Deirdre O'Connell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1951-12-30 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Deirdre O'Connell

Biography

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 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 G...

Acting

1990

1988

Stars & Bars

as Shanda Gage

1987

Anna

as Assistant #2

1989

Misplaced

as Ella

1990

Pastime

as Inez Brice

1992

Falling from Grace

as Sally Cutler

1992

1995

Smoke

as Sue the Waitress

1993

Fearless

as Nan Gordon

2007

2004

Imaginary Heroes

as Marge Dwyer

2009

The Greatest

as Joyce

1992

Cool World

as Isabelle Malley

1992

1997

Breast Men

as Lacey

1996

Lifeform

as Dr. Gracia Scott

2007

American Loser

as Cynthia

2014

Gabriel

as Meredith

1999

Just Looking

as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher

1993

Daybreak

as Mom

2022

Ghostwritten

as Mary Laury

2025

Eddington

as Dawn

2017

The Holdouts

as Annie

2008

Synecdoche, New York

as Ellen's Mother

2001

Hearts in Atlantis

as Mrs. Gerber

2016

Detours

as Beth

1995

Trial by Fire

as Roberta

2002

Dragonfly

as Gwyn

2006

Winter Passing

as Deirdre

2014

St. Vincent

as Linda

1999

1995

Kansas

as Holly

2003

2019

Diane

as Donna

2014

The Quitter

as Kathleen Lembo

1997

A Deadly Vision

as Marilyn Middleton

2018

Lez Bomb

as Rose Anderson

2001

Relative Evil

as Phyllis

2008

What Happens in Vegas

as Mrs. Fuller

1992

CrissCross

as Shelly

2012

Being Flynn

as Frowzy Woman

1996

1987

Tin Men

as Nellie

1990

Brain Dead

as Mrs. Halsey

2019

I Am a Seagull

as Didi / Arkadina

2009

A Dog Year

as Donna Brady

2008

Wendy and Lucy

as Deb (voice)

2022

The Requin

as Anne

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