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)
Known For
Hollis
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Irene
State of Grace
Shanda Gage
Stars & Bars
Assistant #2
Anna
Sally Cutler
Falling from Grace
Ella
Misplaced
Inez Brice
Pastime
Ellen
Leaving Normal
Sue the Waitress
Smoke
Nan Gordon
Fearless
Jane
Stephanie Daley
Marge Dwyer
Imaginary Heroes
Joyce
The Greatest
Isabelle Malley
Cool World
Lily
Straight Talk
Lacey
Breast Men
Dr. Gracia Scott
Invader
Cynthia
Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot
Winona
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Meredith
Gabriel
In the Radiant City
Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Just Looking
Mom
Daybreak
Mary Laury
Ghostwritten
Dawn Bodkin
Eddington
Annie
The Holdouts
Ellen's Mother
Synecdoche, New York
Mrs. Gerber
Hearts in Atlantis
Beth
Detours
Roberta
Trial by Fire
Linda
You Don't Know Jack
Gwyn
Dragonfly
Deirdre
Winter Passing
Landry
Just Ask My Children
Linda
St. Vincent
Kate Faxton
Murder in a Small Town
Amy
The Boy Downstairs
Holly
Kansas
Helen
Secondhand Lions
Donna
Diane
Kathleen Lembo
The Quitter
Marilyn Middleton
A Deadly Vision
Rose Anderson
Lez Bomb
Phyllis
Relative Evil
Mrs. Fuller
What Happens in Vegas
Shelly
CrissCross
Frowzy Woman
Being Flynn
Doris
Chasing the Dragon
Nellie
Tin Men
Mrs. Halsey
Brain Dead
Didi / Arkadina
I Am a Seagull
Donna Brady
A Dog Year
Deb (voice)
Wendy and Lucy
Anne
The Requin
Peggy
Fighting for My Daughter
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
55
Gender
Female
Birthday
1951-12-30
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Deidre O'Connell