Acting credits
102
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ann Dowd
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
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Movies: 67Series: 35Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 43366
IMDb ID: nm0235652
Known for: Acting
Born: January 30, 1956
Age: 70
Place of birth: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q2558129
Other jobs
Producer (1)
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 Flags of Our Fathers.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ann Dowd.
The Friend
as Marjorie
2025 Movie
The Exorcist: Believer
as Nurse Ann Brooks
2023 Movie
The Independent
as Patricia Turnball
2022 Movie
Family Squares
as Judith
2022 Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
as Edna Garrett
2021 Movie
Mass
as Linda
2021 Movie
Enemy of the People
2021 Movie
Rebecca
as Mrs. Van Hopper
2020 Movie
Cowboys
as Faith
2020 Movie
Speed of Life
as June
2020 Movie
Henrietta Bulkowski
as Narrator
2019 Movie
Tyrel
as Silvia
2018 Movie
Nancy
as Betty
2018 Movie
Hereditary
as Joan
2018 Movie
American Animals
as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
2018 Movie
A Kid Like Jake
as Catherine
2018 Movie
Hedgehog
as Joan
2017 Movie
Collateral Beauty
as Sally Price
2016 Movie
Captain Fantastic
as Abigail Bertrang
2016 Movie
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Carol Raskin
2016 Movie
The Great & The Small
as Dupre
2016 Movie
Wildlike
as Jeanie
2015 Movie
Our Brand Is Crisis
as Nell
2015 Movie
Big Driver
as Ramona
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ann Dowd.
The Testaments
as Aunt Lydia Clements • 10 eps
2026 Series
Teenage Euthanasia
1 eps
2021 Series
Hacks
as Alien • 1 eps
2021 Series
Lambs of God
as Sister Margarita • 4 eps
2019 Series
The Other Two
as Paula Davies • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Handmaid's Tale
as Aunt Lydia Clements • 50 eps
2017 Series
Search Party
as Paula Jo • 2 eps
2016 Series
Quarry
as Naomi • 4 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Olive Kitteridge
as Bonnie Newton • 4 eps
2014 Series
The Leftovers
as Patti Levin • 21 eps
2014 Series
True Detective
as Betty Childress • 1 eps
2014 Series
Masters of Sex
as Estabrooks Masters • 7 eps
2013 Series
Louie
as Sister Carson • 1 eps
2010 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Karen Ames • 1 eps
2005 Series
American Dad!
as Miss Macadoo (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
House
as Mother Superior • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Jury
1 eps
2004 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Laurie Manotti • 1 eps
2001 Series
The Division
as Sarah • 1 eps
2001 Series
Freaks and Geeks
as Cookie Kelly • 2 eps
1999 Series
Third Watch
as Sgt. Beth Markham • 3 eps
1999 Series