Cast & creator
Ann Dowd
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
69
film credits
41
television credits
109
1985–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (110)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Louise Durning
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sally Wilkens
1999
Law & Order
Dorothy Baxter
1990Law & Order
Teresa Franz
1990Law & Order
Dr. Beth Allison
1990Law & Order
Patricia Smith
1990
American Dad!
Miss Macadoo (voice)
2005
House
Mother Superior
2004
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Laurie Manotti
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The X-Files
Mrs. Reed
1993
Chicago Hope
1994Chicago Hope
Eleanor Robertson
1994
Third Watch
Sgt. Beth Markham
1999
The Handmaid's Tale
Aunt Lydia Clements
2017
True Detective
Betty Childress
2014
Touched by an Angel
Paula Dardenne
1994
Judging Amy
Mrs. Schleewee
1999
Hacks
Alien
2021
The Division
Sarah
2001
The Leftovers
Patti Levin
2014
Masters of Sex
Estabrooks Masters
2013
Providence
Mary
1999
Family Law
1999
Freaks and Geeks
Cookie Kelly
1999
North and South
Maureen
1985
Louie
Sister Carson
2010
The Other Two
Paula Davies
2019
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Nurse Courtney
1987
Hereditary
Joan
2018
The Testaments
Aunt Lydia Clements
2026The Testaments
Producer
2026
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Karen Ames
2005
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Collateral Beauty
Sally Price
2016
Search Party
Paula Jo
2016
Captain Fantastic
Abigail Bertrang
2016
The Drop
Dottie
2014
The Exorcist: Believer
Nurse Ann Brooks
2023
St. Vincent
Shirley
2014
Olive Kitteridge
Bonnie Newton
2014
Flags of Our Fathers
Mrs. Strank
2006
Marley & Me
Dr. Platt
2008
Quarry
Naomi
2016
The Jury
2004
Side Effects
Mrs. Taylor
2013
Philadelphia
Jill Beckett
1993
Lambs of God
Sister Margarita
2019
The Babysitters
Tammy Lyner
2008
The Forgotten
Eileen the Accountant
2004
The Friend
Marjorie
2025
It Could Happen to You
Carol
1994
Our Brand Is Crisis
Nell
2015
The Manchurian Candidate
Congresswoman Beckett
2004
Garden State
Olivia
2004
Compliance
Sandra
2012
The Informant!
Kate Medford
2009
Nothing Sacred
Sister Mo
1997
The Independent
Patricia Turnball
2022
The Art of Getting By
Mrs. Grimes
2011
Bachelorette
Victoria Archer
2012
American Animals
Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
2018
Apt Pupil
Monica Bowden
1998
Green Card
Peggy
1990
The Notorious Bettie Page
Edna Page
2006
Lorenzo's Oil
Pediatrician
1992
Rebecca
Mrs. Van Hopper
2020
Taking Chance
Gretchen
2009
Mass
Linda
2021
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Carol Raskin
2016
Bushwhacked
Mrs. Patterson
1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Rose Long
1995
A Kid Like Jake
Catherine
2018
Gimme Shelter
Kathy
2013
Nancy
Betty
2018
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Edna Garrett
2021
Big Driver
Ramona
2014
Poor Boy
Wildlike
Jeanie
2015
Saving Shiloh
Louise Preston
2006
First Steps
Debby
1985
Shiloh
Louise Preston
1996
Family Squares
Judith
2022
The Thing About My Folks
Linda
2005
Tyrel
Silvia
2018
I Believe in America
Glenn
2007
Homework
Mother
2004
Henrietta Bulkowski
Narrator
2019
Cowboys
Faith
2020
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Louise Preston
1999
Alice Upside Down
Aunt Sally
2007
The Great & The Small
Dupre
2016Lost Revolution
Glenn
2011The Undertaker's Children
Johanna Hall
All Over Me
Anne
1997
Goodbye Baby
Terri
2007
The Living Wake
Librarian
2007
Gardener of Eden
Ma Harris
2007
Coming Up Roses
Lynne
2011
Hedgehog
Joan
2017
The Discoverers
Patti
2014
Speed of Life
June
2020
Lucy
DeDe
2003
Familiar Strangers
Dottie Worthington
2008
Baby
Ms. Minifred
2000
Amy & Isabelle
Lenora
2001
The Toe Tactic
Honey Woman
2009