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LLY''STAR
KIMDELANEY
Photographyby lohn Russo
he first episodeof Philly,airingthis fall,followsKathleenMaguire-playedby Philly's
own Kim Delaney-throughher day as a criminaldefenseattorneyin the City of
BrotherlyLove.The camerascan barelykeep up with her as she careensthrough
from the courtroom(wherebreastsare baredto the judge and jury) to the
the courthouse,
room (wherea couplehavesexon the table)to the bathroom(whereone woman
conference
attacksanotherwith a comb)to a jail cell(whereMaguirefindsherselfas both attorney
and inmate).Delaney's
character
exudescalmthrougheveryturn of events.lt is only
at the end of the long day,when shecurlsup in bed with her teddy bear,that
we seea softersideof tough-girlMaguire.
just readingthe script,"saysL.A.-resident
Delaney,
"l get teary-eyed
who left NYPD Blue at the end of last season.While her
six-seasonstint as DetectiveDiane Russellwon her critical
Make-upby Yuki Sharoni . Hair by Stephanle Fowler
acclaimand an EmmyAward
Was acting a childhood dream for So your focusswitchedfrom modeling
you?
to octing pretty quickty?
for Best 5upportingActress,No, it wasn't.I wasn'treallysurewhat Yes,and the firstjob I did with acting,
wasmy third audition.
I wasgoingto do. I thoughtmaybeI All My Children,
Delaneydeservedmore of the would be a court reporter.My father It was amazing.I didn't know it at
lhad nothingto
camehomefromworkoneday-he's the time because
spotlight-at leastthat'swhat actuallythe presidentof the United compareit to. Obviouslythroughthe
Auto Workersin Philadelohia-andyearsyou seethe upsand downs,and
NYPDproducerStevenBochco suggestedI look into court reporting. that wasa reallygreatfirstiob.
Otherpeopletold me to try modeling How long were you on All My
Children?
thought. 5o he produced a duringhighschool.
Whlchhigh schooldid you ottend?
Three years.I could have done it
showspecifically
for her,based Hallahan,
the Catholicgirl'sschoolin longer-they wantedme to stay-but
{ ,tistwantedto get out thereand try
Philadelohia.
in her hometown, featuring You werent involved in dromo in someother stuff.Theystill askme to
school?
comeback.They'rereallygreat.
her as a divorced woman No, lwas reallyshyin school.
Doesit get monotonousdoing o soop
Tellus obout your stort in the model- opera?
(which she is) with a young ing world.
You know people have asked me
Someone
sentmeto Midri,whichwas that, and becauseit was my first job,
son (which she has)with the a modelingagencyin Philadelphia.I treated it like I treated school. I
But I would alsogo to NewYorkevery woke up, went to work, camehome,
qualitiesDelaney day. lhad that monthlyMetroliner ordered Chinesefood and studied
contradictory
train ticket.I endedup signingwith my linesfor the next day. I didn't
portraysbest:strongyet vul- the Eliteagencyup there.
find it monotonous.lt wasreallyexcitHow old wereyou ot the time?
ing and the people I worked with
yet macho. About17.
nerable,
beautiful
were great-DarnellWilliams,Debbi
Whot type of modeling jobs werc you Morgan-we had a reallygood group
dolng?
of people.
A lot of catalogue,
somemagazines- Wosthot o good troining ground?
I caughtup with Delaney,
who theyoungerones,Clomour,Seventeen,It was. I think it was the quality
that kind of stuff.
of the people I worked with. I also
had just enjoyeda long hike Wosmodellngyour tlcket to NewYork continuedto studywith Bill Esperthe
ofter high school?
entire time-Wednesdaynights and
on one of her preciousdays Yes.I met the woman at Elitewho weekends.I rememberl'd alwaysget
ran the commercial
She nervousif I was working late on a
department.
off, to find out how a kid from was with j. MichaelBloombut her WednesdaybecauseI had to get to
office was near Elite. She had her class(laughs).
