Laura Innes - American actress, widelybest known for his role as Dr. Weaver Carrie from the ER. For creating a bright image of a qualified doctor, the actress won two Emmy nominations. Laura Innes is also a successful television director, and in 2001 she was awarded another Emmy nomination for the Western Wing TV series. She has several other directorial works, such as “Doctor House”, “How to avoid punishment for murder”, “Anatomy of passion”, “Brothers and sisters”. In every film she directed, Laura Innes tried to play a supporting role. She was thus noted in her own work.
The actress was born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1957, August 16, in the family of Robert and Laurett Innes. She was the last, youngest child of six brothers and sisters.
Since childhood, the girl dreamed of becoming an actress.One day, his father gathered his entire large family and brought her to the Shakespeare festival in the Canadian city of Stratford. For little Laura, this trip was a real shock, because she had never seen so many real actors in her life.
When the girl graduated from high school, she fileddocuments to the University of Illinois. During her studies, she became a full member of the Alpha Omega women's society. After graduating, Laura Innes received a bachelor's degree in theater arts.
As the actress Innes debuted in the populartheater Goodman Theater, which opened her way to the theater stage. Laura has played in several performances, including the well-known production of The Streetcar Named Desire, where John Malkovich played the role of Mitch.
Then the actress played the role of the daughter of Jerry Stiller in the small play "Stiller and Mira Show." The project as a whole did not work and was closed a few weeks later.
In 1994, Laura Innes began to act in the famous"Ambulance". Her character, Dr. Weaver Kerry, came on the scene in the second season, and in the third she was listed as the main character. During a break in the ambulance shooting process, Laura Innes, whose films were not numerous at the time, decided to play in another movie, directed by Mimi Leder, who was well acquainted with her in Ambulance. This film was called “The Clash with the Abyss” and belonged to adventure film projects.
Hollywood stars of the first magnitude, such as Vanessa Redgrave, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, were invited to shoot. The project was successful, and soon the film came out on the big screen.
С Дэвидом Брисбином, будущим мужем (исполнителем the role of an anesthesiologist and pediatrician Alex Babcock), Laura met in 1989. In 1990, the couple had an heir named Cal. In the spring of 2002, the couple adopted a one-year-old girl from China named Mia.
Currently, the creative and tireless Laura Innes is engaged in her core business and at the same time devotes a lot of her time to social work.
The actress is trying to spend all her free time.together with the family in nature, making small trips by car. There are always close friends around Laura, some of whom have worked with her on the set, such as Maura Tierney, her close friend and partner on the TV series ER. The actress really appreciates her friends. And the fact that many of them are her shooting partners only makes the relationship stronger.
In the course of his career, the actress gavepreference for television projects and serials. In the big movie was shot rarely. Laura Innes, the film of which is already quite diverse, currently continues to work in the field of American cinema.
The following is a rough list of films with her participation:
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The list includes only the main awards and prizes, which was awarded to the actress.