Lily Mariye

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Lily Mariye
Born (1964-09-25) September 25, 1964 (age 60)
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Spouse
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(m. 1985)​
Website http://www.lilymariye.net/

Lily Mariye (born September 25, 1964) is an American television director, filmmaker and actress.

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Early life

Mariye was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and graduated from UCLA with a BA in theater arts.

Career

From 1994 to 2009 she had a regular role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC television series ER . She has appeared in many films such as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , Mighty Joe Young , The Shadow , The New Age, The Doctor and Extraordinary Measures . Mariye has guest-starred in over 25 television shows including Teen Wolf , Criminal Minds , Shameless , NCIS: Los Angeles , 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.

Mariye's debut feature film as a writer and director, Model Minority had its world premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it received three awards: Special Jury Outstanding Director, Breakthrough Performance by a New Actor and Outstanding Cinematography as well as being a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize in Narrative Feature Filmmaking. Model Minority also won Best Micro-Budget Film and Best Female Director at The London Independent Film Festival, and Outstanding Feature at The Sacramento International Film Festival.

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. The Shangri-la Cafe won Best Screenplay at the Ohio International Independent Film Festival and the Gaffers Film Festival, and won her a grant from the AFI Conservatory's prestigious Directing Workshop for Women, 13th Cycle. While at AFI she produced and directed an award-winning short film version of the script (Best Short Film Award - Moondance International Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award - Brussels Independent Film Festival). The short film version of The Shangri-la Cafe was included on a DVD release of AFI shorts entitled Celebrating AFI.

In 2012, Mariye was chosen to participate in the Disney/ABC/DGA Directing Program. [1]

In 2016, she directed Episode 14, Season 4 of ABC's Nashville and Episode 4 after Nashville (season 5) moved to CMT. She also directed an episode of Season 2 of Amazon's Just Add Magic and episode 17, Season 4 of Freeform's The Fosters.

In 2016, she participated in The CBS Directing Initiative. [2]

In 2017, Mariye directed episodes of Chicago P.D. , NCIS: Los Angeles and helmed her third episode on Nashville (season 6) .

In 2018 Mariye directed two episodes of CBS's Criminal Minds , Chicago P.D. , NCIS: Los Angeles , MacGyver and The Enemy Within .

In 2018 she received a DGA Award Nomination at the 70th Annual DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Program for her work on Just Add Magic. [3]

Mariye also received the Visionary Award from East West Players in April 2018 for her contributions in raising "the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through [her] craft." [4]

Personal life

A resident of Los Angeles, Mariye lives with her husband, saxophonist Boney James.

Directing credits

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2000The Shangri-la CaféYesYesYesShort film
2002ErrYesNoNo
2003Thumbing ItYesNoNo
2012Model MinorityYesYesYesFeature film

Television

YearTitleNotes
2016–2018 Nashville 3 episodes
2017–2019 Chicago P.D. 2 episodes
2017 The Fosters Episode: “Diamond in the Rough”
2017 Just Add Magic Episode: “Just Add Meddling”; DGA Award Nomination [3]
2018 Criminal Minds 2 episodes
2018–2019 NCIS: Los Angeles 4 episodes
2018–2020 MacGyver 2 episodes
2019 The Enemy Within Episode: “Homecoming”
2019 The Terror: Infamy Episode: “Shatter Like a Pearl”
2019 How to Get Away with Murder Episode: “I'm the Murderer”
2019 Stumptown Episode: “Dex Education”
2020 Prodigal Son Episode: “The Professionals”
2020 Council of Dads Episode: “Tradition!”
2021 The Walking Dead: World Beyond 2 episodes
2022 Promised Land Episode: “La Cosecha (The Harvest)”
2022 The Walking Dead Episode: “Trust”
2022 Partner Track 2 episodes
2022 The Good Fight Episode: “The End of Ginni”
2023Invitation to a Bonfire2 episodes; series unscreened [5]
2023–2025 Godfather of Harlem 3 episodes
2025 Elsbeth Episode: “I’ve Got a Little List”

Theatre

YearTitlePlaywrightNotess
2017"God of Carnage"Yasmina RezaEast West Players Theatre

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Chicken Ranch Girl
1985American GeishaShizueTV Movie
1987 Right to Die UnknownTV Movie
1991 Switch Nurse
1991 The Doctor O.R. Nurse
1991 Ted & Venus Rose
1992 Exclusive DoctorTV Movie
1994 The Shadow Mrs. Tam
1994 The New Age Sue
1994Roseanne & Tom: Behind the ScenesSecretaryTV Movie
1998 Mighty Joe Young Ticket Clerk
2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Dr. Susan Choi
2010 Extraordinary Measures Dr. Waldman

