Ava Moore is a fictional character portrayed by Famke Janssen in the TV series Nip/Tuck.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Manya Mabika (season 2), they were 39 years old.
They appear in 11 episodes out of a total of 100 aired and have accumulated 151 positive votes.
The character of Ava Moore is mainly associated with Matt McNamara, Dr. Christian Troy and Dr. Sean McNamara.
Episodes11
Manya Mabika
episode S2.E3 july 2004A Somalian woman requests clitoral reconstruction after undergoing genital mutilation. Sean asks Christian for advice regarding an issue with Julia.Mrs. Grubman
episode S2.E4 july 2004Sean and Julia are shocked when Annie enters early puberty. Mrs. Grubman returns, requesting a knee lift.Bobbi Broderick
episode S2.E6 july 2004A middle-aged woman requests liposuction in order to compete with younger women for her dream job of selling clothes.Naomi Gaines
episode S2.E7 august 2004While Sean operates on a model who was raped and scarred by a serial killer, an unsatisfied patient sets out to destroy his reputation.Julia McNamara
episode S2.E12 september 2004After Julia falls through a glass door, she requests for both her scarred face to be fixed, and for her new breast implants to be removed.Oona Wentworth
episode S2.E13 september 2004Christian discovers that his former rival has been working as a cheap plastic surgeon and performing dangerous operations on desperate patients.Trudy Nye
episode S2.E14 september 2004Sean and Christian must fix the nose of an abused housewife, whose husband is in prison for killing their child.Joan Rivers
episode S2.E16 october 2004Comedian Joan Rivers comes in requesting all of her previous plastic surgeries to be undone.KiKi
episode S3.E2 september 2005Liz and Christian operate on a female gorilla who must have a facial scar removed before she mates.Walter and Edith Krieger
episode S6.E18 february 2010Julia visits Sean and Christian in Los Angeles to share some life-changing news, and she also rejects romantic advances from both men. Meanwhile, Matt gets a blast from his past when Ava Moore, who caused immeasurable family chaos years ago, turns up as Matt prepares to marry Ramona. Also, Liz reveals that she's happily pregnant.Hiro Yoshimura
episode S6.E19 march 2010In the series finale, Christian agrees with Ava to operate on baby Raphael in exchange for her to stay out of Matt's life who has abandoned everyone to be with Ava. While preparing to leave for London, Julia worries about Sean's mental state of mind as he continues to be in denial about his feelings of abandonment. Liz is overwhelmed by Sean's excitement over her pregnancy when he adds her name to the practice and sets up a nursery at the office. Christian's worry about Julia moving far away, and a vision of the deceased Kimber forces him to reconsider his long-standing relationship with Sean. Also, Hiro Yoshimura is elderly Japanese porn star who comes to McNamara/Troy requesting surgery to remove a surgical scar before his big debut in an American porn movie.
- Manya Mabika
- Mrs. Grubman
- Bobbi Broderick
- Naomi Gaines
- Julia McNamara
- Oona Wentworth
- Trudy Nye
- Joan Rivers
- KiKi
- Walter and Edith Krieger
- Hiro Yoshimura
Best moments9
- A middle-aged woman requests liposuction in order to compete with younger women for her dream job of selling clothes.
- Comedian Joan Rivers comes in requesting all of her previous plastic surgeries to be undone.
- After Julia falls through a glass door, she requests for both her scarred face to be fixed, and for her new breast implants to be removed.
- A Somalian woman requests clitoral reconstruction after undergoing genital mutilation. Sean asks Christian for advice regarding an issue with Julia.
- While Sean operates on a model who was raped and scarred by a serial killer, an unsatisfied patient sets out to destroy his reputation.
- Christian discovers that his former rival has been working as a cheap plastic surgeon and performing dangerous operations on desperate patients.
- Sean and Christian must fix the nose of an abused housewife, whose husband is in prison for killing their child.
- Liz and Christian operate on a female gorilla who must have a facial scar removed before she mates.
- Sean and Julia are shocked when Annie enters early puberty. Mrs. Grubman returns, requesting a knee lift.
- Bobbi Broderick
- Joan Rivers
- Julia McNamara
- Manya Mabika
- Naomi Gaines
- Oona Wentworth
- Trudy Nye
- KiKi
- Mrs. Grubman