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Laura Innes (Dr Kerry Weaver)

Laura Innes stepped into a recurring role as Dr. Kerry Weaver during the second season of ER and became a series regular during the third season. Before joining television's top-rated series, Laura was perhaps best known for her comic turn as Bunny, the promiscuous but sweet ex-wife of Lowell on NBC's Wings.

One of six children, Laura was born in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised in Birmingham, Michigan. She remembers her father, a college English instructor, taking the family to the famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario when she was small. It was there that she got her first taste of professional theater and decided to follow her father's advice to "do what you love."

After graduating from high school, Laura attended Northwestern University where she earned a bachelor's degree in theater. Work in Chicago theater followed, including a role at the renowned Goodman Theater, playing Stella opposite John Malkovich in A Streetcar Named Desire. She continued working in Chicago for four years and originated the lead role of Glenna in David Mamet's Edmund before traveling with the production to New York City.

She has guest-starred on television series such as My So-Called Life, Party of Five and Brooklyn Bridge, and appeared in the cable movie And the Band Played On. Recently, Laura was seen on the big screen co-starring with Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman and Vanessa Redgrave in the hit action-adventure film Deep Impact, which was directed by former ER producer/director Mimi Leder. Laura lives in Los Angeles with her family. Her birthday is August 16.