Maura Tierney
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Maura Therese Tierney is an American
film and television actress, who is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio
and Abby Lockhart
on the television medical drama ER
.
, Massachusetts
. Her mother, Pat, is a real estate
broker and her late father, Joseph
, was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston City Council
for 15 years. Tierney is of Irish
descent.
She 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 attended New York University
and majored in dance, but changed her major to drama.
, California, and in 1987 got her first break in a role in 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. The film never received a theatrical release, although it was released on DVD
in 2005.
Tierney continued winning small roles in film and television, though it was not until her leading role in the sitcom NewsRadio
from 1995 to 1999 that she received regular national exposure. While she was a NewsRadio cast member, she also appeared in two successful films (Primal Fear
and Forces of Nature
), and the even more successful film Liar Liar
, which starred Jim Carrey
.
After NewsRadio was canceled, Tierney decided not to pursue a role in another sitcom:
Tierney played Nurse Abigail "Abby" Lockhart
on ER
, a character that began as a guest appearance as an OB
nurse in November 1999, then expanded in February 2000 to a full-time regular part as an ER nurse (and later, after completion of medical school, a licensed ER doctor). Within a year, her work on ER had earned her an Emmy Award
nomination, recognition she credits to a "juicy" story arc
featuring Sally Field
as Lockhart's mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder
. She was initially reunited with her former NewsRadio
co-star Khandi Alexander
who at that time had a major recurring role on ER.
Tierney confirmed in April 2008 that she would be leaving ER shortly after the beginning of the show's fifteenth season. In October 2008, she made her final regular appearance on the series after nearly 10 seasons on the show. She did return to make a cameo appearance on one additional episode later on during the final season.
, Tierney's highest-profile film since joining the cast of ER has been the 2002 film
Insomnia
, directed by Christopher Nolan
. That same year she also starred in Scotland, Pa.
, portraying a Lady Macbeth
-like character written specifically for her by then-husband Billy Morrissette. She was praised by critics for her performance. She collaborated with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey
for a special, "Working with Joe Furey" featurette for Furey's film Love and Support
. In 2004, Tierney won the second season tournament of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown against Lauren Graham
.
She returned to the stage in May 2006 in an appearance opposite Eric McCormack
in the Off Broadway premiere of Some Girl(s)
. She also appeared in the 2008 films Semi-Pro
,
Baby Mama
, The Go-Getter
and Finding Amanda
.
Tierney played the role of Laurel in the Off Broadway play Three Changes with Dylan McDermott
from September 16 to October 4, 2008.
She returned to television in 2009, playing the recurring character Kelly McPhee on the FX series Rescue Me
.
Tierney replaced Joely Richardson
as the female lead of the 2010 ABC television series The Whole Truth
, after Richardson dropped out to spend more time with her family. Tierney's role in the show, a legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, marks her first return to television after recovering from breast surgery and cancer treatments. ABC canceled The Whole Truth
after just four episodes due to low ratings.
In February 2011, Tierney made her debut at the Gate Theatre
in the Dublin premiere of Christopher Hampton
's God of Carnage
alongside Ardal O'Hanlon
.
, citing irreconcilable differences
. They had no children.
On February 1, 2009 the recently ordained Tierney officiated at the wedding of ER castmate and friend Parminder Nagra
and photographer James Stenson.
On December 14, 2009, Maura's father, former Boston City Council
President Joseph M. Tierney, died at his Hyde Park home at age 68 after a brief battle with cancer
.
On July 13, 2009, it was announced that Tierney would have surgery to remove a tumor from her breast. On September 10, 2009, it was announced that she had left the cast of Parenthood
owing to schedule conflicts with her cancer treatments and would not be returning to the show. Lauren Graham
replaced her. On January 27, 2010, her publicist revealed that she had finished treatment and was going back to work, signing up to star in a stage play.
