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Laura Innes is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her starring role as Kerry Weaver in the medical drama ER (1995–2009), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2001, she received her third Primetime Emmy Award nomination for directing the episode "Shibboleth" of the political drama The West ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Credited for 254 episodes, Wyle appeared in more episodes of ER than any other cast member. (Laura Innes, who joined the cast in Season 2 as Dr. Kerry Weaver, is a close second, with 249 episodes ...
- Anthony Edwards played Dr. Mark Greene for eight seasons before leaving after his character—and this is a spoiler alert for a show that premiered more than 20 years ago—died from a brain tumor.
- Noah Wyle's Dr. John Carter became the focus of the show when Edwards left, and Wyle stuck around for a few seasons later before departing, only to return more than once up until the end of the series.
- Julianna Margulies' Carol Hathaway was supposed to die from an overdose in the pilot, but she tested well and Margulies stuck around. She became such a central figure she was offered more than $20 million to stick around—but she exited the series at the end of season six with a surprise appearance by Clooney.
- Eriq La Salle stuck around Cook County General for eight seasons before exiting. However, his Dr. Peter Benton returned as a special guest in the final season.
Jan 11, 2007 · Ileane Rudolph Jan. 11, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. PT. It's goodbye to the last remaining — well, almost — original ER cast member. Tonight Kerry Weaver hangs up her scrubs and leaves Chicago's County ...
Mar 1, 2022 · By Brian Cronin. Published Mar 1, 2022. TV URBAN LEGEND: Dr. Weaver on ER had her mysterious limp finally fixed because the actor who played Weaver, Laura Innes, was beginning to have her real life health affected by the constant use of a cane! The meteoric success of ER in the 1990s led to some interesting effects on the casting of the series.
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May 31, 2023 · See Laura Innes Now at 65. Laura Innes is an American actress and television director known most notably as Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER. Innes has acted in numerous TV shows and films, as well as directing a number of TV episodes on shows such as ER, The West Wing, and How to Get Away with Murder. Innes was born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 16 ...
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April 2, 2009. (15x22, "And In The End...") Kerry Weaver is a fictional character, a physician, from the NBC television series ER. The role is portrayed by Laura Innes, who debuts as a recurring character in the second-season episode "Welcome Back, Carter!", which aired on September 21, 1995. Innes was promoted to the role of series regular as ...
