Deirdre O'Connell

Birthday:

01/01/1951

Biography:

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)



Credits

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