Pennsylvania
found her way stableof girls, and she sent us out Thereollybig breok,NYPDBlue-how
on commercials
and also to acting did thot comeobout?
from Catholic school to the coaches.
WhenI met BillEsper,
who Thatwasa hugegift.lt cameaboutat
was my acting coachin New York,I a timein my lifewhenI reallyneeded
Elitemodelingagencyin New just lovedacting.lactually stopped something.
lwas going througha
takinganylobsout of town with Elite. divorce.They had actuallysent me a
Yorkto daytimeW and even- l'd only take jobs in town because characterto read for a few months
lwanted to be in the class.Thisall earlier, but I wanted to wait for
tuallyprimetimeprominence. happenedsimultaneously.
somethingbetter.Thenthey sentme
t
t h e c h a r a c t eor f D i a n eR u s s e lal ,n d I
t h o u g h t ," T l r l so n e ' sa c o o lc h a r a c t e r . "
S h e w a s o r i l tn . r l y o n l y s u p p o s e dt o
d o f o u re p r ' o d e rb u l r i r a l t e d l o q ' r e
this one a shot. 50 I rvent in .rnd
a u d i t i o n e da l o n g w i t h a l o t o f o t h e r
a c t o r sa, n d w e n t b a c k ,a n a tl h e nw e n t
b a c k a g a i n .T r v i c -r"n o n e c l a yl h a d
t o g o i n t o m e e l n r o r ep e o p € . T h e n
t h e y f i n a l l y s , r r d ," Y o u ' r eh i r c d a n d
y o u ' r e w o r k i n go n M o n d a y . " l t w a s
a p r o c e s sT. h e h a r d e s tp a r t o l t h e
b u s i n e sis t h a t p r o c e s s .
Mony octors out there struggle ond
just neverget thot break.Whot foctors
do you think cotneinto ploy for your
big break?
W e l l ,l ' v e b e e | ]c x t r e m e l yl o f t u n a t e .
Most people know you os Detect[ve
DioneRussell.
How is shesintilorto or
differentfrorn Kim Deloney?
I t h i n k K i m s r n i l ea
s l o t n r o r et h a n
. e o p l er r e c t m e
D i a n ed i d ( l a u g h s )P
i n p e r s o na n d t h e y s a y , " O h C o d ,
you have a great smilel" 5he was
v e r yg u a r d e da n d l d o n ' t l h i n kl a m .
T h e v u l n e r a b i l i tayn d t h e l o y a l t ya r e
s i m i l a r i t i eY
s .o u a l w a y su s e p r e c e so l
yourselffor everything.
Did you ever imogine you d win an
Emmy?
No, it never \,vas in m)/ head or
t h o u g h t s l.t w a sv e r ys u r r e d l .
After six seosons, do you feel like
you'veleft o port of yourselfbehindl
Yes,it was very difficult.
Let'stalk obout Philly,your new show.
I t ' sg o i n g t o b e g r € a t .l t ' s r c . r l l yc x c i t r n g .l L ' sa g r e d lr d 5 ta n d t ' . i 'l | r l J c
StevenBochco it'5 Bochco at his
best. He knows exactlywhat he's
d o i n g a n d w h a t h e w a n t s .W € s h o t
t h e f i r s ts h o wa l r e a d ya n d w e w e r eI n
P hi l a d e l piha i n A p r i l .
Your .hoto(ter. Kothleen Moguire.
soundso lot like you.
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Right now I th ink my
long-termgoal is to try
to enjoythe lourney.
"Steven,what arewe writing here?" havealwaysbeenof interestto me. I City. Everyday I had a cheesesteak
And shel the ottorneythot you were like biographiesa lot. That'swhat l'd with sauce,everysingleday! | don't
know how I did that. I couldn'tdo
going to be.
liketo do next.
it anymore.
Yeah, it cracksme up. But Steven Yow long-termcareergoals?
loveslaw.And AlisonCrossis writing Rightnow lthink my long-termgoal Whot do you like to do in your free
it with Steven,so we have a really is to try to enjoythe journey.lt might time?
strongfemalewriter-the two of them sound corny, but I want to enjoy Prettymuch liust hangout with the
togetherareiustamazing.
the kids-my son and my stepson. kids.I do yoga.l've beeninto it for
Do you preferdoing drama?
