Lily Mariye

Lily Mariye
Born	September 25, 1964 (1964-09-25) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Spouse	Boney James (1985–present)
Website
http://www.lilymariye.net/

Lily Mariye (born September 25, 1964) is an American actress and filmmaker. From 1994-2009 she had a regular role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC television series ER, for which she has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series four times.

Mariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Theatre Arts.

She has since appeared in many films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Mighty Joe Young, The Shadow, The New Age, and The Doctor. Lily has guest-starred in over 25 television shows including Judging Amy, Ally McBeal, Family Ties, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Chicago Hope. She is also an award-winning theatre actress, performing in New York, Los Angeles and other regional theatres around the country. She has written several full-length screenplays, one of which, The Shangri-la Cafe, was accepted into the second round of the application process for development in the Sundance Feature Film Labs, has won Best Screenplay in the Ohio International Independent Film Festival, the Gaffers Film Festival, and is the basis for her short film endeavor, which won her a grant from the AFI Conservatory's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, 13th Cycle.

Lily has directed four short films for Instant Films, an independent film project held every two months in which eight short films are written, filmed, edited and screened in 48 hours. A resident of Los Angeles, Mariye lives with husband, 3 time Grammy-nominated Verve recording artist, saxophonist Boney James, who also contributed to the soundtrack for The Shangri-la Cafe. She is currently working on directing her first feature film, "Model Minority".

Credits

Film

Title	Director
Monster Movie	Michael Lansing
American Pie Presents: Band Camp	Dr. Susan Choi
Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)	Ron Underwood
Signs And Wonders	Maurice Phillips
The Shadow	Russell Mulcahy
California Myth	Michel Katz
The New Age	Michael Tolkin
Ted & Venus	Bud Cort
The Doctor	Randa Haines
Switch	Blake Edwards
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Colin Higgins

Television

Title	Director	Role
Judging Amy	Dir: James Kramer	Guest Star
ER (4 SAG Awards, Best Ensemble)	Dir: Jonathan Kaplan (et al.)	Recurring, 15 seasons
Ally McBeal	Dir: Billy Dickson	Guest Star
Reunited	Dir: Asaad Kelada	Recurring
Chicago Hope	Dir: Sandy Smolin	Guest Star
Melrose Place	Dir: James Darren	Guest Star, 2 episodes
Murphy Brown	Dir: Barnet Kellman	Guest Star
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Dir: David Carson	Guest Star
George	Dir: Tony Singletary	Co-Star
Who's the Boss?	Dir: Tony Singletary	Co-Star
China Beach	Dir: Mimi Leder	Co-Star

Theatre

Title	Director	Location
Tea (Dramalogue Award)	Dir: Julianne Boyd	Manhattan Theatre Club, NY Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
Kokoro (L.A Weekly Best Actress Nom.)	Dir: Jan Lewis	Odyssey Theatre
Into the Woods	Dir: Tim Dang	East/West Players
Reunited	Dir: Asaad Kelada	Recurring
Delicacies	Dir: Bruce Whitney
Runaways	Dir: Matt Casella	Richmond Shepard
Trojan Women		CBS Studios
The Bacchae		Mark Taper Workshop
Pastorale	Dir: Susan Dietz	Beverly Hills Playhouse
Cabaret	Dir: John Allison
Kimchee & Chitlins		Mark Taper Workshop
Daniel in Babylon	Dir: Matt Casella	L.A. Stage Co.
Lesbian Seagulls	Dir: Catherine Coke	Celebration Theatre, L.A.

External links

• Lily Mariye at the Internet Movie Database
• "USAsians.net: Latest News for September 2002". http://us_asians.tripod.com/new-02-09.html. Retrieved 2008-04-11.