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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1989–present


Name
  
Sherry Stringfield

Role
  
Actress

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Full Name
  
Sherry Lea Stringfield

Born
  
June 24, 1967 (age 56) (
1967-06-24
)

Spouse
  
Larry Joseph (m. 1998–2006)

Education
  
State University of New York at Purchase

Residence
  
Los Angeles, California, United States

Children
  
Phoebe Joseph, Milo Joseph

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
Eriq La Salle, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies

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Sherry Lea Stringfield (born June 24, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Susan Lewis on the NBC medical drama ER, a role for which she received three Emmy Award nominations. Stringfield was a member of ER's original cast, but she quit the show during its third season, despite being contractually tied to appear in five. She returned to the role in 2001, and quit once again in 2005. She is also known for her regular roles on NYPD Blue and Guiding Light.

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She has acted mainly on television, but she has also played various parts in films.

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Early life

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The eldest of three children, Stringfield was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her family briefly relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, before settling in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, where Stringfield grew up.

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She developed a penchant for acting while attending Klein High School, where she starred in various musicals and plays including Oklahoma, Mother Courage, and Fiddler on the Roof. At 18 she attended the Acting Conservatory of SUNY at Purchase — rooming with fellow actress and student Parker Posey. During that time, she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions and learned to control and alter her Texan accent with the help of a college speech teacher. Stringfield graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.

Early career

She got her first role on the CBS Daytime soap opera Guiding Light, playing Christina "Blake" Thorpe from 1989 until 1992. After three years she left the show to spend a year traveling Europe, but soon returned to television on the ABC drama, NYPD Blue. She played Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Laura Kelly, the ex-wife of officer John Kelly (David Caruso) during the first season (1993–94) of the series. Unsatisfied, she was released early from her contract.

ER

Stringfield became one of the original cast members of NBC's medical drama, ER. Her personal success mirrored the show's success — she was nominated for an Emmy Award for lead actress during each of her first three seasons of the show. Stringfield was contractually tied to appear in five seasons of ER; however, a desire for a "normal life" and to escape ER's grueling filming schedule prompted her to leave the drama early in its third season. In order to be released from her contract, Stringfield was forced to sign a no-work agreement, which blocked her from working on television for the remainder of her original contract. Stringfield's decision to quit reportedly angered the show's executive producer, John Wells, because she left just as Dr. Lewis got embroiled in a budding romance with Anthony Edwards' Dr. Mark Greene. Stringfield has commented: "I wouldn't describe the situation as pleasant. The producers were in shock. They tried to talk me out of it. It took a long time to get out of my contract."

Stringfield's much publicised departure reportedly "sent a small shock wave through Hollywood" and her exit episode in November 1996 attracted 37 million viewers, the biggest night of the season for the NBC network. Stringfield quit just as television executive Dick Robertson was closing a deal that guaranteed the ER cast millions in future earnings from sales to cable and syndication, meaning she effectively "walked away from a fortune."

Stringfield claims she was asked to reprise the role of Susan Lewis in ER several times, but turned each offer down. However, following the birth of her daughter, she approached the producers of ER and then rejoined the cast in 2001, the show's eighth season. "I changed my mind," Stringfield commented, "I really want to work now. It just made sense for me to go back to ER." 26.7 million people watched Stringfield's return, placing the show at first place in the ratings. During her second stint in ER, Stringfield's character was featured in a special 'crossover' with NBC's New York City based police drama, Third Watch, which aired in 2002. She remained in the role for four additional seasons, however in August 2005, Stringfield announced that she would be leaving the show again as the 12th season came underway. "I am extremely grateful for the time I spent on ER," Stringfield explained. "It is a wonderful show, and there are so many people I will miss. But I'm ready for new roles and new challenges." In 2009, Stringfield returned to ER for the series finale "And in the End...".

Other work

After leaving ER in 1996, Stringfield taught a script analysis class and directed several plays at her alma mater. She took roles in films such as 54 (1998) and Autumn in New York (2000) and appeared in the television movies Border Line (1999) — produced by her ER co-star Anthony Edwards — and Going Home (2000), in which she starred opposite Jason Robards. She also guest-starred in the CBS drama Touched by an Angel in 1999.