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film and television actress, who is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio
NewsRadio
NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
and Abby Lockhart
Abby Lockhart
Dr. Abby Lockhart is a fictional medical doctor on the television series ER. She is portrayed by Maura Tierney...
on the television medical drama ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
.
Early life
Tierney, the eldest of three children, was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Her mother, Pat, is a real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
broker and her late father, Joseph
Joseph M. Tierney
Joseph M. Tierney was an American politician who served as a member of the Boston City Council from 1972 to 1987. He was the President of the City Council in 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, and 1985. He was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1987, losing to incumbent Raymond Flynn 67%-33%.His daughter is...
, was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston City Council
Boston City Council
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councilors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve...
for 15 years. Tierney is of Irish
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
descent.
She attended Notre Dame Academy
Notre Dame Academy (Hingham, Massachusetts)
Notre Dame Academy is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.-History:...
in Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...
, where her studies included drama and led to her appearance at the Boston Globe Drama Festival. After graduation, she attended New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and majored in dance, but changed her major to drama.
Career
After appearing in several plays, she moved to Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California, and in 1987 got her first break in a role in Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
's made-for-TV
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
film Student Exchange
Student Exchange
Student Exchange is a 1987 television film directed by Mollie Miller.-Plot:Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and...
. Tierney's first starring role in a film was in a low-budget, independently-produced film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
called Dead Women in Lingerie, shot in 24 days. The film never received a theatrical release, although it was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2005.
Tierney continued winning small roles in film and television, though it was not until her leading role in the sitcom NewsRadio
NewsRadio
NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
from 1995 to 1999 that she received regular national exposure. While she was a NewsRadio cast member, she also appeared in two successful films (Primal Fear
Primal Fear (film)
Primal Fear is a 1996 American crime drama thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton. The film tells the story of a defense attorney, Martin Vail , who defends an altar boy, Aaron Stampler , charged with the murder of a Catholic archbishop. The movie is an...
and Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature
Forces of Nature is a 1999 romantic comedy film, directed by Bronwen Hughes, and starring Academy Award winners Ben Affleck, and Sandra Bullock.-Plot:...
), and the even more successful film Liar Liar
Liar Liar
Liar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical...
, which starred Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
.
After NewsRadio was canceled, Tierney decided not to pursue a role in another sitcom:
Tierney played Nurse Abigail "Abby" Lockhart
Abby Lockhart
Dr. Abby Lockhart is a fictional medical doctor on the television series ER. She is portrayed by Maura Tierney...
on ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, a character that began as a guest appearance as an OB
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
nurse in November 1999, then expanded in February 2000 to a full-time regular part as an ER nurse (and later, after completion of medical school, a licensed ER doctor). Within a year, her work on ER had earned her an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
nomination, recognition she credits to a "juicy" story arc
Story arc
A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story...
featuring Sally Field
Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. In each decade of her career, she has been known for major roles in American TV/film culture, including: in the 1960s, for Gidget or Sister Bertrille on The Flying Nun ; in the 1970s, for Sybil , Smokey and...
as Lockhart's mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...
. She was initially reunited with her former NewsRadio
NewsRadio
NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
co-star Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for the roles of Dr. Alexx Woods on CSI: Miami and as Catherine Duke on NewsRadio. She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton...
who at that time had a major recurring role on ER.
Tierney confirmed in April 2008 that she would be leaving ER shortly after the beginning of the show's fifteenth season. In October 2008, she made her final regular appearance on the series after nearly 10 seasons on the show. She did return to make a cameo appearance on one additional episode later on during the final season.
, Tierney's highest-profile film since joining the cast of ER has been the 2002 film
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
Insomnia
Insomnia (2002 film)
Insomnia is an American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. The film, released on 24 May 2002, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.-Plot:...
, directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,...
. That same year she also starred in Scotland, Pa.
Scotland, Pa.
Scotland, PA is a 2001 film directed and written by Billy Morrissette based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney and Christopher Walken...
