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Ann Dowd is an American actress. She has played supporting roles in several films, including Green Card (1990), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Garden State (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Marley & Me (2008), Side Effects (2013), St. Vincent (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), and Hereditary (2018). Dowd appeared as Sandra in the thriller film Compliance (2012), for which she received the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Born
Monday, 30 January 1956
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The President Is Missing | President Jillian Stroud | 7466 |
| The Exorcist: Believer | Nurse Ann Brooks / Ann Brooks | 2023 |
| The Independent | Patricia Turnbull / Patricia Turnball | 2022 |
| The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Winner | 2022 |
| Family Squares | Judith | 2022 |
| Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' | Mrs. Garrett / Edna Garrett | 2021 |
| Mass | Linda | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2021 |
| Teenage Euthanasia | Erica / Debt Announcer | 2021 |
| Cowboys | Faith | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The President Is Missing | President Jillian Stroud | 7466 |
| The Exorcist: Believer | Nurse Ann Brooks / Ann Brooks | 2023 |
| The Independent | Patricia Turnbull / Patricia Turnball | 2022 |
| The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards | Self - Winner | 2022 |
| Family Squares | Judith | 2022 |
| Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' | Mrs. Garrett / Edna Garrett | 2021 |
| Mass | Linda | 2021 |
| The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2021 |
| Teenage Euthanasia | Erica / Debt Announcer | 2021 |
| Cowboys | Faith | 2021 |
| Cowboys | Faith | 2020 |
| Rebecca | Mrs. Van Hopper | 2020 |
| Henrietta Bulkowski | Narrator | 2020 |
| Helpsters | Marching Band Marsha | 2019 |
| Dismantling Democracy | Self | 2019 |
| Speed of Life | June | 2019 |
| Lambs of God | Sister Margarita | 2019 |
| The Other Two | Paula Davies | 2019 |
| 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Zeron Omega | 2018 |
| Tyrel | Silvia | 2018 |
| Nancy | Betty | 2018 |
| Hereditary | Joan | 2018 |
| A Kid Like Jake | Catherine | 2018 |
| American Animals | Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch | 2018 |
| 75th Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2018 |
| Hedgehog | Joan | 2017 |
| At Home with Amy Sedaris | Teri Tucker / Janice Shanks | 2017 |
| The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Winner | 2017 |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Aunt Lydia Clements / Aunt Lydia / Miss Clements | 2017 |
| Norman | Carol Raskin | 2017 |
| The Great & The Small | Detective Dupre / Dupre | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Collateral Beauty | Sally Price | 2016 |
| Search Party | Paula Jo | 2016 |
| Good Behavior | FBI Agent Rhonda Lashever | 2016 |
| Quarry | Naomi | 2016 |
| Captain Fantastic | Abigail / Abigail Bertrang | 2016 |
| Our Brand Is Crisis | Nell | 2015 |
| Wildlike | Jeanie | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Big Driver | Ramona Norvell / Ramona | 2014 |
| St. Vincent | Shirley, Sunnyside Administrator / Shirley | 2014 |
| The Drop | Dottie | 2014 |
| Olive Kitteridge | Bonnie Newton | 2014 |
| The Divide | Ida Bankowski | 2014 |
| The Leftovers | Patti Levin | 2014 |
| The Discoverers | Patti | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Love's a Bitch | Wes' Mom | 2014 |
| True Detective | Betty Childress | 2014 |
| Gimme Shelter | Kathy | 2013 |
| Masters of Sex | Estabrooks Masters | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Side Effects | Martin's Mother / Mrs. Taylor | 2013 |
| Compliance | Sandra | 2012 |
| Bachelorette | Victoria / Victoria Archer | 2012 |
| Girls | Phaedra | 2012 |
| Pan Am | Marjorie Lowrey | 2011 |
| Coming Up Roses | Lynne | 2011 |
| The Art of Getting By | Mrs. Grimes | 2011 |
| Louie | Nun | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Informant! | FBI Special Agent Kate Medford / Kate Medford | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Taking Chance | Gretchen | 2009 |
| The Toe Tactic | Honey Woman | 2009 |
| Marley & Me | Dr. Platt | 2008 |
| The Babysitters | Tammy Lyner | 2008 |
| Familiar Strangers | Dottie Worthington | 2008 |
| Alice Upside Down | Aunt Sally | 2007 |
| The Living Wake | Librarian | 2007 |
| Gardener of Eden | Ma Harris | 2007 |
| Goodbye Baby | Terri | 2007 |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Mrs. Strank | 2006 |
| Saving Shiloh | Louise Preston | 2006 |
| The Notorious Bettie Page | Edna Page / Edna Paige | 2006 |
| The Thing About My Folks | Linda | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Karen Ames | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Deborah / Miss Macadoo | 2005 |
| House | Mother Superior | 2004 |
| The Forgotten | Eileen the Accountant | 2004 |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Congresswoman Becket / Congresswoman Beckett | 2004 |
| Garden State | Olivia | 2004 |
| The Jury | Evelyn Berry | 2004 |
| Lucy | Dede | 2003 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Laurie Manotti | 2001 |
| The Education of Max Bickford | Jean | 2001 |
| Amy & Isabelle | Lenora | 2001 |
| The Division | Sarah | 2001 |
| Baby | Ms. Minifred | 2000 |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | (voice) | 1999 |
| Freaks and Geeks | Cookie Kelly | 1999 |
| Third Watch | Sgt. Beth Markham | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lillian Siefeld / Louise Durning / Sally Wilkens | 1999 |
| Judging Amy | Mrs. Schleewee / Mrs. Schlewee | 1999 |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Louise Preston | 1999 |
| Providence | Mary | 1999 |
| Apt Pupil | Monica Bowden | 1998 |
| Nothing Sacred | Sister Mo | 1997 |
| All Over Me | Anne | 1997 |
| Shiloh | Louise Preston | 1997 |
| Bushwhacked | Mrs. Patterson | 1995 |
| Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Rose Long | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Paula Dardenne | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Eleanor Robertson | 1994 |
| It Could Happen to You | Carol | 1994 |
| North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell | Maureen | 1994 |
| The Cosby Mysteries | 1994 | |
| Philadelphia | Jill Beckett | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Ann Collins | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Mrs. Reed | 1993 |
| Lorenzo's Oil | Pediatrician | 1993 |
| Green Card | Peggy | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Teresa Franz / Patricia Smith / Dr. Beth Allison / Dorothy Baxter | 1990 |
| The Baby-Sitters Club | Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer | 1990 |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Nurse Courtney | 1987 |
| North & South: Book 1, North & South | Maureen | 1985 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2018 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
| 2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
