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