Deirdre O'Connell
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1951-12-30 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Deidre O'Connell · Dierdre O'Connell · Дирдри О’Коннелл
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)
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Judge N. Owens
Law & Order
1990
as Jane Schuman / Valerie Knight / Joanna Wilder
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Nina Lipton
Person of Interest
2011
as Joan
The Bear
2022
as Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
The Closer
2005
as Liz Provenza
Chicago Hope
1994
as Ellen Wheeler
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Anna Nelson
The Practice
1997
as Jenny Baldwin
Madam Secretary
2014
as Audrey Stewart
Unforgettable
2011
as Sue Kelly
American Playhouse
1982
as Kitty MacKay / Ella
The Affair
2014
as Athena Bailey
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Helen
The Penguin
2024
as Francis Cobb
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Winner
The Beast in Me
2025
as Carol McGiddish
The Big Door Prize
2023
as Eloise Hubbard
The Better Sister
2025
as Debbie Macintosh
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Barbara Young
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Suzanne Blum
Outer Range
2022
as Patricia Tillerson
Sirens
1993
as Heidi Schiller
Second Noah
1996
as Shirley Crockmeyer
Movies (59)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Hollis
Eddington
2025
as Dawn Bodkin
St. Vincent
2014
as Linda
City of Angels
1998
as Mrs. Balford
What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Mrs. Fuller
Apartment Troubles
2014
as Ina the Tarot Reader
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen's Mother
Secondhand Lions
2003
as Helen
Dragonfly
2002
as Gwyn
Cool World
1992
as Isabelle Malley
Lifeform
1996
as Dr. Gracia Scott
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
as Mrs. Gerber
State of Grace
1990
as Irene
Just Ask My Children
2001
as Landry
The Requin
2022
as Anne
The Greatest
2009
as Joyce
Fearless
1993
as Nan Gordon
Just Looking
1999
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Tin Men
1987
as Nellie
Being Flynn
2012
as Frowzy Woman
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Linda
Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Deb (voice)
Winter Passing
2006
as Deirdre
Smoke
1995
as Sue the Waitress
Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Marge Dwyer
A Dog Year
2009
as Donna Brady
Leaving Normal
1992
as Ellen
Made in Eddington
2025
as Self
Straight Talk
1992
as Lily
Socket
2007
as Hospital Staff
Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Kate Faxton
Our Son, the Matchmaker
1996
as Winona
Lez Bomb
2018
as Rose Anderson
Stars & Bars
1988
as Shanda Gage
Detours
2016
as Beth
Brain Dead
1990
as Mrs. Halsey
Relative Evil
2001
as Phyllis
Trial by Fire
1995
as Roberta
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Jane
The Boy Downstairs
2018
as Amy
Breast Men
1997
as Lacey
CrissCross
1992
as Shelly
Gabriel
2015
as Meredith
Anna
1987
as Assistant #2
Daybreak
1993
as Mom
American Loser
2007
as Cynthia
Pastime
1990
as Inez Brice
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
as Peggy
In the Radiant City
2016
Falling from Grace
1992
as Sally Cutler
Diane
2019
as Donna
Chasing the Dragon
1996
as Doris
I Am a Seagull
2019
as Didi / Arkadina
A Deadly Vision
1997
as Marilyn Middleton
The Holdouts
2017
as Annie
The Quitter
2014
as Kathleen Lembo
Kansas
1995
as Holly
Misplaced
1989
as Ella
Ghostwritten
2022
as Mary Laury
About Deirdre O'Connell
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… With 83 credits spanning from 1982 to 2025, Deirdre O'Connell has appeared in 59 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) — as Hollis
- Eddington (2025) — as Dawn Bodkin
- St. Vincent (2014) — as Linda
- City of Angels (1998) — as Mrs. Balford
- What Happens in Vegas (2008) — as Mrs. Fuller
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