Ann Dowd

Ann Dowd is an American actress, born on January 30, 1956, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. 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). Dowd won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Compliance. She earned nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award for her performance in Mass. Dowd is known for her roles in television as well. She was a series regular on the HBO series The Leftovers (2014–2017) and plays Aunt Lydia Clements on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.