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Ann Dowd

Actor

Ann Dowd

Born January 30, 1956 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA68 films

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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Filmography

68 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Undertaker's ChildrenJohanna Hall
  2. TBAPoor Boy
  3. 2025The FriendMarjorie
  4. 2023The Exorcist: BelieverNurse Ann Brooks
  5. 2022The IndependentPatricia Turnball
  6. 2022Family SquaresJudith
  7. 2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent StrokesEdna Garrett
  8. 2021MassLinda
  9. 2021Enemy of the People
  10. 2020RebeccaMrs. Van Hopper
  11. 2020CowboysFaith
  12. 2020Speed of LifeJune
  13. 2019Henrietta BulkowskiNarrator
  14. 2018TyrelSilvia
  15. 2018NancyBetty
  16. 2018HereditaryJoan
  17. 2018A Kid Like JakeCatherine
  18. 2017HedgehogJoan
  19. 2016Collateral BeautySally Price
  20. 2016Captain FantasticAbigail Bertrang
  21. 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerCarol Raskin
  22. 2016The Great & The SmallDupre
  23. 2015WildlikeJeanie
  24. 2015Our Brand Is CrisisNell
  25. 2014Big DriverRamona
  26. 2014St. VincentShirley
  27. 2014The DropDottie
  28. 2014The DiscoverersPatti
  29. 2013Gimme ShelterKathy
  30. 2013Side EffectsMrs. Taylor
  31. 2012ComplianceSandra
  32. 2012BacheloretteVictoria Archer
  33. 2011Coming Up RosesLynne
  34. 2011The Art of Getting ByMrs. Grimes
  35. 2011Lost RevolutionGlenn
  36. 2009Taking ChanceGretchen
  37. 2009The Informant!Kate Medford
  38. 2009The Toe TacticHoney Woman
  39. 2008Marley & MeDr. Platt
  40. 2008Familiar StrangersDottie Worthington
  41. 2008The BabysittersTammy Lyner
  42. 2007Alice Upside DownAunt Sally
  43. 2007I Believe in AmericaGlenn
  44. 2007The Living WakeLibrarian
  45. 2007Gardener of EdenMa Harris
  46. 2007Goodbye BabyTerri
  47. 2006Flags of Our FathersMrs. Strank
  48. 2006The Notorious Bettie PageEdna Page
  49. 2006Saving ShilohLouise Preston
  50. 2005The Thing About My FolksLinda
  51. 2004The ForgottenEileen the Accountant
  52. 2004The Manchurian CandidateCongresswoman Beckett
  53. 2004Garden StateOlivia
  54. 2004HomeworkMother
  55. 2003LucyDeDe
  56. 2001Amy & IsabelleLenora
  57. 2000BabyMs. Minifred
  58. 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonLouise Preston
  59. 1998Apt PupilMonica Bowden
  60. 1997All Over MeAnne
  61. 1996ShilohLouise Preston
  62. 1995BushwhackedMrs. Patterson
  63. 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongRose Long
  64. 1994It Could Happen to YouCarol
  65. 1993PhiladelphiaJill Beckett
  66. 1992Lorenzo's OilPediatrician
  67. 1990Green CardPeggy
  68. 1985First StepsDebby