Top Women No. 213
Maura Tierney © UPI
Vital Stats
Birth Location:
Boston, Massachusetts







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- Maura Tierney

Why Is She Famous?

Maura brings strength and intelligence to her work, and never shies away from challenging roles. Furthermore, she has proven herself as equally adept at light comedy and voice work as she is at mature, serious drama.

Maura Tierney was born February 3, 1965, in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Hyde Park. She is the daughter of Joseph Tierney, a long-standing Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate, and Pat Tierney, a real-estate agent. Maura also has two younger siblings: a brother and a sister.

After going to high school at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, an all-girls Catholic school, Tierney attended New York University, where she received a BFA degree in Theater Studies. At NYU, Maura appeared in productions of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Baby With the Bathwater; Danny and the Deep Blue Sea; Talking With; and Food.
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