Maura Tierney Joins Law & Order as Series Regular (Exclusive)
A ‘Must See TV’ vet is headed back to NBC.
Maura Tierney has been tapped to join Law & Order in Season 24 as a series regular, sources confirm to TVLine exclusively. Character details are being kept under wraps, but we hear Tierney will be playing a new lieutenant.
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This marks Tierney’s return to NBC’s Thursday lineup following her decade-long stint on ER.
The news comes after Camryn Manheim departed the venerable Dick Wolf procedural as Lt. Kate Dixon at the end of Season 23, which wrapped on May 16.
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Earlier this year, Sam Waterston’s fan-favorite DA Jack McCoy stepped down from his post in the Feb. 22 episode “Last Dance.” (Read our recap of McCoy’s departure here.) Meanwhile, Scandal veteran Tony Goldwyn debuted as McCoy’s replacement, the politically sensitive DA Nicholas Baxter, on March 14.
Additionally, Jeffrey Donovan exited as Det. Frank Cosgrove last summer, with sources telling TVLine the actor was let go for creative reasons. Veep’s Reid Scott clocked in for his first case as Det. Vincent Riley, who was personally recruited by Lt. Dixon, in the Season 23 premiere.
The current ensemble also includes Hugh Dancy (Hannibal, The Path) as senior prosecutorial assistant Nolan Price, Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl) as Det. Jalen Shaw and Oldelya Halevi (Good Trouble) as ADA Samantha Maroun.
Additional TV credits for Tierney — currently on the big screen in Twisters — include American Rust, The Affair, NewsRadio and Rescue Me.
Law & Order returns with Season 24 on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 8/7c.
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