Ann Dowd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 January 1956 · Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known for
Acting 69
- 2026Poor Boy
- 2026The Undertaker's Children as Johanna Hall
- 2025The Friend as Marjorie
- 2023The Exorcist: Believer as Nurse Ann Brooks
- 2022The Independent as Patricia Turnball
- 2022Family Squares as Judith
- 2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Edna Garrett
- 2021Mass as Linda
- 2021Enemy of the People
- 2020Rebecca as Mrs. Van Hopper
- 2020Cowboys as Faith
- 2020Speed of Life as June
- 2019Henrietta Bulkowski as Narrator
- 2018Tyrel as Silvia
- 2018Nancy as Betty
- 2018Hereditary as Joan
- 2018A Kid Like Jake as Catherine
- 2018American Animals as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
- 2017Hedgehog as Joan
- 2016Collateral Beauty as Sally Price
- 2016Captain Fantastic as Abigail Bertrang
- 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Carol Raskin
- 2016The Great & The Small as Dupre
- 2015Wildlike as Jeanie
- 2015Our Brand Is Crisis as Nell
- 2014Big Driver as Ramona
- 2014St. Vincent as Shirley
- 2014The Drop as Dottie
- 2014The Discoverers as Patti
- 2013Gimme Shelter as Kathy
- 2013Side Effects as Mrs. Taylor
- 2012Compliance as Sandra
- 2012Bachelorette as Victoria Archer
- 2011Coming Up Roses as Lynne
- 2011The Art of Getting By as Mrs. Grimes
- 2011Lost Revolution as Glenn
- 2009Taking Chance as Gretchen
- 2009The Informant! as Kate Medford
- 2009The Toe Tactic as Honey Woman
- 2008Marley & Me as Dr. Platt
- 2008The Babysitters as Tammy Lyner
- 2008Familiar Strangers as Dottie Worthington
- 2007Alice Upside Down as Aunt Sally
- 2007I Believe in America as Glenn
- 2007The Living Wake as Librarian
- 2007Gardener of Eden as Ma Harris
- 2007Goodbye Baby as Terri
- 2006Flags of Our Fathers as Mrs. Strank
- 2006The Notorious Bettie Page as Edna Page
- 2006Saving Shiloh as Louise Preston
- 2005The Thing About My Folks as Linda
- 2004The Forgotten as Eileen the Accountant
- 2004The Manchurian Candidate as Congresswoman Beckett
- 2004Garden State as Olivia
- 2004Homework as Mother
- 2003Lucy as DeDe
- 2001Amy & Isabelle as Lenora
- 2000Baby as Ms. Minifred
- 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Louise Preston
- 1998Apt Pupil as Monica Bowden
- 1997All Over Me as Anne
- 1996Shiloh as Louise Preston
- 1995Bushwhacked as Mrs. Patterson
- 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Rose Long
- 1994It Could Happen to You as Carol
- 1993Philadelphia as Jill Beckett
- 1992Lorenzo's Oil as Pediatrician
- 1990Green Card as Peggy
- 1985First Steps as Debby