She was born Alexandria Maura Tierney on February 3, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maura Tierney, a familiar face to television viewers after her four-year role as newswriter Lisa Miller on NBC's critically acclaimed comedy "NewsRadio," has shifted to a more dramatic gear on the full-throttle pace of "ER" where she received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance as a former medical student who's resumed her nursing career in the ER. Born in Boston, Tierney says she prefers living in New York over Los Angeles -- or for that matter, any other city she's visited. She has made a habit of travel: she and her husband drive cross-country for fun and adventure and they've only missed two states so far (Kansas and Iowa). However, she divides her working time between New York and Los Angeles. Maura, who has always been interested in the dramatic arts, attended New York University and Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School. Her stage credits include roles in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," "The Bald Sopra