Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd

1956-01-30 Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA 63 Credits

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 L...

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The Friend

The Friend

2025

as Marjorie

6.5
Acting

When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creati...

The Exorcist: Believer

The Exorcist: Believer

2023

as Nurse Ann Brooks

5.9
Acting

Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memor...

The Independent

The Independent

2022

as Patricia Turnball

6.7
Acting

It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its f...

Family Squares

Family Squares

2022

as Judith

4.0
Acting

The Worth Family has been divided for years but when the matriarch, Grandma Mabel dies suddenly, the family has to come together. The story of Family ...

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

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

2021

as Edna Garrett

7.6
Acting

The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.

Mass

Mass

2021

as Linda

7.4
Acting

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

Enemy of the People

Enemy of the People

2021

2.0
Acting

Enemy of the People centers on a small former manufacturing town that has been revitalized as a resort destination due to its natural hot springs. Whe...

Rebecca

Rebecca

2020

as Mrs. Van Hopper

6.3
Acting

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Cowboys

Cowboys

2020

as Faith

6.3
Acting

Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

Speed of Life

Speed of Life

2020

as June

4.3
Acting

The film follows a woman who has a chance to reflect on her life when a wormhole opens upon David Bowie’s death.

Henrietta Bulkowski

Henrietta Bulkowski

2019

as Narrator

6.2
Acting

A determined young woman, crippled with a severe hunchback, will stop at nothing to fulfill her dream of seeing the world. This is the story of how sh...

Nancy

Nancy

2018

as Betty

5.8
Acting

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable do...

Hereditary

Hereditary

2018

as Joan

7.3
Acting

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not o...

A Kid Like Jake

A Kid Like Jake

2018

as Catherine

6.0
Acting

On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake...

American Animals

American Animals

2018

as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch

6.7
Acting

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.

Tyrel

Tyrel

2018

as Silvia

5.3
Acting

Tyler joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party with several people he doesn’t know. As soon as they get there, it’s cl...

Hedgehog

Hedgehog

2017

as Joan

6.1
Acting

The daughter of a late comic is forced to confront her fears of performing.

Collateral Beauty

Collateral Beauty

2016

as Sally Price

7.2
Acting

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see ...

Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic

2016

as Abigail Bertrang

7.9
Acting

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced t...

The Great & The Small

The Great & The Small

2016

as Dupre

6.0
Acting

Twenty-six year old Scott is living on the streets and trying to find his way back into society while on probation for petty crimes. He attempts to na...

Wildlike

Wildlike

2015

as Jeanie

6.2
Acting

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a ...

Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis

2015

as Nell

5.9
Acting

Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.

Big Driver

Big Driver

2014

as Ramona

5.7
Acting

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.

St. Vincent

St. Vincent

2014

as Shirley

7.1
Acting

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

The Drop

The Drop

2014

as Dottie

6.8
Acting

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where f...

The Discoverers

The Discoverers

2014

as Patti

4.9
Acting

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career...

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

2013

as Kathy

6.6
Acting

After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

Side Effects

Side Effects

2013

as Mrs. Taylor

6.6
Acting

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Compliance

Compliance

2012

as Sandra

6.4
Acting

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee...

Bachelorette

Bachelorette

2012

as Victoria Archer

5.4
Acting

Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.

Coming Up Roses

Coming Up Roses

2011

as Lynne

5.0
Acting

A drama centered on a former actress who subjects her 15-year-old daughter to a series of depressed small towns, money woes, failed love affairs, and ...

The Art of Getting By

The Art of Getting By

2011

as Mrs. Grimes

6.6
Acting

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally,...

Taking Chance

Taking Chance

2009

as Gretchen

7.2
Acting

Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.

The Informant!

The Informant!

2009

as Kate Medford

6.1
Acting

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-...

The Toe Tactic

The Toe Tactic

2009

as Honey Woman

4.0
Acting

Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off: leaving teaching - she now temps as an office ass...

Marley & Me

Marley & Me

2008

as Dr. Platt

7.2
Acting

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...

The Babysitters

The Babysitters

2008

as Tammy Lyner

6.0
Acting

Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works f...

Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers

2008

6.2
Acting

"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Pe...

Alice Upside Down

Alice Upside Down

2007

as Aunt Sally

5.7
Acting

Still mourning the death of her mother a few years back, Alice McKinley finds her life seriously disrupted when her father Ben buys a store and moves ...

I Believe in America

I Believe in America

2007

as Glenn

Acting

Three generations of one family, all involved at different levels with the Puerto Rican underground movement for independence, struggle with their nee...

The Living Wake

The Living Wake

2007

as Librarian

4.4
Acting

A dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best an...

Gardener of Eden

Gardener of Eden

2007

as Ma Harris

5.2
Acting

When a young deli-counter clerk and general slacker in New Jersey accidentally saves a young woman from a serial rapist, he becomes convinced that his...

Goodbye Baby

Goodbye Baby

2007

as Terri

5.8
Acting

An ambitious young woman who can't afford to pay for college throws caution to the wind by moving to New York City and attempting to break into the to...

Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

2006

as Mrs. Strank

6.9
Acting

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the s...

The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005

as Edna Page

6.3
Acting

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up ph...

The Thing About My Folks

The Thing About My Folks

2005

as Linda

6.3
Acting

Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try...

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2004

as Eileen the Accountant

5.9
Acting

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has c...

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

as Congresswoman Beckett

6.5
Acting

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow s...

Garden State

Garden State

2004

as Olivia

7.1
Acting

Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to...

Homework

Homework

2004

as Mother

Acting

Sara, a young ballet dancer, drifts through boredom as a constrained classical dancer until she meets Jean, a West African plumber from the opposite s...

Lucy

Lucy

2003

as DeDe

6.9
Acting

MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.

Baby

Baby

2000

as Ms. Minifred

7.0
Acting

A couple finds a baby on their doorstep with a note asking them to temporarily keep it. They take the baby in and care for it as if it were their own....

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

1999

as Louise Preston

6.0
Acting

When Shiloh's abusive previous owner, Judd Travers, tries to retake Shiloh again, Ray tries to find a way to end the rivalry and open up the hidden ki...

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998

as Monica Bowden

6.5
Acting

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles t...

All Over Me

All Over Me

1997

as Anne

6.0
Acting

Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, li...

Shiloh

Shiloh

1996

as Louise Preston

5.7
Acting

An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the d...

Bushwhacked

Bushwhacked

1995

as Mrs. Patterson

5.3
Acting

A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and...

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

1995

as Rose Long

7.5
Acting

A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1994

as Carol

6.7
Acting

Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

1993

as Jill Beckett

7.7
Acting

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes...

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

as Pediatrician

7.1
Acting

Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the...

Green Card

Green Card

1990

as Peggy

6.1
Acting

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fa...

The Undertaker's Children

N/A

as Johanna Hall

Acting

Inspired by real events, a reclusive undertaker is forced to take in the children of a deceased distant relative. When the older sister uncovers her s...