Laura Innes

Laura Innes is one of those actors who quietly became indispensable without ever chasing the spotlight, and I find that genuinely refreshing. She spent the better part of fifteen years on ER playing Kerry Weaver — a character who started as an abrasive authority figure and grew into one of the show's most complex, fully realized people — and she pulled it off with a subtlety that earned her two Emmy nominations along the way. Then she turned around and directed an episode of The West Wing that scored her a third nomination, which tells you everything: Northwestern-trained, seriously committed to the craft, not content to just show up and say lines. Coming out of Pontiac, Michigan and building a career that spans stage, screen, and the director's chair is quietly impressive. No tabloid circus, no reinvention stunts — just decades of solid, intelligent work that holds up.

Name (English)

Laura Innes

Name (Japanese)

ローラ・イネス

Reading

ろーら・いねす

Born

August 16, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Origin

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Occupation

television actor / actor / film director / film actor / stage actor

High school

Seaholm High School

University

Northwestern University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Michigan
• television actor
• actor
• film director

Last updated

2026-06-02

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