Deirdre O'Connell
Known for Acting · 81 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 (22)
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 Closer
2005
as Liz Provenza
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Anna Nelson
The Practice
1997
as Jenny Baldwin
Chicago Hope
1994
as Ellen Wheeler
Unforgettable
2011
as Sue Kelly
Madam Secretary
2014
as Audrey Stewart
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Helen
The Affair
2014
as Athena Bailey
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Winner
The Penguin
2024
as Francis Cobb
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Barbara Young
Outer Range
2022
as Patricia Tillerson
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Suzanne Blum
The Better Sister
2025
as Debbie Macintosh
The Beast in Me
2025
as Carol McGiddish
The Big Door Prize
2023
as Eloise Hubbard
Sirens
1993
as Heidi Schiller
Second Noah
1996
as Shirley Crockmeyer
Movies (59)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Hollis
City of Angels
1998
as Mrs. Balford
Eddington
2025
as Dawn Bodkin
What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Mrs. Fuller
St. Vincent
2014
as Linda
Cool World
1992
as Isabelle Malley
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen's Mother
Dragonfly
2002
as Gwyn
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
as Mrs. Gerber
State of Grace
1990
as Irene
The Requin
2022
as Anne
Secondhand Lions
2003
as Helen
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Linda
Fearless
1993
as Nan Gordon
Smoke
1995
as Sue the Waitress
Brain Dead
1990
as Mrs. Halsey
Tin Men
1987
as Nellie
Being Flynn
2012
as Frowzy Woman
Straight Talk
1992
as Lily
CrissCross
1992
as Shelly
Stars & Bars
1988
as Shanda Gage
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Jane
The Greatest
2009
as Joyce
Daybreak
1993
as Mom
Socket
2007
as Hospital Staff
Just Ask My Children
2001
as Landry
Misplaced
1989
as Ella
Detours
2016
as Beth
Winter Passing
2006
as Deirdre
A Deadly Vision
1997
as Marilyn Middleton
Anna
1987
as Assistant #2
Leaving Normal
1992
as Ellen
Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Deb (voice)
Breast Men
1997
as Lacey
Diane
2019
as Donna
Trial by Fire
1995
as Roberta
Pastime
1990
as Inez Brice
Lifeform
1996
as Dr. Gracia Scott
A Dog Year
2009
as Donna Brady
Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Marge Dwyer
American Loser
2007
as Cynthia
Just Looking
1999
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Relative Evil
2001
as Phyllis
Lez Bomb
2018
as Rose Anderson
Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Kate Faxton
Gabriel
2015
as Meredith
Apartment Troubles
2014
as Ina the Tarot Reader
Kansas
1995
as Holly
The Boy Downstairs
2018
as Amy
Ghostwritten
2022
as Mary Laury
In the Radiant City
2016
Falling from Grace
1992
as Sally Cutler
The Holdouts
2017
as Annie
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
as Peggy
Our Son, the Matchmaker
1996
as Winona
I Am a Seagull
2019
as Didi / Arkadina
Chasing the Dragon
1996
as Doris
The Quitter
2014
as Kathleen Lembo
Made in Eddington
2025
as Self
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 81 credits spanning from 1987 to 2025, Deirdre O'Connell has appeared in 59 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) — as Hollis
- City of Angels (1998) — as Mrs. Balford
- Eddington (2025) — as Dawn Bodkin
- What Happens in Vegas (2008) — as Mrs. Fuller
- St. Vincent (2014) — as Linda
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