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Ann Dowd is an American actress born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1956. She has worked in television, film, and stage acting since 1980. Dowd was educated at DePaul University and the College of the Holy Cross. She speaks and writes in English.
Her notable works include the title "How Did She Get There?" She has received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Her career is associated with the series *The Handmaid's Tale*.
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Film & TV
Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
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,…
Known for
- The Testaments — Aunt Lydia2026
- The Friend — Marjorie2025
- The Exorcist: Believer — Nurse Ann Brooks2023
- The Independent — Patricia Turnball2022
- Family Squares — Judith2022
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes — Edna Garrett2021
- Mass — Linda2021
- Enemy of the People2021
- Teenage Euthanasia2021
- Hacks — Alien2021
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1956-01-30 ) January 30, 1956 (age 70) , Holyoke, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- College of the Holy Cross ( BA ), DePaul University ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouse
- Lawrence Arancio ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
- Relatives
- Kip Dowd (grandfather)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Holyoke
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Ann Dowd 2016 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1956-01-01
- Commons category
- Ann Dowd
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Dowd was a series regular on the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She played Aunt Lydia Clements on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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