid Like Jake
2018
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
American Animals
2018
Joan
Hedgehog
2017
Sally Price
Collateral Beauty
2016
Abigail Bertrang
Captain Fantastic
2016
Carol Raskin
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
TV Shows
Aunt Lydia Clements
The Testaments
2026
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Alien
Hacks
2021
Sister Margarita
Lambs of God
2019
Paula Davies
The Other Two
2019
Aunt Lydia Clements
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Paula Jo
Search Party
2016
Naomi
Quarry
2016
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Bonnie Newton
Olive Kitteridge
2014
Patti Levin
The Leftovers
2014
Betty Childress
True Detective
2014
Estabrooks Masters
Masters of Sex
2013
Sister Carson
Louie
2010
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Karen Ames
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Miss Macadoo (voice)
American Dad!
2005
Mother Superior
House
2004
The Jury
2004
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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