Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 stag...
Known For
Filmography
Eddington
2025
as Dawn Bodkin
Made in Eddington
2025
as Self
The Better Sister
2025
as Debbie Macintosh
The Beast in Me
2025
as Carol McGiddish
The Penguin
2024
as Francis Cobb
The Big Door Prize
2023
as Eloise Hubbard
Ghostwritten
2022
as Mary Laury
The Requin
2022
as Anne
Outer Range
2022
as Patricia Tillerson
The Bear
2022
as Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
Stars in the House
2020
as Self - Winner
Diane
2019
as Donna
I Am a Seagull
2019
as Didi / Arkadina
The Boy Downstairs
2018
as Amy
Lez Bomb
2018
as Rose Anderson
The Holdouts
2017
as Annie
In the Radiant City
2016
Detours
2016
as Beth
Gabriel
2015
as Meredith
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Anna Nelson
St. Vincent
2014
as Linda
The Quitter
2014
as Kathleen Lembo
Apartment Troubles
2014
as Ina the Tarot Reader
The Affair
2014
as Athena Bailey
Madam Secretary
2014
as Audrey Stewart
Being Flynn
2012
as Frowzy Woman
Person of Interest
2011
as Joan
Unforgettable
2011
as Sue Kelly
You Don't Know Jack
2010
as Linda
The Greatest
2009
as Joyce
A Dog Year
2009
as Donna Brady
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Helen
Synecdoche, New York
2008
as Ellen's Mother
What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Mrs. Fuller
Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Deb (voice)
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Jane
American Loser
2007
as Cynthia
Socket
2007
as Hospital Staff
Winter Passing
2006
as Deirdre
The Closer
2005
as Liz Provenza
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Hollis
Imaginary Heroes
2004
as Marge Dwyer
Secondhand Lions
2003
as Helen
Dragonfly
2002
as Gwyn
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
as Mrs. Gerber
Just Ask My Children
2001
as Landry
Relative Evil
2001
as Phyllis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Nina Lipton
Just Looking
1999
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Kate Faxton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Judge N. Owens
City of Angels
1998
as Mrs. Balford
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Barbara Young
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Suzanne Blum
Breast Men
1997
as Lacey (voice)
A Deadly Vision
1997
as Marilyn Middleton
The Practice
1997
as Jenny Baldwin
Lifeform
1996
as Dr. Gracia Scott
Our Son, the Matchmaker
1996
as Winona
Chasing the Dragon
1996
as Doris
Second Noah
1996
as Shirley Crockmeyer
Smoke
1995
as Sue the Waitress
Trial by Fire
1995
as Roberta
Kansas
1995
as Holly
Fighting for My Daughter
1995
as Peggy
Chicago Hope
1994
as Ellen Wheeler
Fearless
1993
as Nan Gordon
Daybreak
1993
as Mom
Sirens
1993
as Heidi Schiller
Leaving Normal
1992
as Ellen
Falling from Grace
1992
as Sally Cutler
Cool World
1992
as Isabelle Malley
Straight Talk
1992
as Lily
CrissCross
1992
as Shelly
State of Grace
1990
as Irene
Pastime
1990
as Inez Brice
Brain Dead
1990
as Mrs. Halsey
Law & Order
1990
as Jane Schuman
Law & Order
1990
as Valerie Knight
Law & Order
1990
as Joanna Wilder
Misplaced
1989
as Ella
Stars & Bars
1988
as Shanda Gage
Anna
1987
as Assistant #2
Tin Men
1987
as Nellie
American Playhouse
1982
as Kitty MacKay
American Playhouse
1982
as Ella