Deirdre O'Connell

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Born

   Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1982 · Screen debut

   American Playhouse (TV)

3. 1999 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   The Beast in Me (TV)

Career in numbers

4 1980s

30 1990s

19 2000s

16 2010s

8 2020s

• Drama62
• Comedy25
• Crime12
• Mystery11
• Tv Movie10
• Romance9

Highest-rated title The Penguin 2024 8.4 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Deirdre O'Connell in our catalogue.

Adam Arkin

3 titles together

Dick Wolf

2 titles together

1. 2025 The Beast in Me as Carol McGiddish 7.1 TV
2. 2025 Eddington as Dawn Bodkin 6.5 Movie
3. 2025 The Better Sister as Debbie Macintosh 6.9 TV
4. 2024 The Penguin as Francis Cobb 8.4 TV
5. 2023 The Big Door Prize as Eloise Hubbard 6.2 TV
6. 2022 The Bear as Mary 'Crazy Mary' Heyman 8.2 TV
7. 2022 Outer Range as Patricia Tillerson 6.9 TV
8. 2022 The Requin as Anne 4.7 Movie
9. 2019 I Am a Seagull as Didi / Arkadina Movie
10. 2019 Diane as Donna 6.1 Movie
11. 2018 Lez Bomb as Rose Anderson 6.7 Movie
12. 2018 The Boy Downstairs as Amy 6.0 Movie
13. 2016 In the Radiant City Movie
14. 2016 Detours as Beth Movie
15. 2015 Gabriel as Meredith 6.8 Movie
16. 2015 Marvel's Daredevil as Anna Nelson 8.2 TV
17. 2014 The Affair as Athena Bailey 6.7 TV
18. 2014 St. Vincent as Linda 7.1 Movie
19. 2014 Madam Secretary as Audrey Stewart 7.0 TV
20. 2014 Apartment Troubles as Ina the Tarot Reader Movie
21. 2012 Being Flynn as Frowzy Woman 6.2 Movie
22. 2011 Person of Interest as Joan 8.1 TV
23. 2011 Unforgettable as Sue Kelly 7.2 TV
24. 2010 You Don't Know Jack as Linda 7.0 Movie
25. 2009 A Dog Year as Donna Brady 6.1 Movie
26. 2009 Nurse Jackie as Helen 7.1 TV
27. 2009 The Greatest as Joyce 6.2 Movie
28. 2008 Wendy and Lucy as Deb (voice) 6.8 Movie
29. 2008 Synecdoche, New York as Ellen's Mother 7.5 Movie
30. 2008 What Happens in Vegas as Mrs. Fuller 6.1 Movie
31. 2007 Socket as Hospital Staff 3.9 Movie
32. 2007 American Loser as Cynthia 5.2 Movie
33. 2007 Stephanie Daley as Jane 5.8 Movie
34. 2006 Winter Passing as Deirdre 6.1 Movie
35. 2005 The Closer as Liz Provenza 7.8 TV
36. 2004 Imaginary Heroes as Marge Dwyer 6.5 Movie
37. 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Hollis 8.1 Movie
38. 2003 Secondhand Lions as Helen 7.2 Movie
39. 2002 Dragonfly as Gwyn 6.6 Movie
40. 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nina Lipton 7.6 TV
41. 2001 Hearts in Atlantis as Mrs. Gerber 6.8 Movie
42. 2001 Just Ask My Children as Landry Movie
43. 2001 Relative Evil as Phyllis Movie
44. 1999 Just Looking as Mrs. Braverman, Lenny's Teacher 5.9 Movie
45. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge N. Owens 8.0 TV
46. 1999 Murder in a Small Town as Kate Faxton Movie
47. 1998 L.A. Doctors as Suzanne Blum TV
48. 1998 City of Angels as Mrs. Balford 6.8 Movie
49. 1998 From the Earth to the Moon as Barbara Young 8.1 TV
50. 1997 Breast Men as Lacey (voice) 5.3 Movie
51. 1997 A Deadly Vision as Marilyn Middleton Movie
52. 1997 The Practice as Jenny Baldwin 7.6 TV
53. 1996 Lifeform as Dr. Gracia Scott Movie
54. 1996 Chasing the Dragon as Doris Movie
55. 1996 Our Son, the Matchmaker as Winona Movie
56. 1996 Second Noah as Shirley Crockmeyer TV
57. 1995 Trial by Fire as Roberta Movie
58. 1995 Kansas as Holly Movie
59. 1995 Smoke as Sue the Waitress 7.2 Movie
60. 1995 Fighting for My Daughter as Peggy Movie
61. 1994 Chicago Hope as Ellen Wheeler 7.2 TV
62. 1993 Fearless as Nan Gordon 6.9 Movie
63. 1993 Daybreak as Mom 5.2 Movie
64. 1993 Sirens as Heidi Schiller TV
65. 1992 Cool World as Isabelle Malley 5.7 Movie
66. 1992 CrissCross as Shelly 6.1 Movie
67. 1992 Leaving Normal as Ellen 6.1 Movie
68. 1992 Straight Talk as Lily 6.1 Movie
69. 1992 Falling from Grace as Sally Cutler Movie
70. 1990 Pastime as Inez Brice Movie
71. 1990 State of Grace as Irene 7.0 Movie
72. 1990 Law & Order as Jane Schuman 7.3 TV
73. 1990 Brain Dead as Mrs. Halsey 5.6 Movie
74. 1988 Stars & Bars as Shanda Gage 4.4 Movie
75. 1987 Anna as Assistant #2 Movie
76. 1987 Tin Men as Nellie 6.3 Movie
77. 1982 American Playhouse as Kitty MacKay TV

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