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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-12-30 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Deirdre O'Connell

Biography:

Deirdre O'Connell is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television. O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. She made herBroadway 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

Acting

2025

Eddington as Dawn

2024

The Penguin as Francis Cobb

2023

The Big Door Prize as Eloise Hubbard

2022

Ghostwritten as Mary Laury
The Requin as Anne
Outer Range as Patricia Tillerson

2020

Stars in the House as Self - Winner

2019

Diane as Donna
I Am a Seagull as Didi / Arkadina

2018

Lez Bomb as Rose Anderson

2017

The Holdouts as Annie

2016

2015

Marvel's Daredevil as Anna Nelson

2014

Gabriel as Meredith
St. Vincent as Linda
The Quitter as Kathleen Lembo
The Affair as Athena Bailey

2012

Being Flynn as Frowzy Woman

2011

2010

2009

The Greatest as Joyce
A Dog Year as Donna Brady
Nurse Jackie as Helen

2008

Synecdoche, New York as Ellen's Mother
What Happens in Vegas as Mrs. Fuller
Wendy and Lucy as Deb (voice)

2007

2006

Winter Passing as Deirdre

2005

The Closer as Liz Provenza

2004

2003

2002

Dragonfly as Gwyn

2001

1999

Just Looking as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Murder in a Small Town as Kate Faxton

1998

L.A. Doctors as Suzanne Blum

1997

Breast Men as Lacey
A Deadly Vision as Marilyn Middleton

1996

Lifeform as Dr. Gracia Scott
Second Noah as Shirley Crockmeyer

1995

Smoke as Sue the Waitress
Trial by Fire as Roberta
Kansas as Holly

1994

1993

Fearless as Nan Gordon
Daybreak as Mom
Sirens as Heidi Schiller

1992

Falling from Grace as Sally Cutler
Cool World as Isabelle Malley
CrissCross as Shelly

1990

Pastime as Inez Brice
Brain Dead as Mrs. Halsey
Law & Order as Jane Schuman
Law & Order as Valerie Knight
Law & Order as Joanna Wilder

1989

Misplaced as Ella

1988

Stars & Bars as Shanda Gage

1987

Anna as Assistant #2
Tin Men as Nellie