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Deirdre O'Connell
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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…
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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)
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2025
The Beast in Me
TV show Carol McGiddish
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2025
Made in Eddington
Movie Self
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2025
Eddington
Movie Dawn Bodkin
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2025
The Better Sister
TV show Debbie Macintosh
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2024
The Penguin
TV show Francis Cobb
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2023
The Big Door Prize
TV show Eloise Hubbard
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2022
The Bear
TV show Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
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2022
Ghostwritten
Movie Mary Laury
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2022
Outer Range
TV show Patricia Tillerson
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2022
The Requin
Movie Anne
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2020
Stars in the House
TV show Self - Winner
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2019
I Am a Seagull
Movie Didi / Arkadina
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2019
Diane
Movie Donna
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2018
Lez Bomb
Movie Rose Anderson
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2018
The Boy Downstairs
Movie Amy
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2017
The Holdouts
Movie Annie
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2016
In the Radiant City
Movie
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2016
Detours
Movie Beth
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2015
Gabriel
Movie Meredith
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2015
Marvel's Daredevil
TV show Anna Nelson
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2014
The Affair
TV show Athena Bailey
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2014
St. Vincent
Movie Linda
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Audrey Stewart
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2014
The Quitter
Movie Kathleen Lembo
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2014
Apartment Troubles
Movie Ina the Tarot Reader
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2012
Being Flynn
Movie Frowzy Woman
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2011
Person of Interest
TV show Joan
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2011
Unforgettable
TV show Sue Kelly
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2010
You Don't Know Jack
Movie Linda
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2009
A Dog Year
Movie Donna Brady
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2009
Nurse Jackie
TV show Helen
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2009
The Greatest
Movie Joyce
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2008
Wendy and Lucy
Movie Deb (voice)
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2008
Synecdoche, New York
Movie Ellen's Mother
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2008
What Happens in Vegas
Movie Mrs. Fuller
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2007
Socket
Movie Hospital Staff
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2007
American Loser
Movie Cynthia
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2007
Stephanie Daley
Movie Jane
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2006
Winter Passing
Movie Deirdre
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2005
The Closer
TV show Liz Provenza
