Ann Dowd
Ann Dowd | |
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Peabody Awards | |
Born | Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 30, 1956
Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) DePaul University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse |
Lawrence Arancio (m. 1984) |
Children | 3 |
Ann Dowd (born January 30, 1956) is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including Green Card (1990), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Garden State (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Marley & Me (2008), Compliance (2012), Side Effects (2013), St. Vincent (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), Hereditary (2018), and Mass (2021). For Compliance, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. For Mass, she earned nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award.[1]
Dowd was a series regular on the
Early life and education
Ann Dowd was born on January 30, 1956, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[2] Her brother, John Dowd Jr., is president of The Dowd Agencies, an insurance company started by their great-grandfather. Dowd's sister, Elizabeth Dowd, is a developmental therapist and parenting coach; sister Clare Dowd is executive director of the Creative Action Institute;[3] sister Deborah Dowd is a psychotherapist, and former president of the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis;[4] and her brother Gregory Dowd is a doctor of veterinary medicine. Her paternal grandfather was James "Kip" Dowd, a former Major League baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[citation needed]
Dowd's family is
Dowd traveled to New York City to audition for the
Dowd spent several years performing in regional theatre in the Chicago area, performing often at the Court Theatre, later deciding in 1988 to move to New York City to pursue a bigger stage. She pounded the pavement and her first acting gig there was with the Hartford Stage Company.[citation needed]
Career
Film
Dowd starred in Shiloh (1997) and its sequels, Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999) and Saving Shiloh (2006) as Louise Preston. She appears in the 1997 cult film All Over Me and in the 1998 film Apt Pupil, in which she played the mother of Brad Renfro's character. Dowd has acted in two films directed by Jonathan Demme, as Jill Beckett, sister of Tom Hanks's character, Andrew Beckett, in Philadelphia (1993), and in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), starring Meryl Streep. Also in 2004, Dowd played the mother of Natalie Portman's character in Garden State and appeared in The Forgotten starring Julianne Moore. In 2005, she starred opposite Gretchen Mol in The Notorious Bettie Page, portraying Edna Page, Bettie Page's mother. She also played the role of Mrs. Strank in the 2006 Clint Eastwood film Flags of Our Fathers.
In 2008, Dowd appeared in
Television
Dowd's first appearance was in the 1985 television movie
In 2021, she was cast as
Theatre
Dowd has appeared on Broadway three times. In 1993 she received the
Personal life
Dowd and her husband, Lawrence "Larry" Arancio, both coach acting and are frequent collaborators.
Filmography
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Green Card | Peggy | |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Pediatrician | |
1993 | Philadelphia | Jill Beckett | |
1994 | It Could Happen to You | Carol | |
1995 | Bushwhacked | Mrs. Patterson | |
1996 | Shiloh | Louise Preston | |
1997 | All Over Me | Anne | |
1998 | Apt Pupil | Monica Bowden | |
1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Louise Preston | |
2004 | Garden State | Olivia | |
The Manchurian Candidate | Congresswoman Beckett | ||
The Forgotten | Eileen the Accountant | ||
2005 | The Thing About My Folks | Linda | |
The Notorious Bettie Page | Edna Page | ||
2006 | Saving Shiloh
|
Louise Preston | |
Flags of Our Fathers | Mrs. Strank | ||
2007 | Gardener of Eden | Ma Harris | |
The Living Wake | Librarian | ||
The Babysitters | Tammy Lyner | ||
Alice Upside Down | Aunt Sally | ||
2008 | Familiar Strangers | Dottie Worthington | |
Marley & Me | Dr. Platt | ||
2009 | The Informant! | FBI Special Agent Kate Medford | |
Taking Chance | Gretchen | ||
2011 | The Art of Getting By | Mrs. Grimes | |
Coming Up Roses | Lynne | ||
2012 | Compliance | Sandra | |
Bachelorette | Victoria | ||
The Discoverers | Patti | ||
2013 | Side Effects | Mrs. Taylor | |
Gimme Shelter | Kathy | ||
2014 | The Drop | Dottie Stipler | |
St. Vincent | Shirley | ||
Wildlike | Jeanie | ||
2015 | Our Brand Is Crisis | Nell | |
2016 | Captain Fantastic | Abigail Bertrang | |
The Great & the Small | Detective Dupre | ||
Norman | Carol Raskin | ||
Collateral Beauty | Sally Price | ||
2017 | Hedgehog | Joan | |
2018 | American Animals | Betty Jean "BJ" Gooch | |
Nancy | Betty Freeman | ||
Tyrel | Silvia | ||
Hereditary | Joan | ||
A Kid Like Jake | Catherine | ||
2020 | Cowboys | Detective Faith Erickson | |
Rebecca | Mrs. Van Hopper | ||
2021 | Mass | Linda | |
2022 | The Independent | Patricia Turnbull | |
2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Ann | |
TBA | The Friend[19] | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | First Steps | Debby | Television movie |
