Actor
Laura Innes
Born August 16, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA17 films
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.
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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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First watchPlease Stand By20186.8as Ticket Agent #1A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
17 films as actor- TBAOne Smart FellowLizzie
- 2022North StarJess Broderick
- 2019South of BixMom
- 2018Please Stand ByTicket Agent #1
- 2016The Good NeighborCaroline
- 2012Model MinorityJudge Keaton
- 2001Taking Back Our TownPat Melancon
- 1999The Price of a Broken HeartLynn
- 1999Can't Stop DancingLandlady
- 1998Deep ImpactBeth Stanley
- 1995Just Like DadRose
- 1995See Jane RunMrs. Klinger
- 1993And the Band Played OnHemophiliac Representative
- 1993Torch SongRonnie
- 1993Telling SecretsAngelyn Graham
- 1989Jacob Have I LovedMrs. Rice
- 1978The FuryJody