, portraying a Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth (Shakespeare)
Lady Macbeth is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Macbeth . She is the wife to the play's protagonist, Macbeth, a Scottish nobleman. After goading him into committing regicide, she becomes Queen of Scotland, but later suffers pangs of guilt for her part in the crime...
-like character written specifically for her by then-husband Billy Morrissette. She was praised by critics for her performance. She collaborated with NewsRadio writer Joe Furey
Joe Furey
Joe Furey is a comedian/writer/producer whose various credits include Late Night with David Letterman, Newsradio, Watching Ellie, and Talkshow with Spike Feresten, as well as the feature film Love and Support....
for a special, "Working with Joe Furey" featurette for Furey's film Love and Support
Love and Support
Love and Support is a 2003 film by Joe Furey, starring Joe Furey, Pat Finn, Kristin Dattilo, Jenna Byrne, and Wayne Federman.Joe Furey was a writer for NewsRadio, Watching Ellie, and David Letterman. Special features on the DVD include interviews with Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Julia Louis-Dreyfus...
. In 2004, Tierney won the second season tournament of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown against Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham
Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
.
She returned to the stage in May 2006 in an appearance opposite Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormack is a Canadian American actor, musician, writer and producer. Born in Toronto, he began his acting career performing in school plays at Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute High School...
in the Off Broadway premiere of Some Girl(s)
Some Girl(s)
Some Girl is a play written by Neil LaBute.The play ran at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City, produced by MCC Theater and starred Eric McCormack, Fran Drescher, Judy Reyes, Brooke Smith, and Maura Tierney, all known primarily for their television work.The London cast included David...
. She also appeared in the 2008 films Semi-Pro
Semi-Pro
Semi-Pro is a 2008 American sports screwball comedy film from New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Kent Alterman and stars Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin and Maura Tierney. The film was shot in Los Angeles near Dodger Stadium , in Detroit and in Flint, Michigan...
,
Baby Mama
Baby Mama (film)
Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, and Dax Shepard.-Plot:...
, The Go-Getter
The Go-getter
Cosmopolitan, and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 Strand. Part of the Blandings Castle canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere , although the story takes place sometime between the events of Leave it to...
and Finding Amanda
Finding Amanda
Finding Amanda is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peter Tolan and starring Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow. The plot revolves around a television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling, who is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehabilitation.Finding Amanda was...
.
Tierney played the role of Laurel in the Off Broadway play Three Changes with Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott
Mark Anthony McDermott , better known by his professional name of Dylan McDermott, is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the television legal drama The Practice and his role in the series Dark Blue as Lt. Carter Shaw. McDermott currently stars in FX...
from September 16 to October 4, 2008.
She returned to television in 2009, playing the recurring character Kelly McPhee on the FX series Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
.
Tierney replaced Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson
Joely Kim Richardson is an English actress, most known recently for her role as Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime television show The Tudors and Julia McNamara in the television drama Nip/Tuck...
as the female lead of the 2010 ABC television series The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth (TV series)
The Whole Truth is an American legal drama series that premiered on ABC on September 22, 2010. Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT...
, after Richardson dropped out to spend more time with her family. Tierney's role in the show, a legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, marks her first return to television after recovering from breast surgery and cancer treatments. ABC canceled The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth (TV series)
The Whole Truth is an American legal drama series that premiered on ABC on September 22, 2010. Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT...
after just four episodes due to low ratings.
In February 2011, Tierney made her debut at the Gate Theatre
Gate Theatre
The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists...
in the Dublin premiere of Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton
Christopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisons and also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of...
's God of Carnage
God of Carnage
God of Carnage is a play by Yasmina Reza. It is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving...
alongside Ardal O'Hanlon
Ardal O'Hanlon
Ardal O'Hanlon is an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his roles in television sitcoms as Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted and George Sunday in My Hero.-Early life:...
.
Personal life
Tierney married actor-director Billy Morrissette on February 1, 1993, two days before her 28th birthday, after the two met on the set of a never-aired television series. After being married for 13 years, she filed for divorceDivorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
, citing irreconcilable differences
Irreconcilable differences
The concept of irreconcilable differences provides a possible ground for divorce in a number of jurisdictions.In Australian family law with no-fault divorce it is the sole ground, adequate proof being that the estranged couple have been separated more than 12 months.In the United States it can be...
