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Laura Innes Biography

Birth Name:
Laura Elizabeth Innes
Birth Place:
Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Profession
Actor, director

Fast Facts

  • Played Stella in a Chicago production of A Streetcar Named Desire, with John Malkovich as Mitch
  • Made her film debut while still in college, in Brian DePalma's The Fury (1978)
  • Originally auditioned for ER in 1994 as one of George Clooney's girlfriends
  • Directed episodes of ER, Brothers and Sisters and House; was nominated for an Emmy for directing an episode of The West Wing
  • Was the first female celebrity to become a champion on Jeopardy! Close friends with college classmate Megan Mullally

Awards

  • 2000Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1999Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1998Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1998Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1997Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1996Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: winner

Relationships