Acting
Deirdre O'Connell
EN cinema · 59 credits
Born
30 December 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Deidre O'Connell · Dierdre O'Connell · Дирдри О’Коннелл
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
Filmography
Eddington
as Dawn Bodkin
Ghostwritten
as Mary Laury
The Requin
as Anne
Diane
as Donna
I Am a Seagull
as Didi / Arkadina
Lez Bomb
as Rose Anderson
The Holdouts
as Annie
Detours
as Beth
Gabriel
as Meredith
St. Vincent
as Linda
The Quitter
as Kathleen Lembo
Apartment Troubles
as Ina the Tarot Reader
Being Flynn
as Frowzy Woman
You Don't Know Jack
as Linda
The Greatest
as Joyce
A Dog Year
as Donna Brady
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen's Mother
What Happens in Vegas
as Mrs. Fuller
Wendy and Lucy
as Deb (voice)
Stephanie Daley
as Jane
American Loser
as Cynthia
Socket
as Hospital Staff
Winter Passing
as Deirdre
Imaginary Heroes
as Marge Dwyer
Secondhand Lions
as Helen
Dragonfly
as Gwyn
Hearts in Atlantis
as Mrs. Gerber
Just Ask My Children
as Landry
Relative Evil
as Phyllis
Just Looking
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Murder in a Small Town
as Kate Faxton
City of Angels
as Mrs. Balford
Breast Men
as Lacey (voice)
A Deadly Vision
as Marilyn Middleton
Lifeform
as Dr. Gracia Scott
Our Son, the Matchmaker
as Winona
Chasing the Dragon
as Doris
Smoke
as Sue the Waitress
Trial by Fire
as Roberta
Kansas
as Holly
Fearless
as Nan Gordon
Daybreak
as Mom
Falling from Grace
as Sally Cutler
Leaving Normal
as Ellen
Cool World
as Isabelle Malley
Straight Talk
as Lily
CrissCross
as Shelly
State of Grace
as Irene
Pastime
as Inez Brice
Brain Dead
as Mrs. Halsey
Stars & Bars
as Shanda Gage
Anna
as Assistant #2
Tin Men
as Nellie