is putting a new cop on the case for its 24th season. Two-time Emmy nominee is joining the NBC drama’s ensemble in the fall, playing an NYPD lieutenant. Her casting comes after departed the series after three seasons of playing Lt.
Kate Dixon. Tierney is the second new(ish) cast member on the long-running crime procedural; joined L&O midway through last season after the departure of the show’s longest-serving cast member, . A two-time Emmy nominee, Tierney has starred in two NBC series previously: from 1995-99 and from 1999-2009.
She earned her first Emmy nomination for playing Abby Lockhart on in 2001. She also has a history, albeit a brief one, with , having guest-starred in an episode of the show’s second season in 1991. Tierney is currently co-starring in , which in its opening weekend.
Her recent credits also include Showtime’s and and . She is repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment. Tierney joins a cast that also includes Mehcad Brooks, Reid Scott, Hugh Dancy and Odelya Halevi.
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