Actors - Maura Tierney

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Maura Tierney (born February 3, 1965) is an American actress, most recently known for her role as Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER.

Career

After appearing in several plays (such as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
and The Bald Soprano), she moved to Los Angeles, California and in 1987 got her first break in a role in Walt Disney's made-for-TV film Student Exchange.. Tierney's first starring role in a film was in a low-budget, independently-produced film called Dead Women in Lingerie, shot in 24 days. Although the cast included well-known actors such as Jerry Orbach as her boss, and June Lockhart and Lyle Waggoner as her parents, the film, a thriller with opening and closing credits paying tribute to the plights of Illegal immigrants post-1986, never received a theatrical release. Much later (in 2005), the film was released on DVD by MTI Home Video; the company's press release and packaging makes it clear that the release is an attempt to capitalize on her more recent career successes.

Tierney continued winning small roles in film and television, though it was not until her leading role in NewsRadio that she received regular national exposure and roles in major feature films such as Liar Liar
, Primary Colors
, and Forces of Nature
.

It was after NewsRadio ended that she got her role on ER; within a year, her work on that show earned an Emmy Award nomination, recognition she credits to a "juicy" story arc featuring her and Sally Field.

Selected television roles

ER (2000–present)
NewsRadio (1995–1999)
704 Hauser (1994, her first starring role)
Out of Darkness
(1994)
Flying Blind (1990)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1988)
Crossing the Mob (1988)
Student Exchange (1987)

Selected film roles

Welcome to Mooseport
(2004)
Melvin Goes to Dinner
(2003)
The Nazi (2002)
Rooftop Kisses (2002)
Insomnia
(2002)
Scotland, Pa.
(2001)
Oxygen
(1999)
Instinct (1999)
Forces of Nature
(1999)
Primary Colors
(1998)
Liar Liar
(1997)
Mercy (1996)
Primal Fear (1996)
The Temp (1993)
Fly by Night (1993)
White Sands (1992)
Dead Women in Lingerie (1991)
The Linguini Incident
(1991)

Private life

Tierney was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was a prominent Boston politician who served multiple terms on the Boston City Council.

Tierney attended Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Massachusetts, where her studies included drama and led to her appearance at the Boston Globe Drama Festival. After graduation, she moved to New York City to attend New York University, but left before graduation to study drama at Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School.

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Actors - Maura Tierney

Career

Selected television roles

Selected film roles

Private life

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