Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-12-30
- Place of birth:
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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
Filmography
The Beast in Me
Made in Eddington
Eddington
The Better Sister
The Penguin
The Big Door Prize
The Bear
Ghostwritten
Outer Range
The Requin
Stars in the House
I Am a Seagull
Diane
Lez Bomb
The Boy Downstairs
The Holdouts
In the Radiant City
Detours
Gabriel
Marvel's Daredevil
The Affair
St. Vincent
Madam Secretary
The Quitter
Apartment Troubles
Being Flynn
Person of Interest
Unforgettable
You Don't Know Jack
A Dog Year
Nurse Jackie
The Greatest
Wendy and Lucy
Synecdoche, New York
What Happens in Vegas
Socket
American Loser
Stephanie Daley
Winter Passing
The Closer
Imaginary Heroes
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Secondhand Lions
Dragonfly
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Hearts in Atlantis
Just Ask My Children
Relative Evil
Just Looking
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Murder in a Small Town
L.A. Doctors
City of Angels
From the Earth to the Moon
Breast Men
A Deadly Vision
The Practice
Lifeform
Chasing the Dragon
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Second Noah
Trial by Fire
Kansas
Smoke
Fighting for My Daughter
Chicago Hope
Fearless
Daybreak
Sirens
Cool World
CrissCross
Leaving Normal
Straight Talk
Falling from Grace
Pastime
State of Grace
Law & Order
Brain Dead
Misplaced
Stars & Bars
Anna
Tin Men
American Playhouse