Biography
Kerry Weaver on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009), which in turn launched her successful career as a television director. As played by Innes, Weaver was one of the strongest and longest-running female characters on network television, facing seemingly impossible internal and external challenges during her 12 seasons on the series. Her work, both indomitable and fragile, brought two Emmy nominations to the actress. She later showed the same skill as a …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Cast NBC's "The Event" as Sophia Maguire, the inmate leader at a mysterious prison facility | |
2009 | Reprised role of Dr. Kerry Weaver for the final episode of NBC's "ER" | |
2008 | Directed several episodes of the ABC drama, "Brothers & Sisters" | |
2001 | Received an Emmy nomination for directing an episode of NBC's "The West Wing" titled "Shibboleth" | |
2000 | Helmed an episode of the hit NBC series, "The West Wing" titled "Let Bartlett Be Bartlett" | |
1999 | Made TV directorial debut with the episode of NBC's "ER" entitled "Power"; continued to direct at least one episode per season | |
1995 | Joined the second season of NBC's "ER" in the recurring role of Dr. Kerry Weaver; made a regular cast member at start of third season; earned Emmy (1997, 1998) nominations for Best Supporting Actress; left the show in 2007 after 12 seasons | |
1993 | Had a small role in the HBO movie "And the Band Played On" about the AIDS epidemic | |
1991 | Played Lowell Mathers' ex-wife Bunny in several episodes of "Wings" (NBC) | |
1989 | TV movie debut, "Jacob I Have Loved" (PBS) | |
1986 | Played the daughter of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara in the short-lived NBC sitcom, "The Stiller and Meara Show" | |
| Appeared on the NYC stage with Eric Stoltz in "Two Shakespearean Actors" at Lincoln Center | ||
1978 | Made film debut in "The Fury" | |
| First stage credits were at the renowned Goodman Theatre in Chicago | ||
Awards
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in ER |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in The West Wing |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in ER |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in ER |
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in ER |
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in ER |
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in ER |
1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in ER |