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| Birth Name(s) : Laura Elizabeth Innes |
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Single
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David Brisbin (1988 - present) 2 children |
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Full Laura Innes Biography
Laura Innes was introduced to professional theater by her father, who frequently took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. Following his advice to "do what you love", she attended Northwestern University where she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and earned a degree in theater.
Her first stage credits were in Chicago at the renowned Goodman Theatre, where among other roles she played Stella opposite John Malkovich's Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. Other major stage credits include Two Shakespearean Actors with Eric Stoltz at Lincoln Center, Our Town at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Three Sisters at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.
In 1995, she joined the hit NBC medical drama ER, where she was cast as the skilled but abrasive Dr. Kerry Weaver. In 2001, her character, who had a physical disability, came out of the closet, and therefore went on to become a positive role model for both the physically-challenged and the GLBT communities. She received two Emmy Award nominations for her portrayal, as well as three Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the “ER” ensemble, and has received five nominations for Best Supporting Actress from Viewers for Quality Television. Innes also directed several episodes of the series, as well as episodes of House and The West Wing, one of which earned her an Emmy nomination for directing.
In film, Innes has co-starred with Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, and Vanessa Redgrave in the blockbuster film Deep Impact and with ER castmate Noah Wyle in Can’t Stop Dancing.
Her first fiance was murdered in the early eighties. A few years after the tragedy, she married actor David Brisbin and gave birth to their son, Cal in 1999. They have since adopted another child, Mia, from China. |
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