Valerie O'Connor

Acting

Valerie O'Connor

Born 1981-01-01 · Dublin, Ireland

Valerie O'Connor is an Irish television actress, theatre actress and singer. She is best known for playing Det. Insp. Nikki Grogan in soap-opera Red Rock and the horror films, The Daisy Chain and Cherry Tree, and for her appearance as the love interest in the big screen adaptation of Tony Hawks' best selling Round Ireland With a Fridge.

Acting credits

The Apprentice poster
6.8

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.

The Apprentice

2024

Nowhere Special poster
7.3

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.

Nowhere Special

2020

Algorithm poster
7.0

When nervy Al has an absurd encounter with a stranger, he begins to question his whole identity.

Algorithm

2020

My Sailor, My Love poster
6.3

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

My Sailor, My Love

2022

September Says poster
6.8

Sisters September and July share an intense bond, speaking in a secret language and keeping the outside world at a distance. After September is suspended from school, their mother brings them to a remote house on the Irish coast—where July begins to resist her sister’s increasingly sadistic control.

September Says

2025

The Parting poster
NR

A 9-year-old girl gains control amidst family chaos by striving for her hair's perfect parting and pigtails, becoming self-reliant despite emotional turmoil.

The Parting

2026

The Daisy Chain poster
5.2

A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter's death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.

The Daisy Chain

2008

Cynthia poster
9.5

A dinner party with old friends takes a shocking turn as wounds are exposed, revelations are made, and the past resurfaces. Over one tense evening, Cynthia learns that some things can never be unsaid.

Cynthia

2019

Sentinel poster
10.0

With his father’s dementia progressing, things quickly take a turn for the worse when Carl hears news that his dad is nowhere to be found in his new care home.

Sentinel

2021

Cherry Tree poster
5.0

Faith’s world is turned upside down after she finds out that her beloved father is dying. When the mysteriously alluring Sissy Young becomes her field hockey coach, Faith finds a compassionate spirit and much-needed mother figure. Little does she know that Sissy is the head of a centuries-old witches’ coven that uses the fruit of an ancient cherry tree in a secret ritual that restores life to the dead and dying. Offering to cure her father in exchange for a child, Sissy strikes a bargain with Faith, who suddenly finds herself pregnant with a baby that’s growing at an alarming rate. But with the clock to the child’s birth ticking down and the true intention of Sissy’s plans for humanity becoming more apparent, Faith and her father must stand together in order to save both their lives.

Cherry Tree

2015

Round Ireland with a Fridge poster
5.3

The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.

Round Ireland with a Fridge

2010

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NR

An ensemble of mourners travel in their cars to the funeral of an Irishman who took his life in a car.

Davin

2014