Ann Dowd

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-01-30 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Ann Dowd

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 Lorenzo's Oil, Philadelphia, Apt Pupil, Garden State and Flags of Our Fathers.

Acting

2009

The Informant!

as Kate Medford

1995

Bushwhacked

as Mrs. Patterson

1998

Apt Pupil

as Monica Bowden

2008

The Babysitters

as Tammy Lyner

2008

Marley & Me

as Dr. Platt

2007

The Living Wake

as Librarian

2022

The Independent

as Patricia Turnball

2012

Bachelorette

as Victoria Archer

2012

Compliance

as Sandra

1999

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

as Louise Preston

2009

The Toe Tactic

as Honey Woman

2000

Baby

as Ms. Minifred

2013

Side Effects

as Mrs. Taylor

2011

2003

Lucy

as DeDe

2014

The Drop

as Dottie

1996

Shiloh

as Louise Preston

2013

1993

Philadelphia

as Jill Beckett

2004

Garden State

as Olivia

2006

Flags of Our Fathers

as Mrs. Strank

2023

The Exorcist: Believer

as Nurse Ann Brooks

2014

St. Vincent

as Shirley

2014

Big Driver

as Ramona

2015

Wildlike

as Jeanie

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

as Congresswoman Beckett

2025

The Friend

as Marjorie

2011

The Art of Getting By

as Mrs. Grimes

2007

Goodbye Baby

as Terri

1990

Green Card

as Peggy

2016

Captain Fantastic

as Abigail Bertrang

2007

Alice Upside Down

as Aunt Sally

2016

Collateral Beauty

as Sally Price

2017

Hedgehog

as Joan

2018

A Kid Like Jake

as Catherine

2018

Nancy

as Betty

2018

American Animals

as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

2018

Hereditary

as Joan

2018

Tyrel

as Silvia

2020

2004

Homework

as Mother

2009

Taking Chance

as Gretchen

2020

Rebecca

as Mrs. Van Hopper

1997

2007

Gardener of Eden

as Ma Harris

1992

Lorenzo's Oil

as Pediatrician

2019

2020

Cowboys

as Faith

2004

The Forgotten

as Eileen the Accountant

2022

2021

Mass

as Linda

2014

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