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Aliases: Deidre O'Connell , Dierdre O'Connell , Дирдри О’Коннелл

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 19


Most Famous Work

Biography

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)

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Joanna Wilder
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Judge N. Owens
Person of Interest
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8

Person of Interest

(2011) Joan
Marvel's Daredevil
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8

Marvel's Daredevil

(2015) Anna Nelson
The Penguin
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8

The Penguin

(2024) Francis Cobb
Stars in the House
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0

Stars in the House

(2020) Self - Winner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Nina Lipton
The Better Sister
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7

The Better Sister

(2025) Debbie Macintosh

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Dawn Bodkin
Debbie Macintosh
2024 Francis Cobb
2023 Eloise Hubbard
2022 Mary Laury
Patricia Tillerson
Anne
2020 Self - Winner
2019 Didi / Arkadina
Donna
2018 Rose Anderson
Amy
2017 Annie
2016 N/A
Beth
2015 Anna Nelson
2014 Athena Bailey
Linda
Audrey Stewart
Kathleen Lembo
Meredith
2012 Frowzy Woman
2011 Joan
2010 Linda
2009 Donna Brady
Helen
Joyce
2008 Deb (voice)
Ellen's Mother
Mrs. Fuller
2007 Cynthia
Jane
2006 Deirdre
2005 Liz Provenza
2004 Marge Dwyer
Hollis
2003 Helen
2002 Gwyn
2001 Nina Lipton
Mrs. Gerber
Landry
Phyllis
1999 Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Judge N. Owens
Kate Faxton
1998 Suzanne Blum
Barbara Young
1997 Lacey
Marilyn Middleton
Jenny Baldwin
1996 Dr. Gracia Scott
Doris
Winona
Shirley Crockmeyer
1995 Roberta
Holly
Sue the Waitress
Peggy
1994 N/A
1993 Nan Gordon
Mom
Heidi Schiller
1992 Isabelle Malley
Shelly
Ellen
Lily
Sally Cutler
1990 Inez Brice
Irene
Jane Schuman
Valerie Knight
Joanna Wilder
Mrs. Halsey
1989 Ella
1988 Shanda Gage
1987 Assistant #2
Nellie
Year Character Movie/Tv

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