Deirdre Lovejoy is an American actress, best known for Bad Teacher, Step Up, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Other film credits include Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Thirsty, Lionhead, The Stepfather, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, My Sister’s Wedding, Shaft, Random Hearts, Sour Grapes, and Rescuing Desire.

Theatre credits include her Broadway debut as Elizabeth in Six Degrees of Separation (Vivian Beaumont Theatre), Louise Imerman/Debbie Krenek in Lucky Guy (Broadhurst Theatre), Diane in The Gathering (Cort Theatre), and Elizabeth Panelli in Getting and Spending (Helen Hayes Theatre); and regionally, as Trudy in Steel Magnolias (Alliance Theatre), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Old Globe Theatre), Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive (Arena Stage), Lewis in The Preservation Society (45th Street Theatre), Mina in Hannah… 1939 (Vineyard Theatre), and Ado Annie Carnes in Oklahoma!, Teenager in Damn Yankees, Ngana in South Pacific, and Bobby Soxer in Guys and Dolls (Elkhart Civic Theatre).