Deirdre O'Connell

About

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....

Known for

Law & OrderSeries • 1990The BearSeries • 2022Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Nurse JackieSeries • 2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001Person of InterestSeries • 2011The CloserSeries • 2005The PracticeSeries • 1997Chicago HopeSeries • 1994UnforgettableSeries • 2011Madam SecretarySeries • 2014American PlayhouseSeries • 1982Marvel's DaredevilSeries • 2015The AffairSeries • 2014The Beast in MeSeries • 2025The PenguinSeries • 2024Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindMovie • 2004Outer RangeSeries • 2022The Big Door PrizeSeries • 2023From the Earth to the MoonSeries • 1998The Better SisterSeries • 2025EddingtonMovie • 2025What Happens in VegasMovie • 2008L.A. DoctorsSeries • 1998