Laura Innes

Born: 1957-08-16

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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Deep Impact

as Beth Stanley
Released: 1998-05-08

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet....

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Please Stand By

as Ticket Agent #1
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The Good Neighbor

as Caroline
Released: 2016-09-16

Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.

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The Fury

as Jody
Released: 1978-03-10

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father...

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And the Band Played On

as Hemophiliac Representative
Released: 1993-09-11

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The Price of a Broken Heart

as Lynn
Released: 1999-08-16

Fact-based story about a landmark legal battle. A woman (Park Overall) learns that her husband...

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Telling Secrets

as Angelyn Graham
Released: 1993-01-17

Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's...

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Model Minority

as Judge Keaton
Released: 2012-05-11

Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16 year old, endangers her promising future as an...

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Can't Stop Dancing

as Landlady
Released: 1999-01-16

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NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 2002-05-05

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

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Just Like Dad

as Rose
Released: 1995-09-01

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See Jane Run

as Mrs. Klinger
Released: 1995-01-08

Jane Ravenson finds herself in the middle of a grocery store with $10,000 in her coat pockets...

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Jacob Have I Loved

as Mrs. Rice
Released: 1989-01-01

In the early 1940s, a depressed young woman, who's been eclipsed all of her life by her...

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Torch Song

as Ronnie
Released: 1993-05-23

An alcoholic movie star (Raquel Welch) who finds romance at a rehabilitation clinic encounters...

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North Star

as uncredited
Released: 2022-01-15

A rural rancher sacrifices everything to care for his dying husband as his sister-in-law and a...

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South of Bix

as Mom
Released: 2019-06-20

Molly returns home to say goodbye to her dying grandfather, from whom she's been estranged.

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How to Get Away with Murder

as Lynne Birkhead
First aired: 2014-09-25

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...

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ER

as Kerry Weaver
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Wings

as Bunny Mather
First aired: 1990-04-19

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket...

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Warehouse 13

as Emma Jinks
First aired: 2009-07-07

After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete...

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Party of Five

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-12

Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their...

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Colony

as Karen
First aired: 2016-01-14

In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with...

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My So-Called Life

as Cheryl Fleck
First aired: 1994-08-25

The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence,...

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Bakersfield P.D.

as Darcy Wilks
First aired: 1993-09-14

Bakersfield P.D. is a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox...

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The Event

as Sophia Maguire
First aired: 2010-09-20

The Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman...

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Good Advice

as Annie
First aired: 1993-04-02

Good Advice is an American situation comedy series that aired for two seasons on CBS from 1993...

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Another World

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-05-04

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964...

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Brooklyn Bridge

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-09-20

Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It...

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The Good Life

as Actress
First aired: 1994-01-30

The Good Life is an American sitcom which aired on NBC in early 1994. It starred John Caponera...

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