FrameThrower · Actors · Ann Dowd
Ann Dowd
10 films · 745 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1998–2018
Born 30 January 1956 · Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Dowd 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 745 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1998–2018
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series2017
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actress2017
How their films are shot
Measured across 745 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ann takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Ann takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Compliance
2012 · Sandra
Hereditary
2018 · Joan
American Animals
2018 · Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch
Collateral Beauty
2016 · Sally Price
Captain Fantastic
2016 · Abigail Bertrang
Our Brand is Crisis
2015 · Nell
Wildlike
2014 · Jeanie
Side Effects
2013 · Mrs. Taylor
The Babysitters
2008 · Tammy Lyner
Apt Pupil
1998 · Monica Bowden
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 745 frames from Ann Dowd's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.