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Lou Grant JudyEpisode: “Unthinkable”
1982 Fame Dr. ChenEpisode: “Childhood's End”
1982 Knots Landing NurseEpisode: “Emergency”
1984 Family Ties EleanorEpisode: “Best Man”
1985 Remington Steele Teller #1Episode: “Have I Got a Steele for You”
1985 St. Elsewhere Nurse Sherry LongEpisode: “Slice O’Life
1986 Disneyland Teacher #3Episode: “Fuzzbucket”
1988 Disneyland CommentatorEpisode: “Justin Case”
1988 Murphy Brown Secretary #6Episode: “Nowhere to Run”
1989 Jake and the Fatman Mrs. DeLucaEpisode: “Easy to Love”
1989 China Beach ServantEpisode: “Independence Day”
1991 Back to the Future (voice)Episode: “Brothers”
1991 Who's the Boss? NurseEpisode: “Tony Bags a Big One”
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. RegistrarEpisode: “My Left Feet”
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Ops OfficerEpisode: “Emissary”
1993 Bob SishuEpisode: “The Phantom of AmCanTranConComCo”
1993 George Reporter #3Episode: “Nobody Up There Likes Me”
1994–2009 ER Nurse Lily Jarvik127 episodes
1995 Signs and Wonders Agent Sung3 episodes
1995–1996 Melrose Place Dr. Fisher2 episodes
1996 Chicago Hope Kayoko MiyamotoEpisode: “V-Fibbing”
2002 Ally McBeal Dr. FranklinEpisode: “Homecoming”
2005 Judging Amy Dr. Clara KimEpisode: “You Don't Know Me”
2011 Shameless MalayaEpisode: “Killer Carl”
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Ashley HongEpisode: “Purity”
2014 Teen Wolf Satomi Ito3 episodes
2014 Criminal Minds Dr. LeeEpisode: “X”
2015 General Hospital Madame Bellot1 episode
2016 Murder in the First Beth CrottyEpisode: “Black and Blue”
2016 One Mississippi DoctorEpisode: “New Contact”
2018 NCIS: Los Angeles Shirley HidokoEpisode: “Superhuman”

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorLocationNotes
1987; [6] 1988; [7] 1991 [8] TeaTerukoJulianne BoydManhattan Theatre Club, NY; Old Globe Theatre, San Diego; Odyssey Theatre, LADramalogue Award
1990DelicaciesUnknownBruce WhitneyCarpet Co. Stage [9]
1992 Into the Woods UnknownDTim Dang East West Players
1995Trojan WomenUnknownMichael ArabianCBS Studios Center [10]
1996Kokoro (True Heart)YasakoJan LewisOdyssey Theatre [11] LA Weekly Best Actress nomination
UnknownRunawaysUnknownMatt CasellaRichmond Shepard
UnknownThe BacchaeUnknownUnknownMark Taper Workshop
UnknownPastoraleUnknownSusan DietzBeverly Hills Playhouse
Unknown Cabaret UnknownJohn AllisonGlendale Playhouse
UnknownKimchee & ChitlinsUnknownUnknownMark Taper Workshop
UnknownDaniel in BabylonUnknownMatt CasellaL.A. Stage Co.
UnknownLesbian SeagullsUnknownCatherine Coke Celebration Theatre, L.A.

References

  1. ↑ "Disney's 2012-14 ABC DGA Directing Program Finalists Announced (Karamuu Kush, Tina Mabry, Others Make The Cut)". Blavity. March 30, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ Petski, Denise (December 8, 2016). "CBS Announces 2016-17 Directors-Writers Initiative Participants". Deadline. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Lily Mariye". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Wood, Ximón. "East West Players 52nd Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction Honors Tzi Ma, Lily Mariye, and the Dwight Stuart Youth Fund on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Hilton Universal City". East West Players. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ Otterson, Joe (January 5, 2023). "AMC Scraps '61st Street' Season 2, 'Invitation to a Bonfire' Series (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  6. ↑ Goodman, Walter (October 21, 1987). "Theatre: 'Tea', End of Trilogy". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ Churnin, Nancy (April 1, 1988). "STAGE REVIEW : 'Tea' Tells the Tale of Japanese War Brides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ Shirley, Don (January 29, 1991). "STAGE REVIEW : 'Tea' and Empathy : Velina Hasu Houston's Heartfelt Stories of Japanese War Brides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ McCulloh, T.H. (October 26, 1990). "Theatrical Trickery in 'Delicacies'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ Winer, Laurie (June 12, 1995). "THEATER REVIEW : 'Trojan' Tale Drowns in Excess". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ Foley, F. Kathleen (April 18, 1996). "'Kokoro' Goes to Heart of Mother's Woes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
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