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