Laura Innes
Actor
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.
Filmography
Please Stand By
as Ticket Agent #1 2018
The Good Neighbor
as Caroline 2016
The Fury
as Jody 1978
And the Band Played On
as Hemophiliac Representative 1993
Telling Secrets
as Angelyn Graham 1993
Model Minority
as Judge Keaton 2012
See Jane Run
as Mrs. Klinger 1995
North Star
2022
The Price of a Broken Heart
as Lynn 1999
Can't Stop Dancing
as Landlady 1999
Just Like Dad
as Rose 1995
Torch Song
as Ronnie 1993
Jacob Have I Loved
as Mrs. Rice 1989
Taking Back Our Town
as Pat Melancon 2001
South of Bix
as Mom 2019
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self 2002