---
name: "Lily Mariye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lily-mariye"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:28:03.999625+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lily Mariye

Director. Born 25 September 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 September 1964, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Meera Menon](https://film.one/person/meera-menon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2010s 73 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Mariye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6548531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66637

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Terror*](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lily Mariye is an American actress and television director. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, she graduated from UCLA with a BA in Theatre Arts. She is best known for playing Nurse Lily Jarvik in all 15 seasons of the NBC series ER (1994–2009).

Mariye has directed episodes of numerous series, including The Walking Dead (2022), The Terror: Infamy (2019), The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2021), Chicago P.D., Criminal Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, How to Get Away with Murder and Nashville. She received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for an episode of Just Add Magic. Her feature directorial debut was the 2012 film Model Minority, which she also wrote.

She is married to saxophonist Boney James.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, lilymariye.net.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2)

- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Malaya — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, as Ops Officer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Terror* (2018), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, Director
- *Partner Track* (2022), series, Director
- *The Walking Dead: World Beyond* (2020), series, Director
- *Godfather of Harlem* (2019), series, Director
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, Director
- *Prodigal Son* (2019), series, Director
- *The Enemy Within* (2019), series, Director
- *The Terror* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md)
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, Director
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, Director
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Director
- *Murder in the First* (2014), series, as Beth Crotty
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Director
- *The Fosters* (2013), series, Director
- *Nashville* (2012), series, Director
- *Model Minority* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Teen Wolf* (2011), series, as Satomi Ito
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Malaya — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Extraordinary Measures* (2010), as Dr. Waldman
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, Shirley Hidoko, Ashley Hong, Director
- *American Pie Presents: Band Camp* (2005), as Dr. Susan Choi
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director
- *The Shangri-la Café* (2000), Director
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), as Ticket Clerk
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Dr. Franklin
- *Signs and Wonders* (1995), series, as Agent Sung
- *Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes* (1994), as Secretary
- *ER* (1994), series, as Lily Jarvik — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Kayoko Miyamoto
- *The New Age* (1994), as Sue
- *The Shadow* (1994), as Mrs. Tam
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Ops Officer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Exclusive* (1992), as Doctor
- *Bob* (1992), series, Acting
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Dr. Fisher
- *Rachel Gunn, R.N.* (1992), series, as Registrar
- *Ted & Venus* (1991), as Rose
- *The Doctor* (1991), as O.R. Nurse
- *Switch* (1991), as Nurse
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Secretary #6 — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Justin Case* (1988), as Commentator
- *American Geisha* (1986), as Shizue
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Nurse Sherry Long — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Family Ties* (1982), series, as Eleanor
- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), as Chicken Ranch Girl
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Nurse

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