Deirdre O'Connell

Deirdre O'Connell is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television. O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. She made herBroadway 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

Birth Location
Born 1951-01-01

Movies

The Requin as Anne
2022
I Am a Seagull as Didi / Arkadina
2019
Diane as Donna
2019
Lez Bomb as Rose Anderson
2018
2018
The Holdouts as Annie
2017
Detours as Beth
2016
St. Vincent as Linda
2014
The Quitter as Kathleen Lembo
2014
Gabriel as Meredith
2014
Being Flynn as Frowzy Woman
2012
2010
A Dog Year as Donna Brady
2009
Wendy and Lucy as Deb (voice)
2009
The Greatest as Joyce
2009
Synecdoche, New York as Ellen's Mother
2008
What Happens in Vegas as Mrs. Fuller
2008
American Loser as Cynthia
2007
Stephanie Daley as Jane
2007
Winter Passing as Deirdre
2006
Imaginary Heroes as Marge Dwyer
2004
2004
Secondhand Lions as Helen
2003
Dragonfly as Gwyn
2002
Hearts in Atlantis as Mrs. Gerber
2001
2001
Relative Evil as Phyllis
2001
Just Looking as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
1999
Murder in a Small Town as Kate Faxton
1999
Breast Men as Lacey
1997
A Deadly Vision as Marilyn Middleton
1997
Lifeform as Dr. Gracia Scott
1996
1996
1996
Trial by Fire as Roberta
1995
Kansas as Holly
1995
Smoke as Sue the Waitress
1995
1995
Fearless as Nan Gordon
1993
Daybreak as Mom
1993
Cool World as Isabelle Malley
1992
CrissCross as Shelly
1992
Leaving Normal as Ellen
1992
Straight Talk as Lily
1992
Falling from Grace as Sally Cutler
1992
Pastime as Inez Brice
1990
State of Grace as Irene
1990
Brain Dead as Mrs. Halsey
1990
Misplaced as Ella
1989
Stars & Bars as Shanda Gage
1988
Anna as Assistant #2
1987
Tin Men as Nellie
1987
Eddington as Dawn
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Deirdre O'Connell hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows