Deirdre O'Connell
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-12-30 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge N. Owens
Law & Order
as Jane Schuman
Law & Order
as Valerie Knight
Law & Order
as Joanna Wilder
Person of Interest
as Joan
The Closer
as Liz Provenza
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nina Lipton
Marvel's Daredevil
as Anna Nelson
The Practice
as Jenny Baldwin
Unforgettable
as Sue Kelly
Madam Secretary
as Audrey Stewart
Chicago Hope
as Ellen Wheeler
The Penguin
as Francis Cobb
Nurse Jackie
as Helen
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Hollis
The Affair
as Athena Bailey
Outer Range
as Patricia Tillerson
The Beast in Me
as Carol McGiddish
Stars in the House
as Self - Winner
Eddington
as Dawn Bodkin