The Testaments
2026 · TV Show
as Aunt Lydia Clements
Ann Dowd
1956-01-30
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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.
Filmography
The Friend
2025 · Movie
as Marjorie
The Exorcist: Believer
2023 · Movie
as Nurse Ann Brooks
The Independent
2022 · Movie
as Patricia Turnball
Family Squares
2022 · Movie
as Judith
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021 · Movie
as Edna Garrett
Mass
2021 · Movie
as Linda
Enemy of the People
2021 · Movie
Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · TV Show
Hacks
2021 · TV Show
as Alien
Speed of Life
2020 · Movie
as June
Rebecca
2020 · Movie
as Mrs. Van Hopper
Cowboys
2020 · Movie
as Faith
Henrietta Bulkowski
2019 · Movie
as Narrator
The Other Two
2019 · TV Show
as Paula Davies
Lambs of God
2019 · TV Show
as Sister Margarita
A Kid Like Jake
2018 · Movie
as Catherine
Nancy
2018 · Movie
as Betty
American Animals
2018 · Movie
as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Hereditary
2018 · Movie
as Joan
Tyrel
2018 · Movie
as Silvia
Hedgehog
2017 · Movie
as Joan
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · TV Show
as Aunt Lydia Clements
The Great & The Small
2016 · Movie
as Dupre
Captain Fantastic
2016 · Movie
as Abigail Bertrang
Collateral Beauty
2016 · Movie
as Sally Price
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · Movie
as Carol Raskin
Search Party
2016 · TV Show
as Paula Jo
Quarry
2016 · TV Show
as Naomi
Wildlike
2015 · Movie
as Jeanie
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015 · Movie
as Nell
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Drop
2014 · Movie
as Dottie
St. Vincent
2014 · Movie
as Shirley
Big Driver
2014 · Movie
as Ramona
The Discoverers
2014 · Movie
as Patti
The Leftovers
2014 · TV Show
as Patti Levin
True Detective
2014 · TV Show
as Betty Childress
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · TV Show
as Bonnie Newton
Side Effects
2013 · Movie
as Mrs. Taylor
Gimme Shelter
2013 · Movie
as Kathy
Masters of Sex
2013 · TV Show
as Estabrooks Masters
Bachelorette
2012 · Movie
as Victoria Archer
Compliance
2012 · Movie
as Sandra
Coming Up Roses
2011 · Movie
as Lynne
The Art of Getting By
2011 · Movie
as Mrs. Grimes
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Lost Revolution
2011 · Movie
as Glenn
Louie
2010 · TV Show
as Sister Carson
The Informant!
2009 · Movie
as Kate Medford
The Toe Tactic
2009 · Movie
as Honey Woman
Taking Chance
2009 · Movie
as Gretchen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Babysitters
2008 · Movie
as Tammy Lyner
Marley & Me
2008 · Movie
as Dr. Platt
Familiar Strangers
2008 · Movie
as Dottie Worthington
The Living Wake
2007 · Movie
as Librarian
Goodbye Baby
2007 · Movie
as Terri
I Believe in America
2007 · Movie
as Glenn
Alice Upside Down
2007 · Movie
as Aunt Sally
Gardener of Eden
2007 · Movie
as Ma Harris
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · Movie
as Mrs. Strank
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Movie
as Edna Page
Saving Shiloh
2006 · Movie
as Louise Preston
The Thing About My Folks
2005 · Movie
as Linda
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · TV Show
as Karen Ames
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
as Miss Macadoo (voice)
Garden State
2004 · Movie
as Olivia
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie
as Congresswoman Beckett
Homework
2004 · Movie
as Mother
The Forgotten
2004 · Movie
as Eileen the Accountant
The Jury
2004 · TV Show
House
2004 · TV Show
as Mother Superior
Lucy
2003 · Movie
as DeDe
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Amy & Isabelle
2001 · Movie
as Lenora
The Division
2001 · TV Show
as Sarah
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV Show
as Laurie Manotti
Baby
2000 · Movie
as Ms. Minifred
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999 · Movie
as Louise Preston
Third Watch
1999 · TV Show
as Sgt. Beth Markham
Providence
1999 · TV Show
as Mary
Judging Amy
1999 · TV Show
as Mrs. Schleewee
Freaks and Geeks
1999 · TV Show
as Cookie Kelly
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Louise Durning, Sally Wilkens
Family Law
1999 · TV Show
Apt Pupil
1998 · Movie
as Monica Bowden
All Over Me
1997 · Movie
as Anne
Nothing Sacred
1997 · TV Show
as Sister Mo
Shiloh
1996 · Movie
as Louise Preston
Bushwhacked
1995 · Movie
as Mrs. Patterson
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995 · Movie
as Rose Long
It Could Happen to You
1994 · Movie
as Carol
Touched by an Angel
1994 · TV Show
as Paula Dardenne
Chicago Hope
1994 · TV Show
as Eleanor Robertson
Philadelphia
1993 · Movie
as Jill Beckett
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Mrs. Reed
Lorenzo's Oil
1992 · Movie
as Pediatrician
Green Card
1990 · Movie
as Peggy
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Dorothy Baxter, Teresa Franz, Dr. Beth Allison, Patricia Smith
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · TV Show
as Nurse Courtney
First Steps
1985 · Movie
as Debby
North and South
1985 · TV Show
as Maureen
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The Undertaker's Children
· Movie
as Johanna Hall
Poor Boy
· Movie
