Ann Dowd

Actor Jan 30 (age 70) Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA 1985–2026 (41 year career)

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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 L…

Known For

Film

Captain Fantastic

Abigail Bertrang

Film

Hereditary

Joan

Film

The Handmaid's Tale

Aunt Lydia / Miss Clements

Film

Philadelphia

Jill Beckett

Film

Collateral Beauty

Sally Price

Film

Marley & Me

Dr. Platt

Film

The Leftovers

Patti Levin

Film

St. Vincent

Shirley

Filmography

Acting (102)

Movies (66)

The Friend

2025

as Marjorie

6.7

The Exorcist: Believer

as Nurse Ann Brooks

Family Squares

as Judith

The Independent

as Patricia Turnball

Mass

as Linda

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

as Edna Garrett

Enemy of the People

Rebecca

as Mrs. Van Hopper

Cowboys

as Faith

Speed of Life

as June

Henrietta Bulkowski

as Narrator

Hereditary

as Joan

Tyrel

as Silvia

Nancy

as Betty

American Animals

as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

A Kid Like Jake

as Catherine

Hedgehog

as Joan

Captain Fantastic

as Abigail Bertrang

Collateral Beauty

as Sally Price

The Great & The Small

as Dupre

Our Brand Is Crisis

as Nell

Wildlike

as Jeanie

The Drop

as Dottie

St. Vincent

as Shirley

Big Driver

as Ramona

The Discoverers

as Patti

Side Effects

as Mrs. Taylor

Gimme Shelter

as Kathy

Compliance

as Sandra

Bachelorette

as Victoria Archer

Coming Up Roses

as Lynne

The Art of Getting By

2011

as Mrs. Grimes

6.6

Lost Revolution

2011

as Glenn

Taking Chance

as Gretchen

The Informant!

as Kate Medford

The Toe Tactic

as Honey Woman

Marley & Me

as Dr. Platt

The Babysitters

as Tammy Lyner

Familiar Strangers

Goodbye Baby

as Terri

The Living Wake

as Librarian

Alice Upside Down

as Aunt Sally

Gardener of Eden

as Ma Harris

I Believe in America

as Glenn

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as Mrs. Strank

6.9

The Notorious Bettie Page

as Edna Page

Saving Shiloh

as Louise Preston

The Thing About My Folks

2005

as Linda

6.3

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Congresswoman Beckett

6.5

The Forgotten

2004

as Eileen the Accountant

Garden State

as Olivia

Homework

as Mother

Lucy

as DeDe

Baby

as Ms. Minifred

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

as Louise Preston

Apt Pupil

as Monica Bowden

All Over Me

as Anne

Shiloh

as Louise Preston

Bushwhacked

as Mrs. Patterson

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

1995

as Rose Long

6.2

It Could Happen to You

as Carol

Philadelphia

as Jill Beckett

Lorenzo's Oil

as Pediatrician

Green Card

as Peggy

Poor Boy

The Undertaker's Children

as Johanna Hall

Television (36)

The Testaments

2026 Upcoming

as Aunt Lydia

Apr 8

Teenage Euthanasia

The Other Two

as Paula Davies

Lambs of God

as Sister Margarita

The Handmaid's Tale

as Aunt Lydia / Miss Clements

8.1

The Handmaid's Tale

2017

as Aunt Lydia Clements

Search Party

as Paula Jo

Quarry

as Naomi

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

True Detective

as Betty Childress

The Leftovers

as Patti Levin

The Leftovers

as Patti Levin

Olive Kitteridge

as Bonnie Newton

Masters of Sex

as Estabrooks Masters

7.1

Louie

2010

as Sister Carson

7.8

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

American Dad!

2005

as Miss Macadoo (voice)

7.0

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Karen Ames

House

as Mother Superior

The Jury

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Laurie Manotti

The Division

as Sarah

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sally Wilkens

Third Watch

as Sgt. Beth Markham

Judging Amy

as Mrs. Schleewee

Freaks and Geeks

as Cookie Kelly

Providence

as Mary

Family Law

Nothing Sacred

as Sister Mo

Chicago Hope

as Eleanor Robertson

Touched by an Angel

as Paula Dardenne

The X-Files

as Mrs. Reed

Law & Order

as Teresa Franz

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Nurse Courtney

North and South

as Maureen