. They had no children.
On February 1, 2009 the recently ordained Tierney officiated at the wedding of ER castmate and friend Parminder Nagra
Parminder Nagra
Parminder Kaur Nagra is an English actress of Indian descent. She came to international prominence in 2002 after starring in Bend It Like Beckham. She starred as Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the Emmy Award-winning American medical drama series ER for six years until the series ended on 2 April 2009...
and photographer James Stenson.
On December 14, 2009, Maura's father, former Boston City Council
Boston City Council
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councilors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve...
President Joseph M. Tierney, died at his Hyde Park home at age 68 after a brief battle with cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
.
On July 13, 2009, it was announced that Tierney would have surgery to remove a tumor from her breast. On September 10, 2009, it was announced that she had left the cast of Parenthood
Parenthood (2010 TV series)
Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims and produced by Imagine Television and Universal Media Studios. The first season premiered on March 2, 2010 on NBC...
owing to schedule conflicts with her cancer treatments and would not be returning to the show. Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham
Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
replaced her. On January 27, 2010, her publicist revealed that she had finished treatment and was going back to work, signing up to star in a stage play.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Student Exchange Student Exchange Student Exchange is a 1987 television film directed by Mollie Miller.-Plot:Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and... |
Kathy Maltby | TV movies. |
| 1988 | Crossing the Mob | Michelle | |
| The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show The Van Dyke Show is a short-lived 1988 U.S. situation comedy, starring Dick Van Dyke. It was cancelled after one season due to low ratings, possibly due to competition from the Top 20 hits Growing Pains on ABC and the first half of Unsolved Mysteries on NBC.The series marked the first time... 10 episodes |
Jillian Ryan | ||
| 1989 | Family Ties Family Ties Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young... Ep: My Best Friend's Girl |
Darlene | |
| 1990 | Booker Booker (TV series) Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street... Ep: Reunion |
Donna Cofax | |
| Flying Blind | Donna | TV movie. | |
| 1991 | Dead Women in Lingerie | Molly Field | |
| The Linguini Incident The Linguini Incident The Linguini Incident is a 1991 American comedic film set in New York starring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. The film was directed by Richard Shepard, who co-wrote the script with Tamar Brott... |
Cecelia | ||
| Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... Ep: Aria |
Patricia 'Patti' Blaine | ||
| 1992 | White Sands White Sands (film) White Sands is a 1992 motion picture directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Daniel Pyne for Warner Bros. The movie is about a U.S. southwestern small-town sheriff who finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation... |
Noreen | |
| 1993 | Fly by Night | Denise | |
| The Temp | Sharon Derns | ||
| 1994 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis Lifestories: Families in Crisis Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.-The show:Lifestories: Families in Crisis deals with major issues involving individuals, mostly teenagers and young adults. The stories usually ended with the real person on which the... Ep: A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story |
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| Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Out of Darkness was a 1994 made-for-TV movie starring singer Diana Ross. It earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a TV Movie.... |
Meg | TV movie. | |
| 704 Hauser 704 Hauser 704 Hauser is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from April to May 1994. A spin-off of All in the Family , the series is built around the concept of an African American family, the Cumberbatches, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after Bunker had sold the house... 5 episodes |
Cherlyn | ||
| 1995 | Mercy Mercy (1995 film) Mercy is a 1995 English-language independent thriller starring John Rubinstein and Sam Rockwell, and written and directed by Richard Shepard. It was filmed in Queens, New York City. The film received an R rating by the MPAA for violence, adult situations, adult language, sexual situations.-Plot... |
Simonet | |
| NewsRadio NewsRadio NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios... 97 episodes 1995–1999 |
Lisa Miller | ||
