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, for which she has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series four times. In 2012 Mariye was chosen to participate in the Disney/ABC/DGA Directing Program.

In 2016 she directed Episode 14, Season 4 of ABC's Nashville (2012 TV series).

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. Lily has guest-starred in over 25 television shows including Teen Wolf, Criminal Minds, Shameless, NCIS L.A., 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.

Lily 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 The Shangri-la Cafe was included on a DVD release of AFI shorts entitled "CELEBRATING AFI."

Personal life

A resident of Los Angeles, Mariye lives with husband, 4 time Grammy-nominated recording artist, saxophonist Boney James, who also contributed to the soundtracks for The Shangri-la Cafe and Model Minority.

Directing Credits

Film Directing

"Model Minority"

"The Shangri-la Cafe"

Television Directing

Nashville (2012 TV series)

Acting Credits=

Film

Title	Director
Extraordinary Measures	Tom Vaughan
Hancock	Peter Berg
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
General Hospital	Frank Valentini	Guest Star
Criminal Minds	Glenn Kershaw	Guest Star
Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)	Tim Andrew et al.	Recurring
NCIS: Los Angeles	Eric Laneuville	Guest Star
Shameless'	John Dahl	Guest Star
Judging Amy	James Kramer	Guest Star
ER (4 SAG Awards, Best Ensemble)	Lesli Linka Glatter (et al.)	Recurring, 15 seasons
Ally McBeal	Billy Dickson	Guest Star
Reunited	Asaad Kelada	Recurring
Chicago Hope	Sandy Smolin	Guest Star
Melrose Place	James Darren	Guest Star, 2 episodes
Murphy Brown	Barnet Kellman	Guest Star
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	David Carson	Guest Star, "Emissary"

Theatre

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

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