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Deirdre O'Connell
Known for: ActingDeirdre 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)
Filmography 35
The Penguin
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eddington
St. Vincent
What Happens in Vegas
Secondhand Lions
Synecdoche, New York
as Ellen's Mother
Hearts in Atlantis
Cool World
State of Grace
The Requin
Smoke
You Don't Know Jack
Straight Talk
The Greatest
Just Looking
as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
Winter Passing
as Deirdre
Fearless
Tin Men
A Deadly Vision
CrissCross
Imaginary Heroes
A Dog Year
Detours
Stars & Bars
American Loser
as Cynthia
Daybreak
Stephanie Daley
Diane
Apartment Troubles
Lez Bomb
Just Ask My Children
The Boy Downstairs
Falling from Grace