Deirdre O'Connell
Born: 1951-12-30 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Deirdre O'Connell (born December 30, 1951) is an American character actress. She began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. She made her Broadway debut in the 1986 revival of The Front Page, and was nominated for the 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the off-Broadway production Love and Anger. She is the recipient of two Drama-Logue Awards and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her stage work in Los Angeles. O'Connell made her screen debut in Tin Men. Additional film credits include State of Grace, Straight Talk, Leaving Normal, Fearless, City of Angels, Hearts in Atlantis, Imaginary Heroes, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Wendy and Lucy, What Happens in Vegas, Secondhand Lions, and Synecdoche, New York. O'Connell's first television credit was Fernwood 2 Night in 1977. She was a regular on L.A. Doctors and has made numerous guest appearances on series such as Kate & Allie, Chicago Hope, Law & Order, The Practice, Six Feet Under, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Nurse Jackie. (Wikipedia)
Filmography
2025
- The Beast in Me as Carol McGiddish
- Eddington as Dawn Bodkin
- The Better Sister as Debbie Macintosh
- Made in Eddington as Self
2024
- The Penguin as Francis Cobb
2023
- The Big Door Prize as Eloise Hubbard
2022
- Outer Range as Patricia Tillerson
- The Requin as Anne
- Ghostwritten as Mary Laury
2020
- Stars in the House as Self - Winner
2019
- Diane as Donna
- I Am a Seagull as Didi / Arkadina
2018
- Lez Bomb as Rose Anderson
- The Boy Downstairs as Amy
2017
- The Holdouts as Annie
2016
- In the Radiant City
- Detours as Beth
2015
- Marvel's Daredevil as Anna Nelson
2014
- Madam Secretary as Audrey Stewart
- The Affair as Athena Bailey
- The Quitter as Kathleen Lembo
- St. Vincent as Linda
- Gabriel as Meredith
2012
- Being Flynn as Frowzy Woman
2011
- Person of Interest as Joan
- Unforgettable as Sue Kelly
2010
- You Don't Know Jack as Linda
2009
- Nurse Jackie as Helen
- The Greatest as Joyce
- A Dog Year as Donna Brady
2008
- What Happens in Vegas as Mrs. Fuller
- Synecdoche, New York as Ellen's Mother
- Wendy and Lucy as Deb (voice)
2007
- Stephanie Daley as Jane
- American Loser as Cynthia
2006
- Winter Passing as Deirdre
2005
- The Closer as Liz Provenza
2004
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Hollis
- Imaginary Heroes as Marge Dwyer
2003
- Secondhand Lions as Helen
2002
- Dragonfly as Gwyn
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nina Lipton
- Hearts in Atlantis as Mrs. Gerber
- Relative Evil as Phyllis
- Just Ask My Children as Landry
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge N. Owens
- Just Looking as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
- Murder in a Small Town as Kate Faxton
1998
- From the Earth to the Moon as Barbara Young
- L.A. Doctors as Suzanne Blum
1997
- The Practice as Jenny Baldwin
- Breast Men as Lacey
- A Deadly Vision as Marilyn Middleton
1996
- Lifeform as Dr. Gracia Scott
- Chasing the Dragon as Doris
- Second Noah as Shirley Crockmeyer
- Our Son, the Matchmaker as Winona
1995
- Kansas as Holly
- Fighting for My Daughter as Peggy
- Smoke as Sue the Waitress
- Trial by Fire as Roberta
1994
- Chicago Hope as Ellen Wheeler
1992
- Cool World as Isabelle Malley
- CrissCross as Shelly
- Straight Talk as Lily
- Leaving Normal as Ellen
- Falling from Grace as Sally Cutler
1990
- Law & Order as Jane Schuman
- Pastime as Inez Brice
- State of Grace as Irene
- Brain Dead as Mrs. Halsey
1989
- Misplaced as Ella
1988
- Stars & Bars as Shanda Gage