[ noun ] a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails <noun.person>
manicure \man"i*cure\, n. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.] A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails; -- an older term for a {manicurist}.
[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. --Pop. Sci. Monthly.
manicurist \man"i*cur`ist\, n. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.] A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their fingernails; -- formerly called a {manicure}. [PJC]
In the HBO movie, she's a manicurist married to a cop who was killed in his rookie year.