Archive for July 2008
Laura Cerón
Born in Mexico City, Laura Cerón moved to Elgin, Illinois, a small city about 45 minutes northwest of Chicago, at the age of 10. She is the third oldest of two brothers and three sisters. In junior high school she became involved with theater, mostly behind the scenes, but soon discovered her passion for acting. She joined the Latino Chicago Theater Company after high school and went on to become one of their top actresses. She performed in dozens of plays, including Each Day Dies With Sleep, Heroes and Saints, and Federico García Lorca’s Once Five Years Pass.
Laura’s first film appearance was in the 1992 movie The Public Eye, starring Joe Pesci. This was followed by a small part in the 1995 movie Losing Isaiah. After playing the recurring role of Anita Marrón on the short-lived 1994 ABC drama Missing Persons, Laura joined the supporting cast of the NBC drama ER in 1995, near the end of its first season. As of 2006, she continues to appear on the show, now in it’s thirteenth season. In the last decade she also guest starred on CBS’s Touched by an Angel and Judging Amy, as well as Lifetime’s Strong Medicine; and has made an occasional appearance on the big screen.
LAURA INNES
16 August 1959
Pontiac, Michigan
One of six children, Laura Innes was raised in Birmingham, Mich. In her early years she remembers her father taking the family to the famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, where she got her first taste of professional theater. She decided to follow her father’s advice to “do what you love”, so after graduating from high school, Laura attended Northwestern University where she earned a degree in theater. Chicago theater followed, including a role at the renowned Goodman Theater, playing opposite John Malkovich in A Streetcar Named Desire. She continued working in Chicago for four years, eventually heading off to New York City.
She is best known for her role on the television series ER, in which she plays the part of Dr. Kerry Weaver. But audiences saw another side of Laura’s acting skills in the 1998 hit Deep Impact.
Laura is married to David Brisbin. They have two children, Cal [12] and Mia.
FILM/TV CREDITS
- Price of a Broken Heart (99) [TV]
- Can’t Stop Dancing (1999)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- The Louie Show (1996) [TV]
- ER (1994-2000) [TV]
- See Jane Run (1995) [TV]
- Just Like Dad (1995)
- My So-Called Life (1994) [TV]
- Party of Five (1994) [TV]
- The Good Life (1994) [TV]
- Brooklyn Bridge (1991) [TV]
- And the Band Played On (93) [TV]
- Bakersfield P.D. (1993) [TV]
- Torch Song (1993) (TV)
- Telling Secrets (1993) [TV]
- Desperate Rescue… (1992) [TV]
- Brooklyn Bridge (1991) [TV]
- Wings (1990) [TV]
- Jacob Have I Loved (1989) [TV]
- Hey Dude (1989) [TV]
- The Fury (1978)
DIRECTING CREDITS
- ER (2000) [TV]
Noah Wyle Biography
Birth Name: Noah Strausser Speer Wyle
Date of birth (location): 4 June 1971 Hollywood, California, USA
This boyishly handsome dark-haired actor became a television star with his portrayal of John Carter, the sweetly earnest but sometimes bungling young doctor on the hit medical drama “ER” (NBC, 1994- ). A Hollywood native, Noah Wyle (pronounced WY-lee) became interested in acting as a high school student; he acted in and directed a production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit”. Eschewing college, he studied acting with Larry Moss and worked as a busboy to support himself.
Wyle scored his first professional role with a one-line part in the 1990 NBC miniseries “Blind Faith”. The following year, he made his feature debut as the doomed son in a dysfunctional family in “Crooked Hearts”, alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh and Peter Berg. In Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men” (1992), the actor recreated his L.A. stage role as a marine driver who testifies at a court martial, while in Thomas Carter’s “Swing Kids” (1993), he was a leader of the Hitler Youth. Wyle was also part of the ensemble including Rick Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney and Lucy Deakins in the 60s high school drama “There Goes My Baby” (filmed in 1992; released in 1994).
Before landing his star-making role on “ER”, Wyle was cast as Sir Lancelot opposite Sheryl Lee’s “Guinevere” (Lifetime, 1994), a feminist retelling of the Arthurian legend. While fellow “ER” cast members Anthony Edwards, George Clooney and Eriq La Salle have pursued high profile TV and film projects, Wyle has chosen to return to the stage (in the L.A. production of the AIDS-themed “The 24th Day” with Peter Berg) or to play supporting roles in independent features, like “The Myth of Fingerprints” (1997), alongside Roy Scheider and Blythe Danner.
After appearing in a few notable TV movie projects, including a George Clooney-produced remake of “Fail Safe” and essaying Apple computer guru Steve Jobs in the cable pic “The Pirates of Silicon Valley,” Wylie slowly expanded his wings beyond his by-then-familiar role as a TV fixture-as one of the few remaining original “ER” cast members, his rookie Dr. Carter was now a seasoned veteran and the ostensible star of the show-and appeared in small but noticeable parts in a handful of movies, including “Donnie Darko” (2001), “Enough” (2002) and “White Oleander” (2002).
Married to makeup artist Tracy Warbin (6 May 2000 - present). They have a son Owen Strausser Wyle born on November 9, 2002.
Collects baseball cards, antiques and any bric-a-brac pertaining to the Biblical Noah’s Ark.
