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Fictional character
Kerry Weaver
Laura Innes as Kerry Weaver
First appearance
September 21, 1995. (2x01, "Welcome Back Carter!")
Last appearance
April 2, 2009. (15x22, "And In The End...")
Portrayed by
Laura Innes
Duration
1995–2009
In-universe information
Title
Chief Resident (1995–1996) Attending (1996–2007) Chief of Emergency Medicine (1999–2003) Chief of Staff (2003–2006)
Occupation
Emergency Physician
Family
Helen Kingsley (biological mother)
Spouse
Sandy Lopez (girlfriend, deceased) Courtney Brown (girlfriend)
Unnamed surgical resident (former husband)
Children
Henry Lopez (son with Sandy) Unnamed child (miscarriage)
Kerry Weaver is a fictional character, a physician, from the NBC television series ER. The role is portrayed by Laura Innes, who debuts as a recurring character in the second-season episode "Welcome Back, Carter!", which aired on September 21, 1995. Innes was promoted to the role of series regular as of the third-season episode "Dr. Carter, I Presume", which aired on September 26, 1996, and made her last regular appearance in the thirteenth-season episode "A House Divided", which aired on January 11, 2007.
During the series' fifteenth season, Innes made guest appearances in the episodes "Heal Thyself", which aired on November 13, 2008, and the series finale, "And in the End...", which aired on April 2, 2009.
Very little of Weaver’s background is revealed to the audience in her early episodes. The character exhibits a limp in her gait, which is aided by the use of a forearm crutch. This was later revealed to be caused by congenital hip dysplasia in episode 14 of season 11, in addition to the fact that she had lived for a period in Africa.
Weaver arrives at County General as Chief Resident, and later becomes an attending physician, is promoted to Chief of Emergency Medicine, and finally becomes the Hospital Chief of Staff. Her administrative position often forces her to make unpleasant decisions that draw hostility from her fellow physicians, as when she fires Jeanie Boulet in Season 4. Although an excellent physician, she is often portrayed as the villain in many episodes. She is a dynamic character and has many moments of trying to figure out what is right and wrong. We often see her make mistakes and try to grapple with learning from the mistakes.
Although Weaver has been involved in some heterosexual relationships, she eventually comes out as a lesbian. Her sexual orientation is a key point in some episodes, particularly when she fights in court to keep her son, Henry. She was included in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters.[1]
^"AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Lesbian and Bisexual Characters". AfterEllen.com. March 15, 2010. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved Jan 1, 2014.
KerryWeaver is a fictional character, a physician, from the NBC television series ER. The role is portrayed by Laura Innes, who debuts as a recurring...
(recurring character in Season 1), and in Season 3 with Laura Innes as Dr. KerryWeaver (recurring character in Season 2). In Season 4, Maria Bello signed on...
and television director. She is best known for her starring role as KerryWeaver in the medical drama ER (1995–2009), which earned her two Primetime Emmy...
times with the new Chief Resident, KerryWeaver, forcing Mark Greene to step in between them. Animosity between Kerry and Susan lessens over time, but never...
decisions that periodically alienate his friends, such as selecting Dr. KerryWeaver for Chief Resident over another applicant, angering Susan Lewis as the...
the loss of his arm; and similarly she overcomes her deep dislike of KerryWeaver to be supportive of her following the death of her partner Sandy Lopez...
that Jeanie develops a strong friendship with KerryWeaver. Jeanie had initially been afraid that Weaver might terminate her position at County if she...
a patient with schizophrenia. She also has had to speak to superiors KerryWeaver (Laura Innes) and Mark Greene (Anthony Edwards) about John Carter's (Noah...
construction workers injured at a site not far from the hospital; later, KerryWeaver reprimands them for violating emergency protocols and Carter comes away...
as television news producer Courtney Brown, who becomes close to Dr. KerryWeaver. She also returned to the stage, playing the lead role Diana in the Washington...
into question by the hospital authorities, and new Chief Resident, Dr. KerryWeaver. Ross breaks protocol to treat an HIV-positive child and is about to...
"Just As I Am," as Helen Kingsley, the long-lost birth mother of Dr. KerryWeaver, played by Laura Innes, even though Fisher is only five years older....
TV, she played psychiatrist Kim Legaspi, the first woman partner of KerryWeaver during the 2000–2001 season of TV series ER, in a recurring role. She...
of her ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, the show's longest-serving character KerryWeaver departs when Kovač is forced to make budget cuts which threaten her job...
compromising position with another man. After much denial and a talk with Dr. KerryWeaver Pratt begins to understand and accept his brother's homosexuality. He...
he considers a cochlear implant. Eventually, he decides against it. KerryWeaver applies for a full-time chief of emergency medicine post, but the post...
Greene is diagnosed with terminal cancer, giving him only weeks to live. KerryWeaver also has some issues of her own as she deals with her new lifestyle....
cast members make a return to the show. Mark Greene, Robert Romano, and KerryWeaver appear in a flashback episode that explores Banfield's history with County...
Itziar Ituño, appeared in 15 seasons and more than 1500 episodes; and KerryWeaver from the US television show ER, portrayed by Laura Innes, appeared in...
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the patient who later dies. In the ER episode "Reason to Believe" Dr. KerryWeaver performs an emergency cricothyrotomy on a student. She is shooting a...
without the mother's consent. Hathaway assists, but when Greene and Dr. KerryWeaver discover that the procedure is being done in violation of hospital policy...
the gurney. Both lose consciousness. Both are later discovered by Dr. KerryWeaver and immediately taken to the main trauma rooms to be treated. It is discovered...
Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter – Attending Physician Laura Innes as Dr. KerryWeaver – Chief of Staff Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt – Resident PGY-2 Alex...
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