
Ann Dowd
Acting
Born 1956-01-30 · 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.
Acting

The Testaments
Aunt Lydia Clements

The Friend
Marjorie

The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks

The Independent
Patricia Turnball

Family Squares
Judith

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

Mass
Linda

Teenage Euthanasia

Enemy of the People

Hacks
Alien

Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper

Cowboys
Faith

Speed of Life
June

Lambs of God
Sister Margarita

Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator

The Other Two
Paula Davies

Nancy
Betty

Hereditary
Joan

A Kid Like Jake
Catherine

American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

Tyrel
Silvia

Hedgehog
Joan

The Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements

Collateral Beauty
Sally Price

Search Party
Paula Jo

Quarry
Naomi

Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Carol Raskin

The Great & The Small
Dupre

Wildlike
Jeanie