Ann Dowd
Acting
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.
Known for
2025The Friend
Marjorie
2023The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks
2022The Independent
Patricia Turnball
2022Family Squares
Judith
2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett
2021Mass
Linda
2021Enemy of the People
2020Speed of Life
June
2020Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper
2020Cowboys
Faith
2019Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator
2018A Kid Like Jake
Catherine
2018Nancy
Betty
2018American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
2018Hereditary
Joan
2018Tyrel
Silvia
2017Hedgehog
Joan
2016The Great & The Small
Dupre
2016Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang
2016Collateral Beauty
Sally Price
2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Carol Raskin
2015Wildlike
Jeanie
2015Our Brand Is Crisis
Nell
2014The Drop
Dottie