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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. l r i s hg i r l f r o m P h i l l yd, i v o r c e cw l,ith a ( l a u g h s ) l Y e s , lsaid, t e n - y e a r - o lsdo n 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