Personal Info
Birth date
1951-12-30 (73 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Deidre O'Connell
Dierdre O'Connell
Дирдри О’Коннелл
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.936
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.562
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.Person of Interest
8.077
Overview:
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.Marvel's Daredevil
8.165
Overview:
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.The Affair
6.642
Overview:
The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book entitled A Person who Visits a Place) and he is struggling to write a second book. He is happily married with four children, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of the tragic death of her child. The story of the affair is told separately, complete with distinct memory biases, from the male and female perspectives.Outer Range
6.915
Overview:
A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.The Penguin
8.433
Overview:
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."Stars in the House
NYR
Overview:
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.The Better Sister
7.106
Overview:
Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the investigation sends shockwaves through the family and exposes long-buried secrets.Nurse Jackie
7.123
Overview:
Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.The Big Door Prize
6.242
Overview:
A small town is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears, promising to reveal everyone's true potential. Soon residents start changing jobs, rethinking relationships, and questioning long-held beliefs—all in pursuit of a better future.Madam Secretary
6.976
Overview:
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.From the Earth to the Moon
8.118
Overview:
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.The Closer
7.864
Overview:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.Sirens
6
Overview:
Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers. Officer Sarah Berkezchuk is dealing with her failing marriage, Officer Lynn Stanton is a single mom, and second-generation cop Officer Molly Whelan has a bad attitude which starts to interfere with her job. Each rookie officer worked under a veteran cop, and each grows and becomes more focused as a result.The Practice
7.7
Overview:
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.Eddington
6.882
Overview:
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8.092
Overview:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.L.A. Doctors
7
Overview:
Four Los Angeles doctors run a practice in this drama that focuses as much on the problems in the American medical system as it does on the patients.Second Noah
6
Overview:
Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997What Happens in Vegas
6.111
Overview:
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.The Requin
4.783
Overview:
A couple on a romantic getaway find themselves stranded at sea when a tropical storm sweeps away their villa. In order to survive, they are forced to fight the elements, while sharks circle below.St. Vincent
7.116
Overview:
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.Cool World
5.6
Overview:
A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later, cartoonist Jack Deebs, who's been drawing Cool World, crosses over as well. He sets his lustful sights on animated femme fatale Holli Would, but she's got plans of her own to become real, and it's up to Frank to stop her.Synecdoche, New York
7.559
Overview:
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.Dragonfly
6.541
Overview:
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.Secondhand Lions
7.193
Overview:
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.Smoke
7.197
Overview:
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.Acting
2025Eddington as Dawn
2025The Better Sister (2 Episodes) as Debbie Macintosh
2024The Penguin (8 Episodes) as Francis Cobb
2023The Big Door Prize (1 Episode) as Eloise Hubbard
2022Ghostwritten as Mary Laury
2022Outer Range (5 Episodes) as Patricia Tillerson
2022The Requin as Anne
2020Stars in the House (1 Episode) as Self - Winner
2019I Am a Seagull as Didi / Arkadina
2019Diane as Donna
2018Lez Bomb as Rose Anderson
2018The Boy Downstairs as Amy
2017The Holdouts as Annie
2016In the Radiant City as Unknown
2016Detours as Beth
2015Marvel's Daredevil (3 Episodes) as Anna Nelson
2014The Affair (1 Episode) as Athena Bailey
2014St. Vincent as Linda
2014Madam Secretary (1 Episode) as Audrey Stewart
2014The Quitter as Kathleen Lembo
2014Gabriel as Meredith
2012Being Flynn as Frowzy Woman
2011Person of Interest (1 Episode) as Joan
2010You Don't Know Jack as Linda
2009A Dog Year as Donna Brady
2009Nurse Jackie (1 Episode) as Helen
2009The Greatest as Joyce
2008Wendy and Lucy as Deb (voice)
2008Synecdoche, New York as Ellen's Mother
2008What Happens in Vegas as Mrs. Fuller
2007American Loser as Cynthia
2007Stephanie Daley as Jane
2006Winter Passing as Deirdre
2005The Closer (1 Episode) as Liz Provenza
2004Imaginary Heroes as Marge Dwyer
2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Hollis
2003Secondhand Lions as Helen
2002Dragonfly as Gwyn
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Nina Lipton
2001Hearts in Atlantis as Mrs. Gerber
2001Just Ask My Children as Landry
2001Relative Evil as Phyllis
1999Just Looking as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Judge N. Owens
1999Murder in a Small Town as Kate Faxton
1998L.A. Doctors (19 Episodes) as Suzanne Blum
1998From the Earth to the Moon (1 Episode) as Barbara Young
1997Breast Men as Lacey
1997A Deadly Vision as Marilyn Middleton
1997The Practice (2 Episodes) as Jenny Baldwin
1996Lifeform as Dr. Gracia Scott
1996Chasing the Dragon as Doris
1996Our Son, the Matchmaker as Winona
1996Second Noah (21 Episodes) as Shirley Crockmeyer
1995Trial by Fire as Roberta
1995Kansas as Holly
1995Smoke as Sue the Waitress
1995Fighting for My Daughter as Peggy
1994Chicago Hope (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Fearless as Nan Gordon
1993Daybreak as Mom
1993Sirens (13 Episodes) as Heidi Schiller
1992Cool World as Isabelle Malley
1992CrissCross as Shelly
1992Leaving Normal as Ellen
1992Straight Talk as Lily
1992Falling from Grace as Sally Cutler
1990Pastime as Inez Brice
1990State of Grace as Irene
1990Law & Order (1, 4, 1 Episode) as Jane Schuman, Valerie Knight, Joanna Wilder
1990Brain Dead as Mrs. Halsey
1989Misplaced as Ella
1988Stars & Bars as Shanda Gage
1987Anna as Assistant #2
1987Tin Men as Nellie