Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
Born: December 30, 1951 (age 74) · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Highest Rated
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
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
What Happens in Vegas
2008
City of Angels
1998
Person of Interest
2011
St. Vincent
2014
The Bear
2022
Synecdoche, New York
2008
The Penguin
2024
Dragonfly
2002
Eddington
2025
Photos (5)
Movies (57)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hollis
Eddington
Dawn Bodkin
Hearts in Atlantis
Mrs. Gerber
What Happens in Vegas
Mrs. Fuller
St. Vincent
Linda
The Requin
Anne
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen's Mother
City of Angels
Mrs. Balford
Secondhand Lions
Helen
State of Grace
Irene
Cool World
Isabelle Malley
Breast Men
Lacey (voice)
Smoke
Sue the Waitress
Dragonfly
Gwyn
Being Flynn
Frowzy Woman
The Greatest
Joyce
Straight Talk
Lily
Stephanie Daley
Jane
Imaginary Heroes
Marge Dwyer
You Don't Know Jack
Linda
The Boy Downstairs
Amy
Anna
Assistant #2
Wendy and Lucy
Deb (voice)
A Dog Year
Donna Brady
American Loser
Cynthia
Just Looking
Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Fearless
Nan Gordon
Winter Passing
Deirdre
Tin Men
Nellie
Stars & Bars
Shanda Gage
Brain Dead
Mrs. Halsey
A Deadly Vision
Marilyn Middleton
CrissCross
Shelly
Trial by Fire
Roberta
In the Radiant City
2016
Apartment Troubles
Ina the Tarot Reader
Detours
Beth
I Am a Seagull
Didi / Arkadina
Lifeform
Dr. Gracia Scott
Falling from Grace
Sally Cutler
Gabriel
Meredith
Kansas
Holly
Just Ask My Children
Landry
Diane
Donna
Lez Bomb
Rose Anderson
Leaving Normal
Ellen
Pastime
Inez Brice
Daybreak
Mom
Murder in a Small Town
Kate Faxton
The Holdouts
Annie
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Winona
Fighting for My Daughter
Peggy
The Quitter
Kathleen Lembo
Socket
Hospital Staff
Relative Evil
Phyllis
Ghostwritten
Mary Laury
Chasing the Dragon
Doris
TV Shows (26)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge N. Owens · 1 eps
Law & Order
Jane Schuman · 1 eps
Law & Order
Valerie Knight · 4 eps
Law & Order
Joanna Wilder · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Lipton · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Joan · 1 eps
The Bear
Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman · 1 eps
The Closer
Liz Provenza · 1 eps
Unforgettable
Sue Kelly · 1 eps
The Practice
Jenny Baldwin · 2 eps
Chicago Hope
Ellen Wheeler · 2 eps
Madam Secretary
Audrey Stewart · 1 eps
Marvel's Daredevil
Anna Nelson · 3 eps
American Playhouse
Kitty MacKay · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Ella · 1 eps
The Affair
Athena Bailey · 7 eps
Nurse Jackie
Helen · 3 eps
The Penguin
Francis Cobb · 8 eps
Outer Range
Patricia Tillerson · 5 eps
The Big Door Prize
Eloise Hubbard · 1 eps
The Beast in Me
Carol McGiddish · 4 eps
The Better Sister
Debbie Macintosh · 2 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
Barbara Young · 1 eps
L.A. Doctors
Suzanne Blum · 19 eps
Sirens
Heidi Schiller · 13 eps
Second Noah
Shirley Crockmeyer · 21 eps
