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May 17, 2022 · · May 17, 2022 ·. Our next celebrity is actress Laura Innes who knows all about medical trauma. The first trip to the hospital for the actress, who famously played attending physician Kerry Weaver on NBC's ER, came when she was just a year old.
Laura Innes — From Acting to Calling Action! Listen. Circa 2008. For a dozen seasons, Laura Innes played ER’s Dr. Kerry Weaver, a tart-tongued surgeon with an unnamed disability that caused her to walk with a limp. Initially Innes, who is able bodied, thought little of that aspect of her new role.
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Oct 26, 2006 · LONDON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Actress Laura Innes, who plays Dr. Kerry Weaver on the U.S. hit TV series "ER," says her character's limp has caused real life damage to her spine.
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Innes was born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 16, 1957 as the youngest daughter of six children. Her father helped spark her interest in acting from a young age, as he would take the family to Ontario to enjoy the Stratford Festival of Canada to enjoy the worldwide renowned productions of Shakespearean plays. Innes attended Northwestern University ...
Following her theater performances, Innes landed a number of TV shows including a singular sitcom pilot with Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara called The Stiller and Meara Show, as well as roles on Nickelodeon’s Hey Dude, Party of Five, and My So-Called Life.
Spanning 15 seasons, it’s hard to find a bigger daytime hit than NBC’s ER, which followed the lives and dramas of emergency room staff at County General Hospital in Chicago. In the fall of 1995 and the show’s second season, Innes was cast as Dr. Kerry Weaver. Although Innes was on as a guest, the role was expanded in season 3 and would remain part ...
While working on ER, Innes made her directorial debut on a season 5 episode titled “Power” and would go on to direct 12 episodes total. The network, and the show-runners, felt she was well-suited to the task and picked her up to direct 6 episodes of the highly-acclaimed drama series The West Wing which was airing at that time as well. Her departure...
Laura Innes continues to act and direct. Most recently, she was featured in How to Get Away with Murder as both an actress and director. Innes was also cast in short film North Star alongside Kevin Bacon and Audrey Wasilewski, as well as an upcoming short film titled Daughtering alongside Kat Foster.
David Bell In 1980, Innes was engaged to aspiring actor and fellow Northwestern classmate, David Bell, when he was murdered in Los Angeles over a parking disagreement. David Brisbin In 1988, Innes married actor and writer David Brisbin, known for his minor roles in Hey Dude!, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and Leavin...
Feb 19, 2007 · Interview with ER’s Laura Innes. Sarah Warn February 19, 2007. 12 minutes read. After 12 years on television’s enduring hit medical drama, ER, last month Emmy-winning actor and director Laura Innes finally hung up her stethoscope as Dr. Kerry Weaver, the hospital’s resident tough-as-nails administrator and lesbian.
Apr 5, 1998 · Apr 5, 1998. Norma Cavazos. The Dallas Morning News. Q: How about a brief biography of actress Laura Innes, who plays Dr. Weaver on "ER." Is her cane a prop or does she actually have a bad leg?
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