Lily is an Outstanding Directorial Achievement nominee for the 70th Annual DGA Awards for her episode of Amazon’s Just Add Magic. She is a television and film director whose credits include AMC’s The Walking Dead, MGM+/Hulu’s Godfather Of Harlem, Paramount+’s The Good Fight, ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder and AMC’s The Terror: Infamy.

Model Minority is Lily’s feature writing and directorial debut and has won 11 Film Festival Awards around the world, including Best Film, Best Director, Best New Actress and Best Cinematography.
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Lily is also an actor, best known for her role as nurse Lily Jarvik on the award-winning TV series ER for 15 seasons, for which she won the SAG Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series four times. ​

​Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, she received a B.A. in Theatre from UCLA. She resides with her husband, four time Grammy nominee, Concord Records recording artist/saxophonist Boney James, who contributed to the score for THE SHANGRI-LA CAFÉ and MODEL MINORITY.