Deirdre O'Connell
Actor
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)
Filmography
What Happens in Vegas
as Mrs. Fuller 2008
St. Vincent
as Linda 2014
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen's Mother 2008
Dragonfly
as Gwyn 2002
Secondhand Lions
as Helen 2003
Cool World
as Isabelle Malley 1992
Eddington
as Dawn Bodkin 2025
Hearts in Atlantis
as Mrs. Gerber 2001
Smoke
as Sue the Waitress 1995
You Don't Know Jack
as Linda 2010
State of Grace
as Irene 1990
The Requin
as Anne 2022
Wendy and Lucy
as Deb (voice) 2008
Fearless
as Nan Gordon 1993
Being Flynn
as Frowzy Woman 2012
The Greatest
as Joyce 2009