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Emmy Nominations 2016: Maura Tierney on ‘The Affair’ and Helen’s Swearing
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK - JULY 14, 2016
Photo: Maura Tierney in “The Affair.” Credit Paul Sarkis/Showtime, via Associated Press
Maura Tierney charmingly bumbled her Golden Globes speech in January after winning for best supporting actress as Helen Solloway in Showtime’s “The Affair.” But she started her Emmy journey this morning on a much more composed note.
“I practice T.M., so I was doing my meditation and my phone was turned off,” she said. “So when I finished after 25 minutes I looked at my cellphone and saw all these messages and thought it must be good news.”
This season, Ms. Tierney’s Helen morphed into a less-saintly version of the martyr wife to the philandering novelist Noah (Dominic West) — one for whom alcohol, pot and cursing were a balm for her fractured heart. As the season wound down, viewers discovered that it was a drunken Helen, whom an even-less-sober Noah had forced behind the wheel, who had killed Scotty (Colin Donnell) after Alison (Ruth Wilson) pushed him into the road. Then Noah took the fall in court for both women’s transgressions.
Ms. Tierney’s last Emmy nomination was in 2001, for her role as Abby Lockhart in “ER.” Fifteen years later, “It’s just really, really, really nice and exciting to be part of a new incarnation as an actor,” she said in a phone interview from her home in New York. “I feel super lucky and grateful that the writers found Helen’s sweet spot.” Following are excerpts from the conversation.
What do you think it was about Helen’s story this season that impressed the voters?
I don’t know. I think the writers just latched onto something. It’s ephemeral, right? What I think, actually, is that the first season was a slow burn. There was this person who was rather saintly and victimized, and this second season, you see that maybe she’s not so much of a saint and a victim, and she got an interesting comeuppance in a human way.
The format also changed in Season 2, giving Helen and Cole their own segments in addition to Noah and Alison’s. What was that like?
It was really fun and a little challenging in the beginning. I had to free both the character’s ego and my own. I was used to the stricture and structure of being in Alison’s P.O.V., and this gave me more leeway to allow the character to be whatever I wanted — more of a slob with her slouchy imperfections. Also, my character swears more than any other character, which I think is funny because she’s the mother of four children.
When you step back from Helen, is she someone you recognize?
In some ways yes, but I don’t have four children and she’s moneyed in a way that I am not. However, I do relate to her sense of humor. I like her irony and I totally get how she’s the kind of woman who just doesn’t care, in the best possible way.
She makes some reckless choices.
I think they’re all necessary. I think the writers did such an amazing job to come to this place of emotional well-being with her ex. She did a very, very bad thing. She chose to allow an innocent person to take the fall for her.
Do you have any favorite scenes?
I really like when she goes into her store and she’s kind of stoned and drunk, and she deals with the other Brooklyn mom who’s not all that different from her. That scene feels funny to me, and I don’t get to do funny much in this show.
The show seems to be rather polarizing, with more women enjoying it than men. Have you found that?
I’ve noticed that when guys come up to me on the street there’s always some sort of disclaimer, like, their wife loves the show or their girlfriend watches. The show does skew female but women are smart, so that’s O.K. Maybe they can handle watching the levels of the depths of deception that human beings go through to get what they want.
You were famously tongue-tied in your Golden Globes speech. How are you going to prepare for your Emmy one?
Well, I don’t expect to win, but if I do I’m not going to be such a birdbrain.
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/arts/television/emmy-nominations-2016-maura-tierney-on-the-affair-and-helens-swearing.html?_r=0
Emmy Nomination Reactions: Tatiana Maslany, Constance Zimmer, Aziz Ansari & More
By Anthony D'Alessandro and Joe Utichi and Matthew Grobar
July 14, 2016 11:51am
...
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Examining her work in The Affair’s second season upon receiving her first Emmy nomination for the series, Maura Tierney found two or three favorite, defining moments in the arc of Helen Solloway. “I think in the first episode of the season,” she said, “when you see her having that super awkward sex with her husband’s friend, and being so very unhappy about it afterward. … I think that was a big clue that she was starting to make bad choices and not know what was going on. I thought that was really smart because there was hardly any dialogue — it’s just the visual that was sort of excruciating.”
deadline.com/2016/07/emmys-reactions-nominations-julian-fellowes-gareth-neame-tatiana-maslany-1201786590/
2016 Emmys: the snubs, shocks and the show set to sweep the board
The Good Wife lost out, Game of Thrones affirmed its supremacy and RuPaul got a welcome nod – but The People v OJ Simpson is set to be the story of the night
...