| 1996 | Primal Fear Primal Fear (film) Primal Fear is a 1996 American crime drama thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton. The film tells the story of a defense attorney, Martin Vail , who defends an altar boy, Aaron Stampler , charged with the murder of a Catholic archbishop. The movie is an... |
Naomi Chance | |
| 1997 | Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical... |
Audrey Reede | |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Daisy Green | |
| 1999 | Forces of Nature Forces of Nature Forces of Nature is a 1999 romantic comedy film, directed by Bronwen Hughes, and starring Academy Award winners Ben Affleck, and Sandra Bullock.-Plot:... |
Bridget Cahill | |
| Oxygen Oxygen (film) Oxygen is 1999 film, directed and written by Richard Shepard. The film follows a troubled and masochistic cop, Madeline Foster as she pursues a kidnapper who calls himself Harry Houdini... |
Det. Madeline Foster | ||
| Instinct Instinct (film) Instinct is a 1999 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, Kim Cattrall and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by Ishmael, a novel by Daniel Quinn. In the United States, the film had the working title Ishmael... |
Lynn Powell | ||
| ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television... 189 episodes 1999–2009 |
Dr. Abby Lockhart | Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, 2001 Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, 2001 Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, 2003 |
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| 2000 | Mexico City | Pam on Phone (voice) | |
| King of the Hill King of the Hill King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas... Ep: Movin' On Up |
Tanya (voice) | ||
| 2001 | Scotland, PA | Pat McBeth | |
| 2002 | Insomnia Insomnia (2002 film) Insomnia is an American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. The film, released on 24 May 2002, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.-Plot:... |
Rachel Clement | |
| Rooftop Kisses | Denise | ||
| The Nazi | Helen | ||
| 2003 | Melvin Goes to Dinner Melvin Goes to Dinner Melvin Goes to Dinner is a 2003 American film adaptation of Michael Blieden's stage play Phyro-Giants!, directed by Bob Odenkirk. Blieden wrote the screenplay from his stage play, and he also stars in the film , along with Stephanie Courtney, Matt Price and Annabelle Gurwitch.-Plot:Melvin is a... |
Leslie | |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport Welcome to Mooseport Welcome to Mooseport is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Ray Romano and Gene Hackman in his final film before retiring from acting... |
Sally Mannis | |
| 2006 | Danny Roane: First Time Director Danny Roane: First Time Director Danny Roane: First Time Director is a 2006 comedy film written, directed by and starring Andy Dick, Jack Black and Mo Collins. This independent production is a documentary mixed with a mockumentary on Dick's struggle on making a film.-Plot:... |
Maura Tierney | |
| Diggers Diggers (film) Diggers is a coming-of-age film directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them... |
Gina | ||
| 2007 | The Go-Getter The Go-getter Cosmopolitan, and in the United Kingdom in the August 1931 Strand. Part of the Blandings Castle canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere , although the story takes place sometime between the events of Leave it to... |
Hal's Pets | |
| 2008 | Semi-Pro Semi-Pro Semi-Pro is a 2008 American sports screwball comedy film from New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Kent Alterman and stars Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin and Maura Tierney. The film was shot in Los Angeles near Dodger Stadium , in Detroit and in Flint, Michigan... |
Lynn | |
| Baby Mama Baby Mama (film) Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, and Dax Shepard.-Plot:... |
Caroline | ||
| Finding Amanda Finding Amanda Finding Amanda is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peter Tolan and starring Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow. The plot revolves around a television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling, who is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehabilitation.Finding Amanda was... |
Lorraine Mendon | ||
| 2009 | Rescue Me Rescue Me (TV series) Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show... 6 episodes |
Kelly McPhee | |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth The Whole Truth (TV series) The Whole Truth is an American legal drama series that premiered on ABC on September 22, 2010. Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT... |
Kathryn Peale | |
| 2011 | Rescue Me Rescue Me (TV series) Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show... |
Kelly McPhee | |
| 2011 | The Office (U.S. TV series) |
Mrs. California |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Primetime Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming... |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |