| Moira Harris | |
| Birth Name: | Moira Jane Harris |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Pontiac, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Moira Sinise |
| Children: | 3 |
| Alma Mater: | Illinois State University |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1986–2003 |
Moira Jane Sinise (née Harris; born April 19, 1954) is a former American actress. She appeared in several films and television shows. She is the wife of actor-filmmaker Gary Sinise.
Harris was born in Pontiac, Illinois, and is a Roman Catholic convert.[1] [2] She graduated from Illinois State University in Normal. During her college years, she met her husband, Gary Sinise, and they have been married since 1981. They had three children, Mac, Sophie and Ella.[3] Their son, McCanna "Mac" Anthony Sinise, who was a musician, died on January 5, 2024 at the age of 33 from chordoma, which is a rare type of cancer. He had been diagnosed with chordoma in 2018 and eventually became paralyzed from the waist down.[4]
Harris has appeared in such films as One More Saturday Night, Of Mice and Men (directed by and co-starring her husband), and . She also played the evil trucker's wife in the Kurt Russell movie Breakdown. She has made a guest appearances on the TV shows Karen Sisco, The Equalizer, and Crime Story. At one time, she was a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company that Gary Sinise was instrumental in establishing. In 1987 she won a Chicago / Midwest Emmy Award for her role in Murder in Green Meadows.[5] She also starred in Disney's Tall Tale in 1995. Harris retired in 2003, although she briefly returned to the stage in 2013, appearing in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at Steppenwolf.
Harris married actor Gary Sinise in 1981.[6] She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and as of 2024 she is cancer-free. They had three children, Mac, Sophie and Ella.[7]
Her son, McCanna "Mac" Anthony Sinise (born on November 10, 1990), died on January 5, 2024 and was laid to rest on January 23, 2024 in a Catholic service. He had been diagnosed in 2018 with chordoma, a rare cancer of the spine. Mac was a musician who had worked for his father's charitable foundation, and before his death, he had completed work on an album Resurrection & Revival.[8] [9]
Moira is a practicing Catholic; she converted to the faith in 2000.[10]