In 2005, Stringfield was cast alongside Michael Michele, Blair Underwood, Esai Morales, Gary Cole and Catherine Bell in the pilot episode of the CBS drama Company Town (created by Elwood Reid; directed by Thomas Carter), playing Angie Amberson, a mother of teenagers and a whistle-blower on the investment firm where she works. Company Town failed to get picked up for the 2006 fall season. The series was produced by Jack Clements and Larry Sanitsky. In 2007 Stringfield starred in the Andrew Shea film Forfeit. She played the role of Karen, the ex-girlfriend of a clinical sociopath who schemes and plots to stage a massive robbery and sets Karen up to take the rap.

In 2007, Stringfield guest-starred as attorney Nora March in the CBS drama Shark. She also played a recurring role in the HBO drama Tell Me You Love Me (previously known as Sexlife), which also aired in 2007. In 2009, she appeared in The Stepfather, a remake of the 1987 American thriller film of the same name.

She appeared in an episode of the USA Network drama In Plain Sight. Stringfield also guest-starred on Law & Order in late 2008 as a ruthless court clerk and Michael Cutter's love interest. She most recently played Mary Jane Porter, an old girlfriend of Larry David's who runs into and then goes on a date with him in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that aired on October 11, 2009.

In 2010, Stringfield appeared in Who Is Clark Rockefeller? playing the role of Sandra Boss.

In addition to acting, Stringfield has done voice-over work, including the voice of Eyeleen in the children's television show Blue's Clues and voicing her ER character for the PC game ER: The Game. Stringfield was also featured in the U.S. Got Milk? advertising campaign, despite being lactose intolerant.

In 2012, Stringfield starred in The Confession, a Hallmark Channel movie and a sequel to The Shunning.

In November 2013, Stringfield guest-starred in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season 14: episode 8 titled "Helpless", playing swing shift CSI Dawn Banks. In 2014, Stringfield played a recurring role on the CBS mystery Under the Dome during its second season.

Recently(2017), Stringfield has appeared on Criminal Minds spinoff, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as the wife of Gary Sinise's character, Jack Garrett.

Awards/nominations

In 1991 and 1993, Stringfield was nominated in the "Outstanding Villain/Villainess" category at the Soap Opera Digest Awards for her role in Guiding Light. She has also received multiple awards and award-nominations for her role as Susan Lewis in ER, including three separate Emmy Award nominations in the category "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1995 she was nominated in the category "Favorite Female Performer" at the People's Choice Awards and in 1995 and 1996 she was nominated in the "Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series -Drama" category at the Golden Globe Awards.

In 1996, she won a Q Award for "Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series" and in 1997 she, along with several of her ER cast-mates, won a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series". In addition Stringfield was voted one of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" by readers of FHM Magazine in 1997.

Personal life

In the early 1990s Stringfield dated British businessman Paul Goldstein (chairman of Nevica skiwear) for nearly three years, but the pressures of a long-distance romance eventually ended the relationship.

