
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

Person of Interest
2011
as Joan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Nina Lipton

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

The Beast in Me
2025
as Carol McGiddish

The Affair
2014
as Athena Bailey

Nurse Jackie
2009
as Helen

Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Winner

The Penguin
2024
as Francis Cobb

The Better Sister
2025
as Debbie Macintosh

Outer Range
2022
as Patricia Tillerson

From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Barbara Young

L.A. Doctors
1998
as Suzanne Blum

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

St. Vincent
2014
as Linda

What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Mrs. Fuller

Secondhand Lions
2003
as Helen

Cool World
1992
as Isabelle Malley

Dragonfly
2002
as Gwyn

Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen's Mother

Hearts in Atlantis
2001
as Mrs. Gerber

State of Grace
1990
as Irene

Fearless
1993
as Nan Gordon

The Requin
2022
as Anne

Smoke
1995
as Sue the Waitress

Being Flynn
2012
as Frowzy Woman

You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Linda

The Greatest
2009
as Joyce

Straight Talk
1992
as Lily

Stars & Bars
1988
as Shanda Gage

Brain Dead
1990
as Mrs. Halsey

Stephanie Daley
2007
as Jane

Winter Passing
2006
as Deirdre

CrissCross
1992
as Shelly

Just Ask My Children
2001
as Landry

Detours
2016
as Beth

Tin Men
1987
as Nellie

Breast Men
1997
as Lacey

Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Deb (voice)

Daybreak
1993
as Mom

Lifeform
1996
as Dr. Gracia Scott

Socket
2007
as Hospital Staff

A Dog Year
2009
as Donna Brady

American Loser
2007
as Cynthia

Kansas
1995
as Holly
Misplaced
1989
as Ella

Falling from Grace
1992
as Sally Cutler

The Boy Downstairs
2018
as Amy

The Quitter
2014
as Kathleen Lembo

Trial by Fire
1995
as Roberta

Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Marge Dwyer

A Deadly Vision
1997
as Marilyn Middleton

Diane
2019
as Donna

Ghostwritten
2022
as Mary Laury

Pastime
1990
as Inez Brice

Anna
1987
as Assistant #2

Relative Evil
2001
as Phyllis

Lez Bomb
2018
as Rose Anderson

Just Looking
1999
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher

Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Kate Faxton

Leaving Normal
1992
as Ellen

Apartment Troubles
2014
as Ina the Tarot Reader

In the Radiant City
2016

Made in Eddington
2025
as Self

Gabriel
2015
as Meredith

I Am a Seagull
2019
as Didi / Arkadina

Fighting for My Daughter
1995
as Peggy

Our Son, the Matchmaker
1996
as Winona

The Holdouts
2017
as Annie

Chasing the Dragon
1996
as Doris
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
- St. Vincent (2014) — as Linda
- What Happens in Vegas (2008) — as Mrs. Fuller
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