Maura Lynn Tierney (born February 3, 1965) is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Lisa Miller on the sitcom NewsRadio, Abby Lockhart on the medical drama ER and Helen Solloway on the television drama The Affair for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016. The eldest of three children, Tierney was born and raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts to an Irish Catholic family. Her mother Pat (née James) is a real estate broker and her late father Joseph M. Tierney was a prominent Boston politician who served on the Boston City Council for 15 years. Tierney attended Mount Alvernia Academy Elementary School and Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Massachusetts where her studies included 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.

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