Popular actress Maura Tierney has made a name in the showbiz industry as a noted film, stage, and television actress. She initially rose to fame after bagging the role of Lisa Miller in the sitcom NewsRadio. Maura was later seen on the hit medical drama series ER as Abby Lockhart.
Majra Tierney bagged both commercial and critical applause for her role as Helen Solloway on the mystery drama, The Affair. The role was so very popular that it even earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting actress.
The Showtime series premiered back in 2014 and ran for five long seasons while finally coming to an end in 2019. As an extramarital affair wreaks havoc on a couple’s life, Helen navigates her life through its complexities of it.
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Maura Tierney starred in the hit series Affair, which had a successful five-season run as the ABC series finally came to an interesting end. The Golden Globe winner has recalled her time on the show and admitted that while the series can be emotionally draining.
It was all part of her job, and that’s what she needed to do it correctly. In the series finale, Noah and Helen finally reunite as they find their way back to one another in a conclusion that ultimately seemed fitting, and fans were happy with it.
The actress later went on to join Jeff Daniels’ in the drama titled Rust which is loosely based on the Philipp Meyer novel bearing the same name. The show has an interesting cast ensemble, including Bill Camp, David Alvarez, Alex Neustaedter, and new actress Julia Mayorga. The family drama revolves around compromised chief of police Del Harris (Daniels) and is set in the Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania.
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Maura Tierney Opens Up About Helen and more
Maura Tierney admitted that she will miss playing Helen Butler Solloway and will always cherish the years she worked with fellow series co-stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, and Joshua Jackson.
While the actress admittedly lamented not getting a glimpse of future Helen in the series finale, Tierney credited the creator as she was touched that the creator Sarah Treem and the writers took her opinion on whether Noah and Helen should get back together at the end.
While shedding light on her on-screen character, Maura explains how Helen is a character who has always put others instead of herself for as long as she can remember, and she believes that Helen was trained that way as a young child because she was the only child of two selfish parents so she was trained to cater to their needs before her own and she continues it into her marriage and with her children.
The actress explained how the character does not even necessarily know what she wants or is not even comfortable saying what she wants because it has been hard for her.
What did the Series Creator Have To Say About the Ending?
Series creator Sarah Treem admitted that she was avoiding that ending for a long time because it felt too sentimental, and she is admittedly terrible with sentimental stuff. While Sarah Treem further added that she was initially pretty resistant to it, it just felt right for the characters at a certain point in the show.
She further pointed out how, as a writer with a long-term television series, at a certain point, one has to let the characters take over and take their Svengali puppet master impulses out. Sarah explained how she is happy that Helen eventually comes to understand who she is at the end of the story and can make a choice that is for herself and herself alone which is what she finally does in the series finale.
