Ann Dowd
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA — Jan 30 1956
Connect
Biography
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 Flag…
Photos
Ann Dowd's Credits
Browse acting and crew credits across movies and TV — filter and sort to find specific roles.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Louise Durning
Law & Order
Dorothy Baxter
House
Mother Superior
American Dad!
Miss Macadoo (voice)
The X-Files
Mrs. Reed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Laurie Manotti
Third Watch
Sgt. Beth Markham
True Detective
Betty Childress
Chicago Hope
The Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements
Judging Amy
Mrs. Schleewee
Touched by an Angel
Paula Dardenne
Providence
Mary
The Division
Sarah
Masters of Sex
Estabrooks Masters
Louie
Sister Carson
The Leftovers
Patti Levin
Search Party
Paula Jo
North and South
Maureen
Family Law
Teenage Euthanasia
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Nurse Courtney
The Other Two
Paula Davies
Freaks and Geeks
Cookie Kelly
Hereditary
Joan
The Drop
Dottie
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Karen Ames
The Jury
Philadelphia
Jill Beckett
Quarry
Naomi
The Testaments
Aunt Lydia
Marley & Me
Dr. Platt
Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang
Olive Kitteridge
Bonnie Newton
The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks
Apt Pupil
Monica Bowden
Collateral Beauty
Sally Price
St. Vincent
Shirley
Lambs of God
Sister Margarita
Compliance
Sandra
Nothing Sacred
Sister Mo
The Babysitters
Tammy Lyner
Flags of Our Fathers
Mrs. Strank
The Informant!
Kate Medford
It Could Happen to You
Carol
Side Effects
Mrs. Taylor
Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper
Bachelorette
Victoria Archer
The Friend
Marjorie
The Forgotten
Eileen the Accountant
Garden State
Olivia
Our Brand Is Crisis
Nell
American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
The Manchurian Candidate
Congresswoman Beckett
Bushwhacked
Mrs. Patterson
Taking Chance
Gretchen
Lorenzo's Oil
Pediatrician
Green Card
Peggy
Mass
Linda
The Art of Getting By
Mrs. Grimes
Nancy
Betty
The Notorious Bettie Page
Edna Page
Wildlike
Jeanie
Baby
Ms. Minifred
The Independent
Patricia Turnball
Big Driver
Ramona
All Over Me
Anne
Cowboys
Faith
Tyrel
Silvia
Hedgehog
Joan
A Kid Like Jake
Catherine
Gimme Shelter
Kathy
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Rose Long
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett
The Discoverers
Patti
The Toe Tactic
Honey Woman
Family Squares
Judith
Speed of Life
June
Shiloh
Louise Preston
Saving Shiloh
Louise Preston
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Louise Preston
Alice Upside Down
Aunt Sally
The Great & The Small
Dupre
Lucy
DeDe
Gardener of Eden
Ma Harris
I Believe in America
Glenn
Goodbye Baby
Terri
Poor Boy
The Thing About My Folks
Linda
Familiar Strangers
Homework
Mother
Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator
Coming Up Roses
Lynne
Enemy of the People
The Undertaker's Children
Johanna Hall
The Living Wake
Librarian
Lost Revolution
Glenn