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Deirdre O'Connell

Acting

Born December 30, 1951 · 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)

Awards & recognition

  • Ovation Awards

Filmography50+ titles

The Penguin

2024as Francis Cobb

Marvel's Daredevil

2015as Anna Nelson

Person of Interest

2011as Joan

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004as Hollis

From the Earth to the Moon

1998as Barbara Young

The Closer

2005as Liz Provenza

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Judge N. Owens

The Practice

1997as Jenny Baldwin

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Nina Lipton

Synecdoche, New York

2008as Ellen's Mother

Law & Order

1990as Valerie Knight

The Beast in Me

2025as Carol McGiddish

Unforgettable

2011as Sue Kelly

Secondhand Lions

2003as Helen

Smoke

1995as Sue the Waitress

St. Vincent

2014as Linda

Nurse Jackie

2009as Helen

In the Radiant City

2016

Madam Secretary

2014as Audrey Stewart

You Don't Know Jack

2010as Linda

The Better Sister

2025as Debbie Macintosh

Outer Range

2022as Patricia Tillerson

Fearless

1993as Nan Gordon

State of Grace

1990as Irene

Gabriel

2015as Meredith

Wendy and Lucy

2008as Deb (voice)

Hearts in Atlantis

2001as Mrs. Gerber

Just Ask My Children

2001as Landry

City of Angels

1998as Mrs. Balford

Lez Bomb

2018as Rose Anderson

The Affair

2014as Athena Bailey

Eddington

2025as Dawn Bodkin

Imaginary Heroes

2004as Marge Dwyer

Dragonfly

2002as Gwyn

Tin Men

1987as Nellie

The Big Door Prize

2023as Eloise Hubbard

Being Flynn

2012as Frowzy Woman

A Dog Year

2009as Donna Brady

The Greatest

2009as Joyce

Diane

2018as Donna

What Happens in Vegas

2008as Mrs. Fuller

CrissCross

1992as Shelly

The Boy Downstairs

2017as Amy

Winter Passing

2005as Deirdre

Straight Talk

1992as Lily

Leaving Normal

1992as Ellen

Stephanie Daley

2006as Jane

Cool World

1992as Isabelle Malley

A Deadly Vision

1997as Marilyn Middleton

Brain Dead

1990as Mrs. Halsey