Deirdre O'Connell

Born: 1951-01-01

Deirdre O'Connell is an American character actress who has worked extensively on stage, screen, and television. O'Connell began her career at Stage One, an experimental theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. She made herBroadway 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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St. Vincent

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Synecdoche, New York

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Wendy and Lucy

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Leaving Normal

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Eddington

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Falling from Grace

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Detours

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The Holdouts

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Judge N. Owens
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Law & Order

as Jane Schuman
First aired: 1990-09-13

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Law & Order

as Valerie Knight
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The Penguin

as Francis Cobb
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Person of Interest

as Joan
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The Closer

as Liz Provenza
First aired: 2005-06-13

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Nina Lipton
First aired: 2001-09-30

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Marvel's Daredevil

as Anna Nelson
First aired: 2015-04-10

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

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The Affair

as Athena Bailey
First aired: 2014-10-12

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Outer Range

as Patricia Tillerson
First aired: 2022-04-14

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From the Earth to the Moon

as Barbara Young
First aired: 1998-04-05

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The Big Door Prize

as Eloise Hubbard
First aired: 2023-03-28

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Nurse Jackie

as Helen
First aired: 2009-06-08

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Stars in the House

as Self - Winner
First aired: 2020-03-16

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...

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Sirens

as Heidi Schiller
First aired: 1993-03-10

Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers. Officer...

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Second Noah

as Shirley Crockmeyer
First aired: 1996-02-05

Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from...

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