Stringfield married journalist Larry E. Joseph in October 1998. They have two children: their daughter, Phoebe (born March 2001) and son Milo (born April 2004). Stringfield and Joseph divorced in January 2006 after seven years of marriage. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Actress
2016
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) as
Karen Garrett
- The Ripper of Riga (2017) - Karen Garrett
- Pankration (2017) - Karen Garrett
- Lost Souls (2017) - Karen Garrett
- Paper Orphans (2016) - Karen Garrett
2016
The Dog Lover as
Jackie McConnell
2015
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (Documentary) as
Sara Northrup (voice)
2014
Under the Dome (TV Series) as
Pauline Rennie
- Go Now (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Turn (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Black Ice (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- The Fall (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- The Red Door (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Awakening (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Going Home (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Force Majeure (2014) - Pauline Rennie
- Heads Will Roll (2014) - Pauline Rennie
2014
Runaway (TV Movie) as
Miranda
2013
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) as
Dawn Banks
- Helpless (2013) - Dawn Banks
2013
The Confession (TV Movie) as
Laura Mayfield Bennett
2012
Hornet's Nest (TV Movie) as
Virginia West
2011
Criminal Behavior (TV Movie) as
Molly Collins
2011
Born to Race (Video) as
Lisa Abrams
2011
The Shunning (TV Movie) as
Laura Mayfield-Bennett
2010
Night and Day (TV Movie) as
Elizabeth Hollister
2010
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (TV Movie) as
Sandra Boss
2009
Back (TV Movie) as
Cheryl Miles-Burke
2009
The Stepfather as
Leah
2009
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) as
Mary Jane Porter
- The Hot Towel (2009) - Mary Jane Porter
1994
ER (TV Series) as
Susan Lewis
- And in the End- (2009) - Susan Lewis
- Cañon City (2005) - Susan Lewis
- The Show Must Go On (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Carter est Amoureux (2005) - Susan Lewis
- You Are Here (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Ruby Redux (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Refusal of Care (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Back in the World (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Here and There (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Alone in a Crowd (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Just as I Am (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Middleman (2005) - Susan Lewis
- The Providers (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Only Connect (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Skin (2005) - Susan Lewis
- Twas the Night (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Shot in the Dark (2004) - Susan Lewis
- White Guy, Dark Hair (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Time of Death (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Intern's Guide to the Galaxy (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Fear (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Try Carter (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Damaged (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- One for the Road (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Drive (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Midnight (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Abby Normal (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Just a Touch (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Where There's Smoke (2004) - Susan Lewis
- The Student (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Forgive and Forget (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Blood Relations (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Impulse Control (2004) - Susan Lewis
- Get Carter (2004) - Susan Lewis
- NICU (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Touch & Go (2004) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Makemba (2003) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Missing (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Freefall (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Death and Taxes (2003) - Susan Lewis
- The Greater Good (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Out of Africa (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Shifts Happen (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Dear Abby (2003) - Susan Lewis
- The Lost (2003) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Now What? (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Kisangani (2003) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- When Night Meets Day (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Foreign Affairs (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Things Change (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Finders Keepers (2003) - Susan Lewis
- The Advocate (2003) - Susan Lewis
- A Thousand Cranes (2003) - Susan Lewis
- A Boy Falling Out of the Sky (2003) - Susan Lewis
- No Strings Attached (2003) - Susan Lewis
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (2003) - Susan Lewis
- A Saint in the City (2003) - Susan Lewis
- A Little Help from My Friends (2003) - Susan Lewis
- Hindsight (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Next of Kin (2002) - Susan Lewis
- First Snowfall (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Tell Me Where It Hurts (2002) - Susan Lewis
- One Can Only Hope (2002) - Susan Lewis
- A Hopeless Wound (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Walk Like a Man (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Insurrection (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Dead Again (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Chaos Theory (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Lockdown (2002) - Susan Lewis
- On the Beach (2002) - Susan Lewis
- The Letter (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Brothers and Sisters (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Orion in the Sky (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Bygones (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Secrets and Lies (2002) - Susan Lewis
- It's All in Your Head (2002) - Susan Lewis
- A Simple Twist of Fate (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Damage Is Done (2002) - Susan Lewis
- A River in Egypt (2002) - Susan Lewis
- Beyond Repair (2002) - Susan Lewis
- I'll Be Home for Christmas (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Quo Vadis? (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain (2001) - Susan Lewis
- If I Should Fall from Grace (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Supplies and Demands (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Start All Over Again (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Never Say Never (2001) - Susan Lewis
- Union Station (1996) - Susan Lewis