1990 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer | 2 episodes |
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Nurse Courtney | Episode:" Here's a Rare Photo Opportunity" | |
1991 | Law & Order | Teresa Franz | Episode: "Sonata for Solo Organ" |
1994 | Law & Order | Dorothy Baxter | Episode: "Breeder" |
Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III | Maureen | 3 episodes | |
The Cosby Mysteries | — | Television movie | |
1995 | Chicago Hope | Eleanor Robertson | Episode: "Growth Pains" |
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Rose McConnell Long | Television movie | |
1996 | Law & Order | Patricia Smith | Episode: "Pro Se" |
1997–1998 | Nothing Sacred | Sister Maureen "Mo" Brody | 20 episodes |
1999 | Providence | Mary | Episode: "Home Again" |
The X-Files | Mrs. Reed | Episode: "Rush" | |
1999–2000 | Judging Amy | Mrs. Schleewee | 2 episodes |
2000 | NYPD Blue | Ann Collins | Episode: "Along Came Jones" |
Freaks and Geeks | Cookie Kelly | 2 episodes | |
Family Law | — | Episode: "Love and Money" | |
Baby | Ms. Minifred | Television movie | |
100 Centre Street | — | Episode: "Queenie's Running" | |
2001 | Amy & Isabelle | Lenora | Television movie |
The Division | Sarah | Episode: "Obsessions" | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Louise Durning | Episode: "Victims" | |
2001–2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Jean | 3 episodes |
2002–2003 | Third Watch | Sgt. Beth Markham | 3 episodes |
2003 | Law & Order | Dr. Beth Allison | Episode: "Compassion" |
Touched by an Angel | Paula | Episode: "Song for My Father" | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sally Wilkens | Episode: "Soulless" | |
2004 | The Jury | Evelyn Berry | Episode: "The Honeymoon Suite" |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Laurie Manotti | Episode: "Inert Dwarf" | |
House | Mother Superior | Episode: "Damned If You Do" | |
2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Karen Ames | Episode: "Truth or Consequences" |
2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lillian Siefeld | Episode: "Lead" |
Taking Chance | Gretchen | Television movie | |
2010 | Louie | Nun | Episode: "God" |
2011 | Pan Am | Marjorie Lowrey | Episode: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" |
2013–2014 | Masters of Sex | Estabrook Masters | 7 episodes |
2014 | True Detective | Betty Childress | Episode: "Form and Void" |
Love's a Bitch | Wes' Mom | Episode: "Family Time" | |
The Divide | Ida Bankowski | 2 episodes | |
Olive Kitteridge | Bonnie Newton | 4 episodes | |
Big Driver | Ramona Norville | Television movie | |
2014–2017 | The Leftovers | Patti Levin | 14 episodes |
2016 | Quarry | Naomi | 4 episodes |
2016–2017 | Good Behavior | FBI Agent Rhonda Lashever | 10 episodes |
2017 | Girls | Phaedra | Episode: "Goodbye Tour" |
2017–present | The Handmaid's Tale | Aunt Lydia Clements | 42 episodes |
2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Zeron Omega (voice) | 6 episodes |
2019 | Lambs of God | Sister Margarita | 4 episodes |
2019–2020 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Teri Tucker / Janice Shanks | 2 episodes |
2020 | Helpsters | Marching Band Marsha | Episode: "Primmflandia Day/Marching Band Marsha" |
2021 | Search Party | Paula Jo | 2 episodes |
Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Edna Garrett | Episode: "Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life" | |
2023 | American Dad! | Miss Macadoo / Deborah (voice) | 2 episodes |
The Other Two[20] | Paula Davies | Episode: "Cary Gets His Ass Handed to Him" | |
Teenage Euthanasia | Erica / Debt Announcer (voice) | 2 episodes |
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | A Different Moon | Sarah | Next Theatre Company, Chicago |
1986 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Court Theatre, Chicago |
1987 | The Normal Heart | Dr. Emma Brookner | Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago |
1988 | The Glass Menagerie | Laura Wingfield[21] | Court Theatre, Chicago |
1989 | The Paper Gramophone | Victoria[22] | Hartford Stage |
1989 | The Crucible | Abigail Williams[23] | Long Wharf Theatre |
1990 | New York 1937 | Elsie | Jewish Repertory Theatre |
1993 | Candida | Miss Proserpine Garnett | Criterion Center Stage Right
|
1996 | Taking Sides | Tamara Sachs | Brooks Atkinson Theatre
|
2001 | Kimberly Akimbo | Pattie[24] | South Coast Rep |
2001 | An Immaculate Misconception | Dr. Melanie Laidlaw[25] | Primary Stages |
2004 | The Happy Journey | Ma[26] | Connelly Theater |
2004 | Pullman Car Hiawatha | A Stout Amiable Woman[27] | Connelly Theater |
2007 | Doubt | Sister Aloysius | George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick |
2008 | The Seagull | Polina | Walter Kerr Theatre |
2009 | Quartermaine's Terms | Melanie Garth[28] | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
2011 | Blood from a Stone | Margaret | Acorn Theatre
|
2015 | Night Is a Room | Dore | Pershing Square Signature Center |
2021 | Enemy of the People | Various | Park Avenue Armory |
Awards and nominations
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External links
- Ann Dowd at IMDb
- Ann Dowd at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ann Dowd at the Internet Off-Broadway Database