Deirdre O'Connell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1951
- Birthplace
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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
Made in Eddington 2025
as Self
Eddington 2025
as Dawn Bodkin
Ghostwritten 2022
as Mary Laury
The Requin 2022
as Anne
I Am a Seagull 2019
as Didi / Arkadina
Diane 2019
as Donna
Lez Bomb 2018
as Rose Anderson
The Boy Downstairs 2018
as Amy
The Holdouts 2017
as Annie
In the Radiant City 2016
Actor
Detours 2016
as Beth
Gabriel 2015
as Meredith
St. Vincent 2014
as Linda
The Quitter 2014
as Kathleen Lembo
Apartment Troubles 2014
as Ina the Tarot Reader
Being Flynn 2012
as Frowzy Woman
You Don't Know Jack 2010
as Linda
A Dog Year 2009
as Donna Brady
The Greatest 2009
as Joyce
Wendy and Lucy 2008
as Deb (voice)
Synecdoche, New York 2008
as Ellen's Mother
What Happens in Vegas 2008
as Mrs. Fuller
Socket 2007
as Hospital Staff
American Loser 2007
as Cynthia
Stephanie Daley 2007
as Jane
Winter Passing 2006
as Deirdre
Imaginary Heroes 2004
as Marge Dwyer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
as Hollis
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
Just Looking 1999
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Murder in a Small Town 1999
as Kate Faxton
City of Angels 1998
as Mrs. Balford
Breast Men 1997
as Lacey (voice)
A Deadly Vision 1997
as Marilyn Middleton
Lifeform 1996
as Dr. Gracia Scott
Chasing the Dragon 1996
as Doris
Our Son, the Matchmaker 1996
as Winona
Trial by Fire 1995
as Roberta
Kansas 1995
as Holly
Smoke 1995
as Sue the Waitress
Fighting for My Daughter 1995
as Peggy
Fearless 1993
as Nan Gordon
Daybreak 1993
as Mom
Cool World 1992
as Isabelle Malley
CrissCross 1992
as Shelly
Leaving Normal 1992
as Ellen
Straight Talk 1992
as Lily
Falling from Grace 1992
as Sally Cutler
Pastime 1990
as Inez Brice
State of Grace 1990
as Irene
Brain Dead 1990
as Mrs. Halsey
- Misplaced
Misplaced 1989
as Ella
Stars & Bars 1988
as Shanda Gage
Anna 1987
as Assistant #2
Tin Men 1987
as Nellie
Credits from TMDB.