
Deirdre O'Connell
Acting
Born: 1951-12-30 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 stag
🎬 Movies (20)

Made in Eddington
2025
Self

Eddington
2025
Dawn Bodkin

Ghostwritten
2022
Mary Laury

The Requin
2022
Anne

I Am a Seagull
2019
Didi / Arkadina

Diane
2019
Donna

Lez Bomb
2018
Rose Anderson

The Boy Downstairs
2018
Amy

The Holdouts
2017
Annie

In the Radiant City
2016

Detours
2016
Beth

Gabriel
2015
Meredith

St. Vincent
2014
Linda

The Quitter
2014
Kathleen Lembo

Apartment Troubles
2014
Ina the Tarot Reader

Being Flynn
2012
Frowzy Woman

You Don't Know Jack
2010
Linda

A Dog Year
2009
Donna Brady

The Greatest
2009
Joyce

Wendy and Lucy
2008
Deb (voice)
📺 TV Shows (20)

The Beast in Me
2025
Carol McGiddish

The Better Sister
2025
Debbie Macintosh

The Penguin
2024
Francis Cobb

The Big Door Prize
2023
Eloise Hubbard

Outer Range
2022
Patricia Tillerson

Stars in the House
2020
Self - Winner

Marvel's Daredevil
2015
Anna Nelson

The Affair
2014
Athena Bailey

Madam Secretary
2014
Audrey Stewart

Person of Interest
2011
Joan

Unforgettable
2011
Sue Kelly

Nurse Jackie
2009
Helen

The Closer
2005
Liz Provenza

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Nina Lipton

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Judge N. Owens

L.A. Doctors
1998
Suzanne Blum

From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Barbara Young

The Practice
1997
Jenny Baldwin

Second Noah
1996
Shirley Crockmeyer

Chicago Hope
1994
Ellen Wheeler