Deirdre O'Connell

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)

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Person of Interest

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Closer

Marvel's Daredevil

All Movies (59)

Made in Eddington2025 · as Self
Eddington2025 · as Dawn Bodkin
Ghostwritten2022 · as Mary Laury
The Requin2022 · as Anne
I Am a Seagull2019 · as Didi / Arkadina
Diane2019 · as Donna
Lez Bomb2018 · as Rose Anderson
The Boy Downstairs2018 · as Amy
The Holdouts2017 · as Annie
In the Radiant City2016
Detours2016 · as Beth
Gabriel2015 · as Meredith
St. Vincent2014 · as Linda
The Quitter2014 · as Kathleen Lembo
Apartment Troubles2014 · as Ina the Tarot Reader
Being Flynn2012 · as Frowzy Woman
You Don't Know Jack2010 · as Linda
A Dog Year2009 · as Donna Brady
The Greatest2009 · as Joyce
Wendy and Lucy2008 · as Deb (voice)
Synecdoche, New York2008 · as Ellen's Mother
What Happens in Vegas2008 · as Mrs. Fuller
Socket2007 · as Hospital Staff
American Loser2007 · as Cynthia
Stephanie Daley2007 · as Jane
Winter Passing2006 · as Deirdre
Imaginary Heroes2004 · as Marge Dwyer
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 · as Hollis
Secondhand Lions2003 · as Helen
Dragonfly2002 · as Gwyn
Hearts in Atlantis2001 · as Mrs. Gerber
Just Ask My Children2001 · as Landry
Relative Evil2001 · as Phyllis
Just Looking1999 · as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Murder in a Small Town1999 · as Kate Faxton
City of Angels1998 · as Mrs. Balford
Breast Men1997 · as Lacey
A Deadly Vision1997 · as Marilyn Middleton
Lifeform1996 · as Dr. Gracia Scott
Chasing the Dragon1996 · as Doris
Our Son, the Matchmaker1996 · as Winona
Trial by Fire1995 · as Roberta
Kansas1995 · as Holly
Smoke1995 · as Sue the Waitress
Fighting for My Daughter1995 · as Peggy
Fearless1993 · as Nan Gordon
Daybreak1993 · as Mom
Cool World1992 · as Isabelle Malley
CrissCross1992 · as Shelly
Leaving Normal1992 · as Ellen
Straight Talk1992 · as Lily
Falling from Grace1992 · as Sally Cutler
Pastime1990 · as Inez Brice
State of Grace1990 · as Irene
Brain Dead1990 · as Mrs. Halsey
Misplaced1989 · as Ella
Stars & Bars1988 · as Shanda Gage
Anna1987 · as Assistant #2
Tin Men1987 · as Nellie

All TV Shows (24)

The Beast in Me2025 · as Carol McGiddish
The Better Sister2025 · as Debbie Macintosh
The Penguin2024 · as Francis Cobb
The Big Door Prize2023 · as Eloise Hubbard
Outer Range2022 · as Patricia Tillerson
Stars in the House2020 · as Self - Winner
Marvel's Daredevil2015 · as Anna Nelson
The Affair2014 · as Athena Bailey
Madam Secretary2014 · as Audrey Stewart
Person of Interest2011 · as Joan
Unforgettable2011 · as Sue Kelly
Nurse Jackie2009 · as Helen
The Closer2005 · as Liz Provenza
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Nina Lipton
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Judge N. Owens
L.A. Doctors1998 · as Suzanne Blum
From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Barbara Young
The Practice1997 · as Jenny Baldwin
Second Noah1996 · as Shirley Crockmeyer
Chicago Hope1994 · as Ellen Wheeler
Sirens1993 · as Heidi Schiller
Law & Order1990 · as Jane Schuman
Law & Order1990 · as Valerie Knight
Law & Order1990 · as Joanna Wilder