Personal Info
Birth date
1956-01-30 (69 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
앤 도드
آن داود
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.
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.136
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.Law & Order
7.395
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.936
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.571
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.House
8.592
Overview:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.American Dad!
6.976
Overview:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."The X-Files
8.377
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.The Handmaid's Tale
8.172
Overview:
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.The Other Two
7.1
Overview:
A former professional dancer, Brooke, and her brother Cary, an aspiring actor, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to internet fame.True Detective
8.285
Overview:
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.Touched by an Angel
7.2
Overview:
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.The Leftovers
7.633
Overview:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.Masters of Sex
7.068
Overview:
William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.North and South
7.434
Overview:
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.Freaks and Geeks
8.2
Overview:
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").Lambs of God
5.8
Overview:
A dark, gothic tale about three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent by the coast, and an unwelcome visitor who enters their lives and changes their world forever.Olive Kitteridge
7.565
Overview:
A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.Judging Amy
7.5
Overview:
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.Louie
7.787
Overview:
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.Third Watch
7.9
Overview:
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.Teenage Euthanasia
5.1
Overview:
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.Law & Order: Trial by Jury
8.1
Overview:
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.Quarry
7.304
Overview:
The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River.The Division
7
Overview:
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.The Jury
7
Overview:
Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their own opinions about the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Following each verdict, a final flashback will let viewers see the crime as it actually happened and reveal whether or not the jury made the right decision.Hereditary
7.292
Overview:
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.Family Law
8.2
Overview:
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.Acting
TBAThe Undertaker's Children as Johanna Hall
TBAThe Testaments (3 Episodes) as Aunt Lydia
2025The Friend as Marjorie
2023The Exorcist: Believer as Nurse Ann Brooks
2022The Independent as Patricia Turnball
2022Family Squares as Judith
2021Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes as Edna Garrett
2021Mass as Linda
2021Teenage Euthanasia (1 Episode) as Unknown
2021Enemy of the People as Unknown
2020Rebecca as Mrs. Van Hopper
2020Cowboys as Faith
2020Speed of Life as June
2019Lambs of God (4 Episodes) as Sister Margarita
2019Henrietta Bulkowski as Narrator
2019The Other Two (1 Episode) as Paula Davies
2018Nancy as Betty
2018Hereditary as Joan
2018A Kid Like Jake as Catherine
2018American Animals as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
2018Tyrel as Silvia
2017Hedgehog as Joan
2017The Handmaid's Tale (50 Episodes) as Aunt Lydia Clements
2016Collateral Beauty as Sally Price
2016Search Party (2 Episodes) as Paula Jo
2016Quarry (4 Episodes) as Naomi
2016Captain Fantastic as Abigail Bertrang
2016The Great & The Small as Dupre
2015Wildlike as Jeanie
2015Our Brand Is Crisis as Nell
2014Olive Kitteridge (4 Episodes) as Bonnie Newton
2014Big Driver as Ramona
2014St. Vincent as Shirley
2014The Drop as Dottie
2014The Leftovers (21 Episodes) as Patti Levin
2014The Discoverers as Patti
2014True Detective (1 Episode) as Betty Childress
2013Gimme Shelter as Kathy
2013Masters of Sex (7 Episodes) as Estabrooks Masters
2013Side Effects as Mrs. Taylor
2012Compliance as Sandra
2012Bachelorette as Victoria Archer
2011Coming Up Roses as Lynne
2011The Art of Getting By as Mrs. Grimes
2010Louie (1 Episode) as Sister Carson
2009Taking Chance as Gretchen
2009The Informant! as Kate Medford
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009The Toe Tactic as Honey Woman
2008Marley & Me as Dr. Platt
2008The Babysitters as Tammy Lyner
2008Familiar Strangers as Unknown
2007Alice Upside Down as Aunt Sally
2007I Believe in America as Glenn
2007The Living Wake as Librarian
2007Gardener of Eden as Ma Harris
2007Goodbye Baby as Terri
2006Flags of Our Fathers as Mrs. Strank
2005The Notorious Bettie Page as Edna Page
2005The Thing About My Folks as Linda
2005Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 Episode) as Karen Ames
2005American Dad! (1 Episode) as Miss Macadoo (voice)
2004House (1 Episode) as Mother Superior
2004The Forgotten as Eileen the Accountant
2004The Manchurian Candidate as Congresswoman Beckett
2004Garden State as Olivia
2004The Jury (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Homework as Mother
2003Lucy as DeDe
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Laurie Manotti
2001The Division (1 Episode) as Sarah
2000Baby as Ms. Minifred
1999Freaks and Geeks (2 Episodes) as Cookie Kelly
1999Third Watch (3 Episodes) as Sgt. Beth Markham
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2, 1 Episode) as Louise Durning, Sally Wilkens
1999Family Law (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Judging Amy (2 Episodes) as Mrs. Schleewee
1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season as Louise Preston
1999Providence (1 Episode) as Mary
1998Apt Pupil as Monica Bowden
1997Nothing Sacred (20 Episodes) as Sister Mo
1997All Over Me as Anne
1996Shiloh as Louise Preston
1995Bushwhacked as Mrs. Patterson
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Rose Long
1994Touched by an Angel (1 Episode) as Paula Dardenne
1994Chicago Hope as Unknown
1994It Could Happen to You as Carol
1993Philadelphia as Jill Beckett
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Mrs. Reed
1992Lorenzo's Oil as Pediatrician
1990Green Card as Peggy
1990Law & Order (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Dorothy Baxter, Teresa Franz, Dr. Beth Allison, Patricia Smith
1987The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1 Episode) as Nurse Courtney
1985North and South (3 Episodes) as Maureen