Ann Dowd

Actress

1956-01-30

Ann Dowd is an American actress known for film and television roles including Compliance, The Leftovers, and The Handmaid's Tale. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Handmaid's Tale. Her screen career spans independent film, studio productions, and prestige television.

Quotes by Ann Dowd

When I think of those in the 'far right' or those who are pro-life to the extreme and at all costs protect the unborn, the thing that enrages me is you want to ask every one of them, 'How many foster children are in your home now?'
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I remember, as a young Catholic girl in high school, seeing 'The Exorcist,' and it scared the wits out of me.
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It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.
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