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.
Movies
The Friend
Marjorie
The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks
The Independent
Patricia Turnball
Family Squares
Judith
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett
Mass
Linda
Enemy of the People
Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper
Cowboys
Faith
Speed of Life
June
Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator
Nancy
Betty
Hereditary
Joan
A Kid Like Jake
Catherine
American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Tyrel
Silvia
Hedgehog
Joan
Collateral Beauty
Sally Price
Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang
The Great & The Small
Dupre
Wildlike
Jeanie
Our Brand Is Crisis
Nell
Big Driver
Ramona
St. Vincent
Shirley
The Drop
Dottie
The Discoverers
Patti
Gimme Shelter
Kathy
Side Effects
Mrs. Taylor
Compliance
Sandra
Bachelorette
Victoria Archer
Coming Up Roses
Lynne
The Art of Getting By
Mrs. Grimes
Lost Revolution
Glenn
Taking Chance
Gretchen
The Informant!
Kate Medford
The Toe Tactic
Honey Woman
Marley & Me
Dr. Platt
The Babysitters
Tammy Lyner
Familiar Strangers
Alice Upside Down
Aunt Sally
I Believe in America
Glenn
The Living Wake
Librarian
Gardener of Eden
Ma Harris
Goodbye Baby
Terri
Flags of Our Fathers
Mrs. Strank
Saving Shiloh
Louise Preston
The Notorious Bettie Page
Edna Page
The Thing About My Folks
Linda
The Forgotten
Eileen the Accountant
The Manchurian Candidate
Congresswoman Beckett
Garden State
Olivia
Homework
Mother
Lucy
DeDe
Baby
Ms. Minifred
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Louise Preston
Apt Pupil
Monica Bowden
All Over Me
Anne
Shiloh
Louise Preston
Bushwhacked
Mrs. Patterson
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Rose Long
It Could Happen to You
Carol
Philadelphia
Jill Beckett
Lorenzo's Oil
Pediatrician
Green Card
Peggy
The Undertaker's Children
Johanna Hall
Poor Boy
TV Series
Teenage Euthanasia
1 Episode
Lambs of God
Sister Margarita
4 Episodes
The Other Two
Paula Davies
1 Episode
The Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements
50 Episodes
Search Party
Paula Jo
2 Episodes
Quarry
Naomi
4 Episodes
Olive Kitteridge
Bonnie Newton
4 Episodes
The Leftovers
Patti Levin
21 Episodes
True Detective
Betty Childress
1 Episode
Masters of Sex
Estabrooks Masters
7 Episodes
Louie
Sister Carson
1 Episode
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Karen Ames
1 Episode
American Dad!
Miss Macadoo (voice)
1 Episode
House
Mother Superior
1 Episode
The Jury
1 Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Laurie Manotti
1 Episode
The Division
Sarah
1 Episode
Freaks and Geeks
Cookie Kelly
2 Episodes
Third Watch
Sgt. Beth Markham
3 Episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Louise Durning
2 Episodes
Family Law
1 Episode
Judging Amy
Mrs. Schleewee
2 Episodes
Providence
Mary
1 Episode
Nothing Sacred
Sister Mo
20 Episodes
Touched by an Angel
Paula Dardenne
1 Episode
Chicago Hope
The X-Files
Mrs. Reed
1 Episode
Law & Order
Dorothy Baxter
1 Episode
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Nurse Courtney
1 Episode
North and South
Maureen
3 Episodes
The Testaments
Aunt Lydia
3 Episodes