Laura Innes

Laura Elizabeth Innes (born August 16, 1957) is an American actress and television director. She played Dr. Kerry Weaver on the NBC medical drama ER, and Sophia on the NBC thriller The Event. 2Career 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 and Wisdom Bridge Theatre, where she played Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire". John Malkovich played Mitch in this production. 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 1986, Innes played the young daughter of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the short-lived television sitcom The Stiller and Meara Show, but the series was cancelled within a few weeks. In 1989, Innes played Miss Andrews in the Nickelodeon TV series Hey Dude in season 2: episode 7 titled "Teacher's Pest." She also made an appearance in the same series in episode 57 called "Baby" as the clueless Mr