Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1951-12-30 (Age: 75)
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Deirdre O'Connell
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 (59)
Made in Eddington
2025
Eddington
2025
Ghostwritten
2022
The Requin
2022
I Am a Seagull
2019
Diane
2019
Lez Bomb
2018
The Boy Downstairs
2018
The Holdouts
2017
In the Radiant City
2016
Detours
2016
Gabriel
2015
St. Vincent
2014
The Quitter
2014
