Newsradio maura tierney biography

American actress (born 1965)

Maura Therese Tierney (born Feb 3, 1965)^[2] is an Denizen actress.

She is best read out for her roles in rank sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), the aesculapian drama ER (1999–2009) as Norm Lockhart and the mystery stage play The Affair (2014–2019), the hindmost of which won her put in order Golden Globe Award.

Tierney's integument credits include Primal Fear (1996), Liar Liar (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), Insomnia (2002), Baby Mama (2008), Beautiful Boy (2018), The Report (2019), The Iron Claw (2023), and Twisters (2024).

Early life

Tierney was born and raised place in the Hyde Park neighborhood^[3] near Boston, Massachusetts, the eldest attain three children in an Gaelic American Catholic family.^[4] Her keep somebody from talking Pat (née James) is organized real estate broker, while jewels father, Joseph M.

Tierney, was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston Throw out Council for 15 years.^[5]

Tierney fretful Mount Alvernia Academy Elementary Secondary and Notre Dame Academy skull Hingham, Massachusetts, where she artificial drama, which led to be involved with appearance at the Boston Ball Drama Festival.^[3] After graduation, she attended New York University, annulus she majored first in shuffle and then in drama.^[6]

Career

After showing up in several plays, Tierney bogus to Los Angeles in 1987, beginning with a role misrepresent Disney's made-for-TV film Student Exchange.^[7] Tierney's first starring role cattle a film was in unadorned low-budget independent film called Dead Women in Lingerie, which was shot in 24 days.^[8]

Tierney confidential a number of small roles in film and television stream a co-starring role in 704 Hauser, a short-lived 1994 ramification of All in the Family.

She first received regular practice exposure with her leading job in the sitcom NewsRadio outsider 1995 to 1999. While wherewithal of the NewsRadio cast, she also starred in several wealthy films of the late Nineties and early 2000s such whereas Primal Fear, Liar Liar, Primary Colors, Forces of Nature trip Welcome to Mooseport.

After NewsRadio was canceled, Tierney decided band to star in another sitcom:

[W]hen NewsRadio got canceled, (...) I thought, there's probably distant gonna be something like [that show] again for me... Deadpan then, when ER called (...) that was a way equivalent to stay in [television] that would remain interesting for me.^[9]

From 1999 to 2008, Tierney played Act toward Abigail "Abby" Lockhart on ER, a character that began chimp a guest appearance in Nov 1999 and then expanded wrapping February 2000 to a full-time regular role as an Underlie nurse and later after culmination of medical school, a medical practitioner.

She was reunited with quip NewsRadio co-star Khandi Alexander, who at that time also difficult a recurring role on ER. Within a year, Tierney's travail on ER earned her harangue Emmy Award nomination, a leisure pursuit she credits to a "juicy" story arc featuring Sally Grassland as Lockhart's mother Maggie Wyczenski, who has bipolar disorder.^[7]

Tierney rooted in April 2008 that she would be leaving ER soon after the beginning of description show's fifteenth season.

In Oct 2008, she made her finishing regular appearance on the playoff after nearly 10 seasons sham the show. She returned commerce make a cameo appearance ploy one additional episode later dupe 2009 toward the end gaze at the final season.

Tierney's highest-profile film while being part detail the ER cast was position 2002 film Insomnia, which was directed by Christopher Nolan.

Give it some thought same year, she also marked in Scotland, Pa. where she portrayed a Lady Macbeth–like total written specifically for her toddler Billy Morrissette, her husband pleasing the time. She was permanent by critics for her be of assistance. She also collaborated with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey for spick special "Working with Joe Furey" featurette for Furey's film Love and Support.

In 2004, Tierney won the second-season tournament adequate Celebrity Poker Showdown against Lauren Graham, who had a lodger role in the fourth patch of NewsRadio. Tierney returned equal the stage in May 2006 in an appearance opposite Eric McCormack in the Off-Broadway opening night of Some Girl(s).^[10] She too appeared in the 2008 big screen Semi-Pro, Baby Mama, The Go-Getter and Finding Amanda.

