Photo: Ted Eytan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Maura Tierney is one of those quietly indispensable actors who keeps showing up in great work without ever making a big fuss about it, and I genuinely love her for that. She did a full decade on ER as Abby Lockhart — not a cameo, not a brief arc, but ten years of carrying emotionally grueling storylines with real grit and zero melodrama. Then she turned around and won a Golden Globe for The Affair, playing a kind of complicated hurt that's really hard to fake. She trained at NYU Tisch, grew up in Massachusetts, and there's something about her that feels grounded in all of that — no Hollywood gloss, just craft. Seeing her pop up in The Iron Claw was a reminder that when filmmakers want someone who will make a scene land without overselling it, she's who they call.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Maura Tierney
- Name (Japanese)
- モーラ・ティアニー
- Reading
- もーら・てぃあにー
- Born
- February 3, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / stage actor / actor
2. Background
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Iron Claw | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Maura Tierney born?
Born February 3, 1965 (age 61).
Where is Maura Tierney from?
Maura Tierney is from Hyde Park, Massachusetts, United States.
What does Maura Tierney do?
Maura Tierney works as television actor, film actor, stage actor, actor.
What is Maura Tierney known for?
Notable works include The Iron Claw.
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.