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