 But I auditioned because it was a new series in "Chicago Fire" and had the possibility that she could become.She sees herself, especially with the younger members of the team, as a kind of mother, aunt, teacher.Eamonn and I, we play when I'm on the set that Connie is the boss's working wife and all the rest are her kids, they wrote Connie as that motherly figure that everyone seems to run away from.