Maura Tierney, who won the Golden Globe for her turn on The Affair and is consistently the best thing about the Showtime show, is also in the running for the first time.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jul/14/emmys-snubs-nominees-winner-predictions
Emmys 2016: The best surprises
by Lynette Rice • @lynetterice
Posted July 14 2016 — 12:52 PM EDT
The lack of Outlander love didn’t make the ongoing Droughtlander any easier, but there were some welcome surprises within this year’s Emmy crop. Here were some of the cooler nods this morning:
...
Maura Tierney. The last time this veteran actress earned an Emmy nomination was in 2001 for ER. Now she’s following her Golden Globe win earlier this year for The Affair with a spot in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category.
www.ew.com/article/2016/07/14/emmys-nominations-2016-surprises
Premios Emmy 2016: sorpresas y curiosidades de las nominaciones
Como todos los años, la Academia televisiva dio que hablar con sus candidaturas
Milagros Amondaray
LA NACION
Jueves 14 de julio de 2016 • 14:32
...
*MAURA TIERNEY, NOMINADA POR THE AFFAIR
Maura Tierney como Helen Solloway en The Affair
Maura Tierney como Helen Solloway en The Affair. Foto: Archivo
Luego de ganar el Globo de Oro por su excelente labor en la segunda temporada, Maura Tierney finalmente fue nominada al Emmy por su rol de Helen Solloway en The Affair. Si bien el drama de Sarah Treem y Hagai Levi puede llegar a polarizar - sus guiones van de excelentes a regulares sin escalas -, es incuestionable el enorme trabajo que hace la actriz, cuya última nominación al Emmy data del 2001, por su actuación en ER.
www.lanacion.com.ar/1918379-premios-emmy-2016-sorpresas-y-curiosidades-de-las-nominaciones
Emmy Nominations 2016: Maura Tierney on ‘The Affair’ and Helen’s Swearing
By KATHRYN SHATTUCK - JULY 14, 2016
Photo: Maura Tierney in “The Affair.” Credit Paul Sarkis/Showtime, via Associated Press
Maura Tierney charmingly bumbled her Golden Globes speech in January after winning for best supporting actress as Helen Solloway in Showtime’s “The Affair.” But she started her Emmy journey this morning on a much more composed note.
“I practice T.M., so I was doing my meditation and my phone was turned off,” she said. “So when I finished after 25 minutes I looked at my cellphone and saw all these messages and thought it must be good news.”
This season, Ms. Tierney’s Helen morphed into a less-saintly version of the martyr wife to the philandering novelist Noah (Dominic West) — one for whom alcohol, pot and cursing were a balm for her fractured heart. As the season wound down, viewers discovered that it was a drunken Helen, whom an even-less-sober Noah had forced behind the wheel, who had killed Scotty (Colin Donnell) after Alison (Ruth Wilson) pushed him into the road. Then Noah took the fall in court for both women’s transgressions.
Ms. Tierney’s last Emmy nomination was in 2001, for her role as Abby Lockhart in “ER.” Fifteen years later, “It’s just really, really, really nice and exciting to be part of a new incarnation as an actor,” she said in a phone interview from her home in New York. “I feel super lucky and grateful that the writers found Helen’s sweet spot.” Following are excerpts from the conversation.
What do you think it was about Helen’s story this season that impressed the voters?
I don’t know. I think the writers just latched onto something. It’s ephemeral, right? What I think, actually, is that the first season was a slow burn. There was this person who was rather saintly and victimized, and this second season, you see that maybe she’s not so much of a saint and a victim, and she got an interesting comeuppance in a human way.
The format also changed in Season 2, giving Helen and Cole their own segments in addition to Noah and Alison’s. What was that like?
It was really fun and a little challenging in the beginning. I had to free both the character’s ego and my own. I was used to the stricture and structure of being in Alison’s P.O.V., and this gave me more leeway to allow the character to be whatever I wanted — more of a slob with her slouchy imperfections. Also, my character swears more than any other character, which I think is funny because she’s the mother of four children.