It was reallydifficultleavingNYPD-I a little while. lt's great.lt definitely
I alwaysend up doing that stuff. lt lovedthe showand I lovedthe char- calmsme down.
acter-but this new show is exactly And how old is yourson?
seemsto followme around.
Will you be doing a lot of shooting what I want to be doing right now He iustturned | 1. My stepsonis 12.
in my life. lt's the bestof televisionThey're six months apart and best
in Philly?
We'lldo exteriorsin Philly,the same and it keepsme in 1.A.,so l'm not friends.
way we did exteriorsin New York on the roadtraveling.ldon't liketo Do yoa plon on hoving ony more?
tor NYPD.We startedon july 23 in be on the road. l'm in L.A.for the l'd like.tohaveone more.I haveto
Philadelphia
and then we cameback wholeschoolyearand I get a littlebit figurethat out with my scheduling.
of time off in the summer.Everything But,you know,when it comesdown
to L.A,to do the otherstuff.
to everything,it's reallythe bestthing
ls it fun for you to be bock home in worksfor me right now.
And speakingof home, do you think in life. You get to a point whereyou
Philodelphio?
look aroundand think,this is whatt
L,A.will be your homeforever?
It'sgreat.
I don't think forever.lt's where the reallyimportantfamily.
And your fomily is still in Philly?
Whenore you getting monied?
Yes.My parentsiust moved to New workis.
lersey,but I have tvvo brothers in How do you like it comporedto New That'sthe constantouestion.We have
all the paperworkdone,we havetwo
Philadelphia,
onebrotherin NewYork Yorkond Philly?
and one brother in lersey.So every- I love New York. And the people housestogether,all the stuff for the
the hard stuff is done. Now
body is still right aroundthere,and in Phillyare greaq everybodyknows kids----all
I thinkit'sextremelystress- it's just the ceremony.Everyyear on
we all get together whenever l'm everybody.
ful out here.You haveto hearabout hiatuswe talk aboutit, but then we
back.
everyone get reallybusy.
Whot did your fomily think obout business
constantly,
because
your careerdecision,fi'st to go into out hereis in the business
in oneway Howmonyyeorshoveyoubeentogethmodelingand then into acting? Were or another.You reallyhaveto make er?
an effort to get awayfrom it, which Seven.
theyskepticol?
It's a big sports family, and they I think I do. I comehomeand I do How are you spendingthe doy todoy?
Todayl'm actuallyat the beachhouse.
weretentativeaboutit becauseit was homeworkwith my son.
territory that none of us knew. But Do you seeyourselfmoving back here Wehavea littlebeachhousein Malibu.
That's a way to relax-it takesyou
becauselgot extremelyluckyearly eventually?
on, they didn't have to go through lcould seemyselfhavinga placeon away.My girlfriendcame down and
so much of the agonythat a lot of the EastCoast.l'm not surewhetherit we just had some lunch-that's why
parentshaveto go through.
would be in jersey,Philly,or NewYork, lwas late, we couldn'tfigure out
how to turn the barbecueon! Now
You'vedone o lot of movles.Do you but I lovethat sideof the country.
wont to tolk oboutony of them?
whot do you miss the most obout we'll probablytake a little walk on
the beach.But that's not most days.
Eachone bringssomethingdifferent. Philly?
That'sa reallyniceday!
One W moviethat I did, TheBroken My family!
Most days in Kim Delaney's
Cor4 is where I met my fianc6.He! Most people say family first, then
futurewill be spentplayingKathleen
the producer,Alan Barnette.lt was Phillycheese
steaks,,.
aboutfetalalcoholsyndromeand was WhenI wasin high school,I hadthis Maguireon Philly.Tune in this fall,
on ABC..
based on a true story. True stories iob at a contactlensoffice in Center Tuesdavs