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.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
37
Acting credits
15
Directing
0
Writing
0
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.6House
2004 · tv · Director
- 2
★ 8.3The West Wing
1999 · tv · Director
- 3
★ 8.2Grey's Anatomy
2005 · tv · Director
- 4
★ 8.2Silo
2023 · tv · as Senator Thurman
- 5
★ 7.8ER
1994 · tv · as Kerry Weaver
- 6
★ 7.8How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · tv · as Lynne Birkhead
- 7
★ 7.8Animal Kingdom
2016 · tv · Director
- 8
★ 7.7Warehouse 13
2009 · tv · as Emma Jinks
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
