Laura Innes

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Laura Innes

Acting 69 August 16, 1957

Pontiac, Michigan, USA

Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1957) is an American actress and television director. She starred as Dr. Kerry Weaver in the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 2007 and repr…

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Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
House

House

8.6 2004 TV Show
Silo

Silo

8.2 2023 TV Show
Deep Impact

Deep Impact

6.3 1998 Movie
The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

7.8 2014 TV Show
Rugrats

Rugrats

7.6 1991 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
The West Wing

The West Wing

8.3 1999 TV Show
Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

7.7 2009 TV Show
Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

7.8 2016 TV Show
Colony

Colony

6.9 2016 TV Show

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Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1957) is an American actress and television director. She starred as Dr. Kerry Weaver in the NBC medical drama ER from 1995 to 2007 and reprised her role from 2008 to 2009 in the final season. Her performance earned her three Primetime Emmy nominations. She also starred as Sophia in the short-lived NBC thriller The Event from 2010 to 2011. She was introduced to professional theater by her father, who often took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. With the support of her father, she attended Northwestern University and earned a degree in theater. She went on to appeared in several theater productions before her film debut in Brian De Palma's The Fury (1978), played the role of Jody. She then played the daughter to Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the short-lived television sitcom The Stiller & Meara Show (1986). In the Fall of 1995, she joined the medical drama sitcom ER (1994) in its second season.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Silo

    TV show Senator Thurman

  2. 2022
    North Star

    Movie Jess Broderick

  3. 2019
    South of Bix

    Movie Mom

  4. 2018
    Please Stand By

    Movie Ticket Agent #1

  5. 2017
    Mr. Mercedes

    TV show Director

  6. 2016
    The Good Neighbor

    Movie Caroline

  7. 2016
    Animal Kingdom

    TV show Director

  8. 2016
    Colony

    TV show Karen

  9. 2015
    Sneaky Pete

    TV show Director

  10. 2014
    The Affair

    TV show Director

  11. 2014
    How to Get Away with Murder

    TV show Lynne Birkhead

  12. 2012
    Model Minority

    Movie Judge Keaton

  13. 2012
    Awake

    TV show Director

  14. 2011
    Prime Suspect

    TV show Director

  15. 2010
    The Event

    TV show Sophia Maguire

  16. 2009
    Warehouse 13

    TV show Emma Jinks

More credits
  1. 2007
    Journeyman

    TV show Director

  2. 2006
    Brothers and Sisters

    TV show Director

  3. 2006
    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    TV show Director

  4. 2005
    Grey's Anatomy

    TV show Director

  5. 2004
    House

    TV show Director

  6. 2004
    TV Revolution

    TV show

  7. 2002
    Presidio Med

    TV show Director

  8. 2002
    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    Movie Self

  9. 2001
    Taking Back Our Town

    Movie Pat Melancon

  10. 1999
    The West Wing

    TV show Director

  11. 1999
    The Price of a Broken Heart

    Movie Lynn

  12. 1999
    Can't Stop Dancing

    Movie Landlady

  13. 1998
    Deep Impact

    Movie Beth Stanley

  14. 1997
    The View

    TV show Self

  15. 1996
    The Louie Show

    TV show Sandy Sincic

  16. 1995
    Just Like Dad

    Movie Rose

  17. 1995
    See Jane Run

    Movie Mrs. Klinger

  18. 1994
    ER

    TV show Kerry Weaver

  19. 1994
    Party of Five

    TV show Liz

  20. 1994
    My So-Called Life

    TV show Cheryl Fleck

  21. 1994
    The Good Life

    TV show Actress

  22. 1993
    Bakersfield P.D.

    TV show Darcy Wilks

  23. 1993
    And the Band Played On

    Movie Hemophiliac Representative

  24. 1993
    Torch Song

    Movie Ronnie