Acting credits
78
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 56Series: 22
TMDB ID: 77013
IMDb ID: nm0640055
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2025
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q1524102
Also known as
Deidre O'Connell • Dierdre O'Connell • Дирдри О’Коннелл
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 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)
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Deirdre O'Connell.
Made in Eddington
as Self
2025 Movie
6.4
Eddington
as Dawn Bodkin
2025 Movie
7.0
Ghostwritten
as Mary Laury
2022 Movie
4.7
The Requin
as Anne
2022 Movie
I Am a Seagull
as Didi / Arkadina
2019 Movie
6.1
Diane
as Donna
2019 Movie
6.7
Lez Bomb
as Rose Anderson
2018 Movie
6.0
The Boy Downstairs
as Amy
2018 Movie
The Holdouts
as Annie
2017 Movie
7.0
In the Radiant City
2016 Movie
4.7
Detours
as Beth
2016 Movie
6.7
Gabriel
as Meredith
2015 Movie
7.1
St. Vincent
as Linda
2014 Movie
The Quitter
as Kathleen Lembo
2014 Movie
5.0
Apartment Troubles
as Ina the Tarot Reader
2014 Movie
6.2
Being Flynn
as Frowzy Woman
2012 Movie
7.0
You Don't Know Jack
as Linda
2010 Movie
6.1
A Dog Year
as Donna Brady
2009 Movie
6.2
The Greatest
as Joyce
2009 Movie
6.8
Wendy and Lucy
as Deb (voice)
2008 Movie
7.5
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen's Mother
2008 Movie
6.1
What Happens in Vegas
as Mrs. Fuller
2008 Movie
5.2
American Loser
as Cynthia
2007 Movie
5.7
Stephanie Daley
as Jane
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Deirdre O'Connell.
7.1
The Beast in Me
as Carol McGiddish • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.9
The Better Sister
as Debbie Macintosh • 2 eps
2025 Series
8.4
The Penguin
as Francis Cobb • 8 eps
2024 Series
6.2
The Big Door Prize
as Eloise Hubbard • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.9
Outer Range
as Patricia Tillerson • 5 eps
2022 Series
Stars in the House
as Self - Winner • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.2
Marvel's Daredevil
as Anna Nelson • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.7
The Affair
as Athena Bailey • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Audrey Stewart • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Joan • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Unforgettable
as Sue Kelly • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Nurse Jackie
as Helen • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.9
The Closer
as Liz Provenza • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nina Lipton • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge N. Owens • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.0
L.A. Doctors
as Suzanne Blum • 19 eps
1998 Series
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
as Barbara Young • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.6
The Practice
as Jenny Baldwin • 2 eps
1997 Series
6.0
Second Noah
as Shirley Crockmeyer • 21 eps
1996 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Ellen Wheeler • 2 eps
1994 Series
5.5
Sirens
as Heidi Schiller • 13 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Jane Schuman • 1 eps
1990 Series