Dr. Kerry Weaver, portrayed by Laura Innes, was one of the main characters in ER. In January 2007, Innes left the show after 12 years and her character Kerry was moved to Florida.
Very little of Weaver’s background was revealed to the audience early on. As for her personal background, the only things initially revealed were that she was disabled, and that she had previously lived in Africa.
Weaver arrived at County General as Chief Resident and later became an attending physician, who then rose to Chief of Emergency Medicine and finally Hospital Chief of Staff. Through it all, Weaver remained unfazed by her physical disability until much later in the show’s life, which required her to move about the crowded and chaotic ER with a crutch. Having had some heterosexual relationships, 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.
Weaver is, just after John Carter, the character to have appeared in the most episodes.