Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
1951-12-30 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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
The Beast in Me
2025 · Series
Made in Eddington
2025 · Movie
Eddington
2025 · Movie
The Better Sister
2025 · Series
The Penguin
2024 · Series
The Big Door Prize
2023 · Series
The Bear
2022 · Series
Ghostwritten
2022 · Movie
Outer Range
2022 · Series
The Requin
2022 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
I Am a Seagull
2019 · Movie
Diane
2019 · Movie
Lez Bomb
2018 · Movie
The Boy Downstairs
2018 · Movie
The Holdouts
2017 · Movie
In the Radiant City
2016 · Movie
Detours
2016 · Movie
Gabriel
2015 · Movie
Marvel's Daredevil
2015 · Series
The Affair
2014 · Series
St. Vincent
2014 · Movie
Madam Secretary
2014 · Series
The Quitter
2014 · Movie
Apartment Troubles
2014 · Movie
Being Flynn
2012 · Movie
Person of Interest
2011 · Series
Unforgettable
2011 · Series
You Don't Know Jack
2010 · Movie
A Dog Year
2009 · Movie
Nurse Jackie
2009 · Series
The Greatest
2009 · Movie
Wendy and Lucy
2008 · Movie
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Movie
What Happens in Vegas
2008 · Movie
Socket
2007 · Movie
American Loser
2007 · Movie
Stephanie Daley
2007 · Movie
Winter Passing
2006 · Movie
The Closer
2005 · Series
Imaginary Heroes
2004 · Movie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Movie
Secondhand Lions
2003 · Movie
Dragonfly
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Hearts in Atlantis
2001 · Movie
Just Ask My Children
2001 · Movie
Relative Evil
2001 · Movie
Just Looking
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Murder in a Small Town
1999 · Movie
L.A. Doctors
1998 · Series
City of Angels
1998 · Movie
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Series
Breast Men
1997 · Movie
A Deadly Vision
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Lifeform
1996 · Movie
Chasing the Dragon
1996 · Movie
Our Son, the Matchmaker
1996 · Movie
Second Noah
1996 · Series
Trial by Fire
1995 · Movie
Kansas
1995 · Movie
Smoke
1995 · Movie
Fighting for My Daughter
1995 · Movie
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Fearless
1993 · Movie
Daybreak
1993 · Movie
Sirens
1993 · Series
Cool World
1992 · Movie
CrissCross
1992 · Movie
Leaving Normal
1992 · Movie
Straight Talk
1992 · Movie
Falling from Grace
1992 · Movie
Pastime
1990 · Movie
State of Grace
1990 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Brain Dead
1990 · Movie
Misplaced
1989 · Movie
Stars & Bars
1988 · Movie
Anna
1987 · Movie
Tin Men
1987 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series