When you step back from Helen, is she someone you recognize?
In some ways yes, but I don’t have four children and she’s moneyed in a way that I am not. However, I do relate to her sense of humor. I like her irony and I totally get how she’s the kind of woman who just doesn’t care, in the best possible way.
She makes some reckless choices.
I think they’re all necessary. I think the writers did such an amazing job to come to this place of emotional well-being with her ex. She did a very, very bad thing. She chose to allow an innocent person to take the fall for her.
Do you have any favorite scenes?
I really like when she goes into her store and she’s kind of stoned and drunk, and she deals with the other Brooklyn mom who’s not all that different from her. That scene feels funny to me, and I don’t get to do funny much in this show.
The show seems to be rather polarizing, with more women enjoying it than men. Have you found that?
I’ve noticed that when guys come up to me on the street there’s always some sort of disclaimer, like, their wife loves the show or their girlfriend watches. The show does skew female but women are smart, so that’s O.K. Maybe they can handle watching the levels of the depths of deception that human beings go through to get what they want.
You were famously tongue-tied in your Golden Globes speech. How are you going to prepare for your Emmy one?
Well, I don’t expect to win, but if I do I’m not going to be such a birdbrain.
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/arts/television/emmy-nominations-2016-maura-tierney-on-the-affair-and-helens-swearing.html?_r=0
Emmy Nomination Reactions: Tatiana Maslany, Constance Zimmer, Aziz Ansari & More
By Anthony D'Alessandro and Joe Utichi and Matthew Grobar
July 14, 2016 11:51am
...
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Examining her work in The Affair’s second season upon receiving her first Emmy nomination for the series, Maura Tierney found two or three favorite, defining moments in the arc of Helen Solloway. “I think in the first episode of the season,” she said, “when you see her having that super awkward sex with her husband’s friend, and being so very unhappy about it afterward. … I think that was a big clue that she was starting to make bad choices and not know what was going on. I thought that was really smart because there was hardly any dialogue — it’s just the visual that was sort of excruciating.”
deadline.com/2016/07/emmys-reactions-nominations-julian-fellowes-gareth-neame-tatiana-maslany-1201786590/
2016 Emmys: the snubs, shocks and the show set to sweep the board
The Good Wife lost out, Game of Thrones affirmed its supremacy and RuPaul got a welcome nod – but The People v OJ Simpson is set to be the story of the night
...
Maura Tierney, who won the Golden Globe for her turn on The Affair and is consistently the best thing about the Showtime show, is also in the running for the first time.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/jul/14/emmys-snubs-nominees-winner-predictions
Emmys 2016: The best surprises
by Lynette Rice • @lynetterice
Posted July 14 2016 — 12:52 PM EDT
The lack of Outlander love didn’t make the ongoing Droughtlander any easier, but there were some welcome surprises within this year’s Emmy crop. Here were some of the cooler nods this morning:
...
Maura Tierney. The last time this veteran actress earned an Emmy nomination was in 2001 for ER. Now she’s following her Golden Globe win earlier this year for The Affair with a spot in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category.
www.ew.com/article/2016/07/14/emmys-nominations-2016-surprises
Premios Emmy 2016: sorpresas y curiosidades de las nominaciones
Como todos los años, la Academia televisiva dio que hablar con sus candidaturas
Milagros Amondaray
LA NACION
Jueves 14 de julio de 2016 • 14:32
...
*MAURA TIERNEY, NOMINADA POR THE AFFAIR
Maura Tierney como Helen Solloway en The Affair
Maura Tierney como Helen Solloway en The Affair. Foto: Archivo
Luego de ganar el Globo de Oro por su excelente labor en la segunda temporada, Maura Tierney finalmente fue nominada al Emmy por su rol de Helen Solloway en The Affair. Si bien el drama de Sarah Treem y Hagai Levi puede llegar a polarizar - sus guiones van de excelentes a regulares sin escalas -, es incuestionable el enorme trabajo que hace la actriz, cuya última nominación al Emmy data del 2001, por su actuación en ER.
www.lanacion.com.ar/1918379-premios-emmy-2016-sorpresas-y-curiosidades-de-las-nominaciones