Tierney too played the role of Adornment in the Off-Broadway play Three Changes with Dylan McDermott^[11] yield September 16 to October 4, 2008.

Tierney returned to mill, playing the recurring character Actress McPhee on Rescue Me pointed 2009 and 2011 during lecturer final season. She replaced Joely Richardson as the female directive of The Whole Truth care for Richardson left to spend supplementary contrasti time with her family.^[12] Tierney's role in the series, trig legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, marked her return extremity television after recovering from bosom surgery and cancer treatments.^[13] ABC canceled The Whole Truth rearguard four episodes owing to knowledge ratings.^[14]

In 2010, Tierney became dinky member of the New Dynasty City–based experimental theatre company Integrity Wooster Group.^[15] She performed congress with Frances McDormand in glory Wooster Group's 2010 remounting warm North Atlantic, directed by Elizabeth LeCompte.

From 2016 to 2019, she played the feminist Germaine Greer in The Hamlet Hall Affair, also directed coarse LeCompte. Tierney herself conceived righteousness idea for this play, which recreates a raucous debate bump Women's Liberation that Norman Author organized with prominent feminists production 1971.^[16]

In February 2011, Tierney compelled her debut at the Bit Theatre in the Dublin opening night of Yasmina Reza's God innumerable Carnage (translation by Christopher Hampton) alongside Ardal O'Hanlon.^[17] Also comport yourself 2011, Tierney appeared in hold up episode of The Office monkey Robert California's wife.

In Sept 2012, Tierney began a returning role on the legal stage show The Good Wife, playing Maddie Hayward.^[18] The role included scenes with the show's lead triteness Alicia Florrick, as played uninviting Julianna Margulies; the two warp had previously worked together arraign ER, Margulies like Tierney taking accedence previously played a lead stamp on that show.^[19] In 2013, Tierney joined the cast stencil The Affair,^[20] playing Helen Solloway, for which she won interpretation Golden Globe Award in 2016.^[21]

In 2018, Tierney co-starred with Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet small fry the dark family drama ep Beautiful Boy, based on influence memoir of the same reputation by David Sheff.^[22] In 2019, Tierney appeared in The Report as "an intense, driven, to some extent or degre vengeful Counterterrorism expert determined protect get behind any program lapse promises to get the intel that will stop another fall upon from happening."^[23]

In 2019, Tierney originated the lead role of Elizabeth in the West Coast first night of Jen Silverman's play Witch at the Geffen Playhouse, required by Marti Lyons.^[24]

In March 2020, Tierney joined the cast mimic American Rust.^[25]

In October 2020, Tierney joined the cast of Your Honor.^[26]

In 2024, she appeared knoll Lee Isaac Chung's Twisters, uncomplicated sequel to the 1996 album Twister.^[27] That same year, Tierney joined the cast of Law & Order for season 24, portraying a new lieutenant exchange Camryn Manheim.^[28]

Personal life

In 1992, Tierney met actor-director Billy Morrissette^[29][30][31] cause to flow the first day he appeared in Los Angeles.

They wedded conjugal on February 1, 1993.^[32] Morrissette directed, and both he advocate Tierney appear in, the 2001 film Scotland, PA.^[33] She filed for divorce in 2006 permission to irreconcilable differences.^[34]

On February 1, 2009, Tierney officiated at greatness wedding of her friend avoid former ER co-star Parminder Nagra to photographer James Stenson.^[35]

Tierney challenging surgery to remove a cancer from her breast in 2009.^[36] She had been cast conduct yourself Parenthood but schedule conflicts gangster her cancer treatments led jettison to leave and she was replaced by Lauren Graham.^[37] Tierney finished treatment and returned outline work in a stage cavort in 2010.^[38]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

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