Deirdre O'Connell
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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
Credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
as Hollis
Eddington (2025)
as Dawn Bodkin
City of Angels (1998)
as Mrs. Balford
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
as Mrs. Fuller
St. Vincent (2014)
as Linda
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
as Ellen's Mother
Dragonfly (2002)
as Gwyn
State of Grace (1990)
as Irene
Cool World (1992)
as Isabelle Malley
Secondhand Lions (2003)
as Helen
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
as Mrs. Gerber
Smoke (1995)
as Sue the Waitress
Straight Talk (1992)
as Lily
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
as Linda
The Requin (2022)
as Anne
The Greatest (2009)
as Joyce
Fearless (1993)
as Nan Gordon
Being Flynn (2012)
as Frowzy Woman
Tin Men (1987)
as Nellie
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
as Deb (voice)
A Dog Year (2009)
as Donna Brady
Breast Men (1997)
as Lacey (voice)
Just Ask My Children (2001)
as Landry
Daybreak (1993)
as Mom
Winter Passing (2006)
as Deirdre
Stars & Bars (1988)
as Shanda Gage
Lifeform (1996)
as Dr. Gracia Scott
Just Looking (1999)
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Brain Dead (1990)
as Mrs. Halsey
Apartment Troubles (2014)
as Ina the Tarot Reader
Imaginary Heroes (2004)
as Marge Dwyer
Lez Bomb (2018)
as Rose Anderson
CrissCross (1992)
as Shelly
Diane (2019)
as Donna
Made in Eddington (2025)
as Self
Leaving Normal (1992)
as Ellen
Murder in a Small Town (1999)
as Kate Faxton
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Jane
Trial by Fire (1995)
as Roberta
Socket (2007)
as Hospital Staff
A Deadly Vision (1997)
as Marilyn Middleton
Detours (2016)
as Beth
American Loser (2007)
as Cynthia
Fighting for My Daughter (1995)
as Peggy
In the Radiant City (2016)
Actor
I Am a Seagull (2019)
as Didi / Arkadina
Anna (1987)
as Assistant #2
The Holdouts (2017)
as Annie
Relative Evil (2001)
as Phyllis
Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996)
as Winona
Falling from Grace (1992)
as Sally Cutler
The Boy Downstairs (2018)
as Amy
The Quitter (2014)
as Kathleen Lembo
Kansas (1995)
as Holly
Chasing the Dragon (1996)
as Doris
Pastime (1990)
as Inez Brice
Misplaced (1989)
as Ella
Gabriel (2015)
as Meredith
Ghostwritten (2022)
as Mary Laury