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.
Acting
Movie
Hereditary
as Joan
2018
TV
House
as Mother Superior
2004
Movie
Captain Fantastic
as Abigail Bertrang
2016
Movie
Collateral Beauty
as Sally Price
2016
Movie
Marley & Me
as Dr. Platt
2008
Movie
Philadelphia
as Jill Beckett
1993
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Louise Durning
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sally Wilkens
1999
TV
True Detective
as Betty Childress
2014
TV
The X-Files
as Mrs. Reed
1993
Movie
Side Effects
as Mrs. Taylor
2013
TV
The Handmaid's Tale
as Aunt Lydia Clements
2017
Movie
The Drop
as Dottie
2014
TV
American Dad!
as Miss Macadoo (voice)
2005
Movie
St. Vincent
as Shirley
2014
Movie
Garden State
as Olivia
2004
Movie
Flags of Our Fathers
as Mrs. Strank
2006
Movie
The Manchurian Candidate
as Congresswoman Beckett
2004
Movie
The Art of Getting By
as Mrs. Grimes
2011
Movie
The Exorcist: Believer
as Nurse Ann Brooks
2023
Movie
Bachelorette
as Victoria Archer
2012
Movie
The Forgotten
as Eileen the Accountant
2004
TV
The Leftovers
as Patti Levin
2014
Movie
American Animals
as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
2018
