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Maura Lynn Tierney Morrissette (born February 3,
1965) is an Irish-American film and television
actor|actress, most recently known for her role on
NBC's drama ER (television)|ER. 

She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied
drama at New York University and
Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School. She lives in
Los Angeles and New York together with her
husband, Billy Morrissette, an actor-turned-film
director|director, and her pug, named Rose
Kennedy. Maura, the daugher of Pat and Joe
Tierney, a prominent former Boston politician,
doesn't have any children.

Maura Tierney also won the second season
tournament of Bravo (television network)|Bravo's
Celebrity Poker Showdown against Lauren Graham,
her former NewsRadio colleague. The show is hosted
by Dave Foley, who also starred with Maura in
NewsRadio. 

== Selected television roles ==
*Student Exchange (1987)
*Crossing the Mob (1988)
*The Dick Van Dyke|Van Dyke Show (1988)
*Flying Blind (1990)
*Out of Darkness (1994)
*704 Hauser (1994, her first starring role)
*NewsRadio (1995–1999)
*ER (TV series)|ER (2000–as of 2005|present)

== Selected film roles ==
*The Linguini Incident (1991, first of several
films directed by Richard Shepard)
*Dead Women in Lingerie (1991, her first starring
role, though Tierney has removed it from her
resume due to nude scenes)
*White Sands (1992)
*Fly by Night (1993)
*The Temp (1993)
*Primal Fear (1996, w/ Richard Gere, Edward
Norton)
*Mercy (1996, second movie directed by Richard
Shepard)
*Liar Liar (1997, w/ Jim Carrey)
*Primary Colors (1998, w/ John Travolta)
*Forces of Nature (1999, w/ Sandra Bullock, Ben
Affleck)
*Instinct (1999, w/ Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding
Jr
*Oxygen (1999, 3rd movie directed by Richard
Shepard, w/ Adrien Brody)
*Scotland, Pa. (2001, a comedy based on Macbeth,
directed by her husband)
*Insomnia (2002, w/ Al Pacino)
*Rooftop Kisses (2002)
*The Nazi (2002)
*Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
*Welcome to Mooseport (2004, w/ Gene Hackman, Ray
Romano)
*Easier, Softer Way (upcoming in 2006, directed by
ER (TV series)|ER castmate Mekhi Phifer)

== External links ==
*http://www.nbc.com/ER/bios/Maura_Tierney.html Her
ER cast biography
*http://www.weedworks.com.au/tierneyonline/ Maura
Tierney fan site
*http://maura-t.net Wry Smile fan site
*http://www.darwinistmemoirs.com Darwinist
Memoirs: John Carter (Noah Wyle) and Abby Lockhart
(Maura Tierney) fan site
*http://www.coffeeandpie.com Coffeeandpie: John
Carter (Noah Wyle) and Abby Lockhart (Maura
Tierney) fan forum
*http://www.fanforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s
=&forumid=54 Fanforum: ER fan forum
*http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Carter-Abby-Luka
Fans Carter-Abby-Luka yahoo Fan group
*http://www.mauratierney.com Maura Tierney fan
site
*imdb name|id=0005491|name=Maura Tierney