Laura Innes

Laura Innes is an American actress and director that stars on the NBC drama The Event. She plays the role of Sophia Maguire, a woman who heads up a mysterious group of detainees that are being held in a top secret facility. In addition to her role on The Event, Innes was a series regular on another NBC drama, ER, for twelve seasons.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/sophia-maguire/?bio=actor

Laura Innes was born on August 16, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest of six children. She made her film debut in the 1978 film The Fury while she was a student at Northwestern University in Chicago, where she graduated with a degree in theater in 1979. For the next ten years, Innes spent most of her time starring in numerous theater productions in Chicago and New York before pursuing a film and television career in Los Angeles.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005041/bio Today, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David Brisbin, and their two children.http://www.nbc.com/the-event/about/sophia-maguire/?bio=actor

Laura Innes developed a passion for acting at a young age, and remembers 'playing dead' in the living room of her family's home when she was a child. Roles in middle school and high school plays soon followed, and in 1979 she received her college degree in theater from Chicago's Northwestern University.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0UeXxDW7Y

After spending over a decade working in Chicago and New York theater, Innes made her way to Los Angeles, where she began getting guest star roles in television series, including My So-Called Life, Party of Five, and a recurring part on Wings. In 1995 she signed on to do a recurring role in the second season of ER, and by the third season was cast as a series regular, appearing in over 250 episodes.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005041/

In addition to acting, Laura Innes has also worked behind the camera as a director on several television series, including ER, The West Wing, Brothers and Sisters, and House. She has even been nominated for an Emmy for her work behind the camera, as well as onscreen.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/laura-innes/bio/190389

• 1978: The Furyhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005041/

• 1989-1991: Hey Dude (TV series)

• 1991-1993: Wings (TV series)

• 1993: And the Band Played On

• 1994: Party of Five (TV series)

• 1995-2009: ER (TV series)

• 1996: The Louie Show (TV series)

• 1998: Deep Impact

• 2010: The Event (TV series)

• When I first started out, I did a lot more comedy. When I got cast on ER, I was seen as so serious, and this character’s also quite serious. So it would be fun to do something completely goofy.—on her television aspirationshttp://www.movieline.com/2010/09/the-events-laura-innes.php

• I kind of wanted to end on top. I was afraid of going in there and completely tanking. But I was very proud of beating Beverly Sills and John Mahoney, who were smarty-pants people. Really, it was because my dad was really into Shakespeare, and they had this whole Shakespeare category and I just knocked those out.—on being the tournament champion on Celebrity Jeopardyhttp://www.movieline.com/2010/09/the-events-laura-innes.php