Acting
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 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)
Filmography
Eddington
Film · 2025
Made in Eddington
Film · 2025
The Better Sister
Series · 2025
The Beast in Me
Series · 2025
The Penguin
Series · 2024
The Big Door Prize
Series · 2023
Ghostwritten
Film · 2022
The Requin
Film · 2022
Outer Range
Series · 2022
The Bear
Series · 2022
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
Diane
Film · 2019
I Am a Seagull
Film · 2019
The Boy Downstairs
Film · 2018
Lez Bomb
Film · 2018
The Holdouts
Film · 2017
In the Radiant City
Film · 2016
Detours
Film · 2016
Gabriel
Film · 2015
Marvel's Daredevil
Series · 2015
St. Vincent
Film · 2014
The Quitter
Film · 2014
Apartment Troubles
Film · 2014
The Affair
Series · 2014
Madam Secretary
Series · 2014
Being Flynn
Film · 2012
Person of Interest
Series · 2011
Unforgettable
Series · 2011
You Don't Know Jack
Film · 2010
The Greatest
Film · 2009
A Dog Year
Film · 2009
Nurse Jackie
Series · 2009
Synecdoche, New York
Film · 2008
What Happens in Vegas
Film · 2008
Wendy and Lucy
Film · 2008
Stephanie Daley
Film · 2007
American Loser
Film · 2007
Socket
Film · 2007
Winter Passing
Film · 2006
The Closer
Series · 2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Film · 2004
Imaginary Heroes
Film · 2004
Secondhand Lions
Film · 2003
Dragonfly
Film · 2002
Hearts in Atlantis
Film · 2001
Just Ask My Children
Film · 2001
Relative Evil
Film · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Just Looking
Film · 1999
Murder in a Small Town
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
City of Angels
Film · 1998
From the Earth to the Moon
Series · 1998
L.A. Doctors
Series · 1998
Breast Men
Film · 1997
A Deadly Vision
Film · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Lifeform
Film · 1996
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Film · 1996
Chasing the Dragon
Film · 1996
Second Noah
Series · 1996
Smoke
Film · 1995
Trial by Fire
Film · 1995
Kansas
Film · 1995
Fighting for My Daughter
Film · 1995
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
Fearless
Film · 1993
Daybreak
Film · 1993
Sirens
Series · 1993
Falling from Grace
Film · 1992
Leaving Normal
Film · 1992
Cool World
Film · 1992
Straight Talk
Film · 1992
CrissCross
Film · 1992
State of Grace
Film · 1990
Pastime
Film · 1990
Brain Dead
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Misplaced
Film · 1989
Stars & Bars
Film · 1988
Anna
Film · 1987
Tin Men
Film · 1987
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982