Acting • AGE 74
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 i...


The Beast in Me
Carol McGiddish
2025

Made in Eddington
Self
2025

Eddington
Dawn Bodkin
2025

The Better Sister
Debbie Macintosh
2025

The Penguin
Francis Cobb
2024

The Big Door Prize
Eloise Hubbard
2023

The Bear
Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
2022

Ghostwritten
Mary Laury
2022

Outer Range
Patricia Tillerson
2022

The Requin
Anne
2022

Stars in the House
Self - Winner
2020

I Am a Seagull
Didi / Arkadina
2019

Diane
Donna
2019

Lez Bomb
Rose Anderson
2018

The Boy Downstairs
Amy
2018

The Holdouts
Annie
2017

In the Radiant City
2016

Detours
Beth
2016

Gabriel
Meredith
2015

Marvel's Daredevil
Anna Nelson
2015

The Affair
Athena Bailey
2014

St. Vincent
Linda
2014

Madam Secretary
Audrey Stewart
2014

The Quitter
Kathleen Lembo
2014

Apartment Troubles
Ina the Tarot Reader
2014

Being Flynn
Frowzy Woman
2012

Person of Interest
Joan
2011

Unforgettable
Sue Kelly
2011

You Don't Know Jack
Linda
2010

A Dog Year
Donna Brady
2009

Nurse Jackie
Helen
2009

The Greatest
Joyce
2009

Wendy and Lucy
Deb (voice)
2008

Synecdoche, New York
Ellen's Mother
2008

What Happens in Vegas
Mrs. Fuller
2008

Socket
Hospital Staff
2007

American Loser
Cynthia
2007

Stephanie Daley
Jane
2007

Winter Passing
Deirdre
2006

The Closer
Liz Provenza
2005

Imaginary Heroes
Marge Dwyer
2004

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hollis
2004

Secondhand Lions
Helen
2003

Dragonfly
Gwyn
2002

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Lipton
2001

Hearts in Atlantis
Mrs. Gerber
2001

Just Ask My Children
Landry
2001

Relative Evil
Phyllis
2001

Just Looking
Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
1999

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

Murder in a Small Town
Kate Faxton
1999

L.A. Doctors
Suzanne Blum
1998

City of Angels
Mrs. Balford
1998

From the Earth to the Moon
Barbara Young
1998

Breast Men
Lacey
1997

A Deadly Vision
Marilyn Middleton
1997

The Practice
Jenny Baldwin
1997

Lifeform
Dr. Gracia Scott
1996

Chasing the Dragon
Doris
1996

Our Son, the Matchmaker
Winona
1996

Second Noah
Shirley Crockmeyer
1996

Trial by Fire
Roberta
1995

Kansas
Holly
1995

Smoke
Sue the Waitress
1995

Fighting for My Daughter
Peggy
1995

Chicago Hope
Ellen Wheeler
1994

Fearless
Nan Gordon
1993

Daybreak
Mom
1993

Sirens
Heidi Schiller
1993

Cool World
Isabelle Malley
1992

CrissCross
Shelly
1992

Leaving Normal
Ellen
1992

Straight Talk
Lily
1992

Falling from Grace
Sally Cutler
1992

Pastime
Inez Brice
1990

State of Grace
Irene
1990

Law & Order
Jane Schuman
1990

Brain Dead
Mrs. Halsey
1990

Stars & Bars
Shanda Gage
1988

Anna
Assistant #2
1987

Tin Men
Nellie
1987