Cast & creator
Deirdre O'Connell
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
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)
Also known as: Deidre O'Connell, Dierdre O'Connell, Дирдри О’Коннелл
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television credits
86
1982–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (86)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge N. Owens
1999
Law & Order
Jane Schuman
1990Law & Order
Valerie Knight
1990Law & Order
Joanna Wilder
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nina Lipton
2001
Chicago Hope
Ellen Wheeler
1994
Person of Interest
Joan
2011
The Closer
Liz Provenza
2005
The Practice
Jenny Baldwin
1997
American Playhouse
Kitty MacKay
1982American Playhouse
Ella
1982
Madam Secretary
Audrey Stewart
2014
The Bear
Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman
2022
Marvel's Daredevil
Anna Nelson
2015
Nurse Jackie
Helen
2009
Unforgettable
Sue Kelly
2011
The Affair
Athena Bailey
2014
Stars in the House
Self - Winner
2020
The Penguin
Francis Cobb
2024
From the Earth to the Moon
Barbara Young
1998
The Beast in Me
Carol McGiddish
2025
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hollis
2004
Outer Range
Patricia Tillerson
2022
L.A. Doctors
Suzanne Blum
1998
The Big Door Prize
Eloise Hubbard
2023
The Better Sister
Debbie Macintosh
2025
Eddington
Dawn Bodkin
2025
City of Angels
Mrs. Balford
1998
What Happens in Vegas
Mrs. Fuller
2008
St. Vincent
Linda
2014
Sirens
Heidi Schiller
1993
Secondhand Lions
Helen
2003
Synecdoche, New York
Ellen's Mother
2008
State of Grace
Irene
1990
Second Noah
Shirley Crockmeyer
1996
Hearts in Atlantis
Mrs. Gerber
2001
Breast Men
Lacey (voice)
1997
Dragonfly
Gwyn
2002
Cool World
Isabelle Malley
1992
You Don't Know Jack
Linda
2010
Smoke
Sue the Waitress
1995
Being Flynn
Frowzy Woman
2012
The Requin
Anne
2022
Fearless
Nan Gordon
1993
The Greatest
Joyce
2009
Wendy and Lucy
Deb (voice)
2008
Straight Talk
Lily
1992
Tin Men
Nellie
1987
Imaginary Heroes
Marge Dwyer
2004
A Dog Year
Donna Brady
2009
Winter Passing
Deirdre
2006
Just Ask My Children
Landry
2001
Apartment Troubles
Ina the Tarot Reader
2014
Just Looking
Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher
1999
CrissCross
Shelly
1992
Stars & Bars
Shanda Gage
1988
Stephanie Daley
Jane
2007
Murder in a Small Town
Kate Faxton
1999
Trial by Fire
Roberta
1995
In the Radiant City
2016
Detours
Beth
2016
American Loser
Cynthia
2007
Lez Bomb
Rose Anderson
2018
Daybreak
Mom
1993
I Am a Seagull
Didi / Arkadina
2019
Socket
Hospital Staff
2007
The Boy Downstairs
Amy
2018
Brain Dead
Mrs. Halsey
1990
Fighting for My Daughter
Peggy
1995
Lifeform
Dr. Gracia Scott
1996
Leaving Normal
Ellen
1992
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Winona
1996
Relative Evil
Phyllis
2001
A Deadly Vision
Marilyn Middleton
1997
Diane
Donna
2019
Kansas
Holly
1995
Pastime
Inez Brice
1990
Made in Eddington
Self
2025
Falling from Grace
Sally Cutler
1992
Anna
Assistant #2
1987
Gabriel
Meredith
2015
The Holdouts
Annie
2017
Ghostwritten
Mary Laury
2022
Chasing the Dragon
Doris
1996
The Quitter
Kathleen Lembo
2014Misplaced
Ella
1989