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Ann Dowd

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

2025
The Friend

as Marjorie

Movie
2023
The Exorcist: Believer

as Nurse Ann Brooks

Movie
2022
The Independent

as Patricia Turnball

Movie
2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

as Edna Garrett

Movie
2018
Hereditary

as Joan

Movie
2014
The Drop

as Dottie

Movie
2006
Flags of Our Fathers

as Mrs. Strank

Movie
1993
Philadelphia

as Jill Beckett

Movie
2017
The Handmaid's Tale

as Aunt Lydia Clements

TV Show