Maura Tierney Bio | Wiki
Maura Tierney is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on the sitcom NewsRadio, Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER, and Helen Solloway on the mystery drama The Affair.
Maura won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film for the latter. She appeared in numerous films, including Primal Fear, Liar Liar, Primary Colors, Forces of Nature, Insomnia, Semi-Pro, Baby Mama, Beautiful Boy, and The Report.
Maura Tierney Age
Maura was born on February 3, 1965, in Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is 57 years old.
Maura Tierney Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 3 in (Approx. 1.6 m).
Maura Tierney Family
She was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, to her parents Pat and the late Joseph M. Tierney. Maura’s mother is a real estate broker and her father was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston City Council for 15 years. She is the eldest of three children in an Irish American Catholic family including Deidre, Brian, and Joseph.
Maura Tierney Husband
Maura married actor-director Billy Morrissette on February 1, 1993, two days before her 28th birthday after the two met on the set of an unaired television series. She filed for divorce in 2006 due to irreconcilable differences.
Maura Tierney Education
She attended Mount Alvernia Academy Elementary School and Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Massachusetts. While there, Maura studied drama, which led to her appearance at the Boston Globe Drama Festival. After graduation, she attended New York University, where she majored first in dance and then in drama.
Maura Tierney Movies And Tv Show
2007 The Go-Getter
2008 Semi-Pro
2012 Nature Calls
2017 Anything
2018 Beautiful Boy
2019 The Report
TBA The Iron Claw
2009–2011 Rescue Me
2010–2011 The Whole Truth
2011 The Office
2012–2013 The Good Wife
2012 Ruth & Erica
2014–2019 The Affair
2018 Electric Dreams
2021 Your Honor
2021 American Rust
Maura Tierney Liar Liar
In 1997, she played Audrey Reede in Liar Liar, an American comedy film directed by Tom Shadyac, and written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. It stars Jim Carrey as a lawyer who built his entire career on lying but finds himself cursed to speak only the truth for a single day, during which he struggles to maintain his career and to reconcile with his ex-wife and son whom he alienated with his pathological lying.
Maura Tierney On ER
Maura played Nurse Abigail “Abby” Lockhart on ER, a character that began as a guest appearance in November 1999. She then expanded in February 2000 to a full-time regular role as an ER nurse and later after completion of medical school, a doctor. Maura was reunited with her NewsRadio co-star Khandi Alexander, who at that time also had a recurring role on ER.
Within a year, her work on ER earned her an Emmy Award nomination, a recognition she credits to a “juicy” story arc featuring Sally Field as Lockhart’s mother Maggie Wyczenski, who has bipolar disorder.
Maura 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 returned to make a cameo appearance in one additional episode later in 2009 toward the end of the final season.
Maura Tierney Health
She had surgery to remove a tumor from her breast in 2009. Maura had been cast in Parenthood but schedule conflicts with her cancer treatments led her to leave and she was replaced by Lauren Graham. She finished treatment and returned to work in a stage play in 2010.
In 2018, while riding her bike, Maura was struck by a car and thrown to the ground. Although she was taken away in the ambulance wearing a neck brace, she was later released from the hospital with “no major injuries”.
Maura Tierney The Office
In 2011, she appeared in one episode of The Office (S8E9: “Mrs. California”) as Robert California’s wife. The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday work lives of office employees at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Maura Tierney Helen
In 2013, Maura joined the cast of Showtime’s The Affair, playing Helen Solloway, for which she won the Golden Globe Award in 2016.
Maura Tierney Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Maura’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
Who Is Maura Tierney Married To
She married actor-director Billy Morrissette on February 1, 1993, two days before her 28th birthday after the two met on the set of an unaired television series. She filed for divorce in 2006 due to irreconcilable differences.