After Her Graduation Kim Delaney Went To New York And Found Employment There
Delaney, an Irish American, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan and Jack Delaney. After her graduation, she went to New York and found employment there as a model. ‘They come up and will say they’ve followed everything I’ve done, and they stopped watching the show after I left, and they’re so happy to see me on NYPD Blue, because they love the character.” After leaving the show, Delaney began acting in feature films. After leaving the show in 1989 to give birth to her and husband Joseph Cortese’ son, her character was killed in an explosion just as her All My Children character had died five years earlier. in 1995, Delaney began portraying the role of NYPD Blue Detective Diane Russell. in this role, she won her first Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama and was also nominated for two other Emmy Awards. CBS then courted Delaney to take on the female lead on its new drama television series, CSI: Miami, a spin-off of sorts from the hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Delaney next appeared twice on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in early 2007, guest-starring on the episodes “Philadelphia” and “Florida.” Delaney currently plays Claudia Joy Holden on the Lifetime Television series, Army Wives.
