| rdfs:comment | - Dr. Kerry Weaver, portrayed by Laura Innes, was a fictional character on the NBC television series ER; she first appeared as a recurring character actor in season 2, and became a regular cast member in season 3. In January 2007, Innes left the show after 12 years and Kerry Weaver moved to Florida.
- Kerry Weaver is one of the show's main characters and, after Dr. John Carter, is the one to have appeared in the most episodes. She first appeared as a recurring character in Season 2 before becoming a regular in Season 3. She left the show during Season 13 but also appeared in two episodes of Season 15.
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| abstract | - Dr. Kerry Weaver, portrayed by Laura Innes, was a fictional character on the NBC television series ER; she first appeared as a recurring character actor in season 2, and became a regular cast member in season 3. In January 2007, Innes left the show after 12 years and Kerry Weaver moved to Florida. Very little of Weaver's background was revealed to the audience early on. Audiences only saw an accomplished doctor, fueled by ambition and dedicated to administrative policies. As for her personal background, the only things initially revealed were that she was physically disabled (as evidenced by a limp in her gait which was aided by the use of a forearm crutch), and that she used to live in Africa, which was revealed when a former African boyfriend visited her at the hospital. Weaver arrived at County General as Chief Resident and later became an attending physician, then rose to Chief of Emergency Medicine and finally Hospital Chief of Staff. Through it all, Weaver remained unfazed by her physical disability, which required her to move about the crowded and chaotic ER with a crutch, and by her controversial standing among colleagues, several of whom regard her as abrasive, cold and officious. Weaver is eventually revealed as lesbian, her sexual orientation being a key point in some of the episodes, particularly when she fights in court to keep her son, Henry.
- Kerry Weaver is one of the show's main characters and, after Dr. John Carter, is the one to have appeared in the most episodes. She first appeared as a recurring character in Season 2 before becoming a regular in Season 3. She left the show during Season 13 but also appeared in two episodes of Season 15. An accomplished ER doctor, Kerry is also a dedicated administrator fueled by ambition. This led her to be an opportunist and to backstab her colleagues when she saw a chance for advancement, such as her rivalry with Dr. Mark Greene. However, she was shown to be a very caring and kind woman who would sometimes break the rules that she set up to help her patients. Kerry first arrived as the new ER Chief Resident. She started to rise swiftly through the ranks first as an Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine, Chief of Emergency Medicine and Hospital Chief of Staff. However, after an incident that caused her to be reassigned to the ER as an Attending, she realized that her career in medicine was over and leaves fo Florida with her new partner, Courtney, who was also her producer on the medical news program that she joined. Kerry's main storyline came when she was revealed to be a closeted-lesbian. She was forced out when her partner, Sandy Lopez, kissed her in front of the ER. She then accepted herself as a lesbian but it earnt her abuse at the hands of Dr. Robert Romano and is a main point in her battle to keep her son, Henry.
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