Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 16, 1957
Place of Birth
Pontiac, Michigan, USA
Credits
49 titles
Laura Innes
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Silo
Senator Thurman
North Star
South of Bix
Mom
Please Stand By
Ticket Agent #1
Mr. Mercedes
Director
The Good Neighbor
Caroline
Animal Kingdom
Director
Colony
Karen
Sneaky Pete
Director
The Affair
Director
How to Get Away with Murder
Lynne Birkhead
Model Minority
Judge Keaton
Awake
Director
Prime Suspect
Director
The Event
Sophia Maguire
Warehouse 13
Emma Jinks
Journeyman
Director
Brothers and Sisters
Director
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Director
Grey's Anatomy
Director
House
Director
TV Revolution
Presidio Med
Director
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Taking Back Our Town
Pat Melancon
The West Wing
Director
The Price of a Broken Heart
Lynn
Can't Stop Dancing
Landlady
Deep Impact
Beth Stanley
The View
Self
The Louie Show
Sandy Sincic
Just Like Dad
Rose
See Jane Run
Mrs. Klinger
ER
Kerry Weaver
Party of Five
Liz
My So-Called Life
Cheryl Fleck
The Good Life
Actress
Bakersfield P.D.
Darcy Wilks
And the Band Played On
Hemophiliac Representative
Torch Song
Ronnie
Good Advice
Annie
Telling Secrets
Angelyn Graham
Brooklyn Bridge
Wings
Bunny Mather
Hey Dude
Miss Andrews
Jacob Have I Loved
Mrs. Rice
The Fury
Jody
Another World
One Smart Fellow
Lizzie