Maura Tierney

In July 2009, Maura underwent surgery to remove a tumor from her breast after she suddenly fell ill on Friday, July 10, 2009.

In 2008, Maura was listed fifth in Forbes' list of "Prime-Time TV's 20 Top-Earning Women," with earnings for fiscal year 2007-2008 totaling $7.5 million.

Maura ranked No.57 in AfterEllen.com's Hot 100 List of 2007. She was at No.77 in 2008.

As of 2008, Maura divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Maura started acting as a teenager when she joined the Boston Globe Drama Festival in high school.

According to a 2002 interview in the Boston Phoenix, the medical term Maura had the most difficulty saying on ER was "Ceftriaxone," a broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.

Maura lists Frasier and The Sopranos to be among her favorite TV shows.

In 2002, Maura was dubbed as "It Spongebath Hotpants" in Entertainment Weekly's annual IT list.

In a February 2002 interview with the Boston Phoenix, Maura stated that if there was one villain role she would like to play, it would be that of Heidi Fleiss, a former American prostitution ring owner and operator who was convicted and imprisoned for tax evasion.

In 2001, Maura was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (ER).

"Abby Road," Maura's very first episode as a regular cast member portraying Abby Lockhart on the television show ER, was aired on Maura's 35th birthday.

Maura's pug, Rose Kennedy, is like a child to her and goes everywhere with her.

According to her NBC biography, Maura enjoys driving cross-country and has been through every state except Kansas and Iowa.

Maura once lived in New York's Hell's Kitchen and sold t-shirts door-to-door in college dormitories.

Though they have the same last name, Maura is not related to the late actress Gene Tierney.

According to an article in the April 1997 issue of Movieline, Maura suffers from recurring insomnia.

Maura is of Irish Catholic descent.

Maura is close friends with former ER co-star Laura Innes.

Maura was contacted by ER producers for the role of Abby Lockhart, which she got without having to audition.

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 7 of NBC's medical drama ER.

From May 17 to July 6, 2006, Maura was in New York starring with Fran Drescher and Eric McCormack in an off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's comedy Some Girl(s).

Although Dr. Abby Lockhart, Maura's character on ER, was pregnant during the latter half of Season 12 (2005–2006), Maura herself was not expecting at the time.

According to the NewsRadio episode "Boston," Maura's character on the show, Lisa, grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, the same area Maura is actually from.

Maura's father, Joseph Tierney, was at one time the president of the Boston City Council. Maura was seven years old when her father sat on the council. She used to go to the City Hall and also help during the campaign period.

Maura and Billy's black pug, Rose Kennedy, was named after the Kennedy matriarch in hopes that their dog would also have a long lifespan. (The View; January 12, 2005)

Maura became the champion of Bravo's 2004 Celebrity Poker Showdown, hosted by former NewsRadio co-star Dave Foley, when she beat Lauren Graham at the final table. She won $100,000 for the Children's Aid Society Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program in New York City.

Maura wrote a wry article about her world view, titled "Rudy Giuliani: A Fascist? You Be the Judge," for the 2001 spring issue of Flaunt magazine.

Maura is 5' 3½".

Maura diagnosed her husband's appendicitis attack using her ER textbook.

The day before shooting began, Maura was added to the cast in a comedy pilot called The Station, which was later renamed NewsRadio.

Maura met actor/director Billy Morrissette in 1988 after both of them were fired from the production set of the TV sitcom The Ralph Macchio Project (the series never did get off the ground). They were married in 1994. The two separated in March 2006. Maura filed for divorce in July of that year, citing irreconcilable differences.