Maura Tierney: (on the expectation that actresses must look good) It's part of the culture, it's part of the game, because the business is about selling. It's about perception, and if you can sell the perception, you can do well just based on how you're perceived. Talent sometimes isn't in that equation. Unfortunately, young actors learn this all too quickly.
Maura Tierney: (about how her and
Maura Tierney: I diagnosed my husband's recent appendix attack. At first, he didn't believe me. He was having pain in his lower abdomen and felt nauseous. He also had a fever which I said was suspicious. I even did a stomach press check and I knew. Still, I got out my medical textbook they gave me on
Maura Tierney: But my husband, I guess, happened to view me as the perfect manipulative, scheming, murderous bitch. (
Maura Tierney: I am not one of those crazy dog people. Except I think I might be, but I say I’m not. (
Maura Tierney: I had a subconscious wish, I think, to be fired from
Maura once lived in New York's Hell's Kitchen and sold t-shirts door-to-door in college dormitories.
According to an article in the April 1997 issue of Movieline, Maura suffers from recurring insomnia.
Maura is close friends with former
Maura was nominated for a 2001 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Abby Lockhart during Season 6 of NBC's medical drama
Although Dr. Abby Lockhart, Maura's character on
Maura's father, Joseph Tierney, was at one time the president of the Boston City Council.
Maura became the champion of Bravo's 2004
Maura is 5' 3?".
The day before shooting began, Maura was added to the cast in a comedy pilot called The Station, which was later renamed
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