Deirdre O'Connell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
(2022)
The Requin
as Anne
(2022)
Ghostwritten
as Mary Laury
(2019)
Diane
as Donna
(2019)
I Am a Seagull
as Didi / Arkadina
(2018)
Lez Bomb
as Rose Anderson
(2018)
The Boy Downstairs
as Amy
(2017)
The Holdouts
as Annie
(2016)
Detours
as Beth
(2016)
(2014)
St. Vincent
as Linda
(2014)
Gabriel
as Meredith
(2014)
The Quitter
as Kathleen Lembo
(2012)
Being Flynn
as Frowzy Woman
(2010)
You Don't Know Jack
as Linda
(2009)
The Greatest
as Joyce
(2009)
A Dog Year
as Donna Brady
(2008)
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen's Mother
(2008)
What Happens in Vegas
as Mrs. Fuller
(2008)
Wendy and Lucy
as Deb (voice)
(2007)
American Loser
as Cynthia
(2007)
Stephanie Daley
as Jane
(2006)
Winter Passing
as Deirdre
(2004)
(2004)
Imaginary Heroes
as Marge Dwyer
(2003)
Secondhand Lions
as Helen
(2002)
Dragonfly
as Gwyn
(2001)
Hearts in Atlantis
as Mrs. Gerber
(2001)
Just Ask My Children
as Landry
(2001)
Relative Evil
as Phyllis
(1999)
Just Looking
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
(1999)
Murder in a Small Town
as Kate Faxton
(1997)
Breast Men
as Lacey
(1997)
A Deadly Vision
as Marilyn Middleton
(1996)
Lifeform
as Dr. Gracia Scott
(1996)
Chasing the Dragon
as Doris
(1996)
Our Son, the Matchmaker
as Winona
(1995)
Smoke
as Sue the Waitress
(1995)
Kansas
as Holly
(1995)
Trial by Fire
as Roberta
(1995)
Fighting for My Daughter
as Peggy
(1993)
Fearless
as Nan Gordon
(1993)
Daybreak
as Mom
(1992)
Cool World
as Isabelle Malley
(1992)
Straight Talk
as Lily
(1992)
Leaving Normal
as Ellen
(1992)
CrissCross
as Shelly
(1992)
Falling from Grace
as Sally Cutler
(1990)
State of Grace
as Irene
(1990)
Brain Dead
as Mrs. Halsey
(1990)
Pastime
as Inez Brice
(1989)
Misplaced
as Ella
(1988)
Stars & Bars
as Shanda Gage
(1987)
Tin Men
as Nellie
(1987)
Anna
as Assistant #2