Deirdre O'Connell profile
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Deirdre O'Connell

30th December 1951 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA Acting

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)

58 Movies 27 TV Shows 86 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Diane poster
Diane 28th March 2019 as Donna
Lez Bomb poster
Lez Bomb 9th November 2018 as Rose Anderson
Socket poster
Socket 14th July 2007 as Hospital Staff
Just Looking poster
Just Looking 21st October 1999 as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Lifeform poster
Lifeform 24th September 1996 as Dr. Gracia Scott
Smoke poster
Smoke 9th June 1995 as Sue the Waitress
Pastime poster
Pastime 8th November 1990 as Inez Brice
Anna poster
Anna 28th November 1987 as Assistant #2
The Bear poster
The Bear 23rd June 2022 as Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
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Sirens 10th March 1993 as Heidi Schiller