- No Brain, No Gain (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Fear of Flying (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Ghosts (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Last Call (1996) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Let the Games Begin (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Doctor Carter, I Presume (1996) - Susan Lewis
- John Carter, M.D. (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Take These Broken Wings (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Fevers of Unknown Origin (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Fire in the Belly (1996) - Susan Lewis
- A Shift in the Night (1996) - Susan Lewis
- The Match Game (1996) - Susan Lewis
- The Healers (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Baby Shower (1996) - Susan Lewis
- The Right Thing (1996) - Susan Lewis
- It's Not Easy Being Greene (1996) - Susan Lewis
- True Lies (1996) - Susan Lewis
- Dead of Winter (1996) - Susan Lewis
- A Miracle Happens Here (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Home (1995) - Susan Lewis
- The Secret Sharer (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Hell and High Water (1995) - Susan Lewis (credit only)
- Days Like This (1995) - Susan Lewis
- And Baby Makes Two (1995) - Susan Lewis
- What Life? (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Do One, Teach One, Kill One (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Summer Run (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Welcome Back Carter! (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Everything Old Is New Again (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Motherhood (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Love Among the Ruins (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Men Plan, God Laughs (1995) - Susan Lewis
- House of Cards (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Full Moon, Saturday Night (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Love's Labor Lost (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Sleepless in Chicago (1995) - Susan Lewis
- The Birthday Party (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Make of Two Hearts (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Feb 5, '95 (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Long Day's Journey (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Luck of the Draw (1995) - Susan Lewis
- Happy New Year (1995) - Susan Lewis
- The Gift (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Blizzard (1994) - Susan Lewis
- ER Confidential (1994) - Susan Lewis
- 9 1/2 Hours (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Another Perfect Day (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Chicago Heat (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Into That Good Night (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Hit and Run (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Going Home (1994) - Susan Lewis
- Day One (1994) - Susan Lewis
- 24 Hours (1994) - Susan Lewis
2008
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Carly
- Zero (2008) - Carly
2008
In Plain Sight (TV Series) as
Marci Allen / Marci Arnstein
- Who Shot Jay Arnstein? (2008) - Marci Allen / Marci Arnstein
2007
Shark (TV Series) as
Nora March
- In Absentia (2007) - Nora March
- Strange Bedfellows (2007) - Nora March
2007
Tell Me You Love Me (TV Series) as
Rita
- Episode #1.9 (2007) - Rita
- Episode #1.8 (2007) - Rita
- Episode #1.7 (2007) - Rita
- Episode #1.6 (2007) - Rita
- Episode #1.3 (2007) - Rita
- Pilot (2007) - Rita
2007
Forfeit as
Karen
2006
Company Town (TV Short) as
Angie Amberson
2005
ER: The Game (Video Game) as
Dr. Susan Lewis (voice)
2002
Third Watch (TV Series) as
Susan Lewis
- Unleashed (2002) - Susan Lewis
2001
Viva Las Nowhere as
Marguerite
2001
Blue's Clues (TV Series) as
Eyeleen
- Magenta Gets Glasses (2001) - Eyeleen (voice)
2000
Autumn in New York as
Sarah
2000
Going Home (TV Movie) as
Katherine Barton
1999
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) as
Major Josie Saunders
- Godspeed (1999) - Major Josie Saunders
1999
Border Line (TV Movie) as
Allison Westlin
1998
54 as
Viv
1995
Burnzy's Last Call as
Jackie
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) as
Laura Michaels Kelly
- Rockin' Robin (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Guns 'n Rosaries (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Good Time Charlie (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Serge the Concierge (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Zeppo Marks Brothers (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Black Men Can Jump (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- A Sudden Fish (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Steroid Roy (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Jumpin' Jack Fleishman (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Abandando Abandoned (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Up on the Roof (1994) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- From Hare to Eternity (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Oscar, Meyer, Weiner (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Ice Follies (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly (credit only)
- Tempest in a C-Cup (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- NYPD Lou (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Personal Foul (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Emission Accomplished (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- True Confessions (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Brown Appetit (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- 4B or Not 4B (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
- Pilot (1993) - Laura Michaels Kelly
1986
Guiding Light (TV Series) as
Blake Thorpe / Blake Spaulding / C. Blake Thorpe / ...
- 5th Street Fire Aftermath (1990) - Blake Thorpe
Soundtrack
1995
ER (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Take These Broken Wings (1996) - (performer: "Blackbird" - uncredited)
- And Baby Makes Two (1995) - (performer: "Blackbird" - uncredited)
Self
2015
The Story Behind (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- ER (2015) - Self
2012
Got Rights? (Short) as
Self
2009
Previously on: E.R. (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2009
Séries express (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.31 (2009) - Self
2007
Your Mommy Kills Animals! (Documentary) as
Self - Actress
2002
Children's Hospital (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- Society (2002) - Self - Narrator
- Pioneers (2002) - Self - Narrator
- Detectives (2002) - Self - Narrator
- Decisions (2002) - Self - Narrator
- Counting the Cost (2002) - Self - Narrator
- Childhood (2002) - Self - Narrator
1998
Nova (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- Night Creatures of the Kalahari (1998) - Self - Narrator
1997
The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Sherry Stringfield/Kenny Rogers/Michael Novacek (1996) - Self - Guest
- Teri Garr/Sherry Stringfield/Branford Marsalis (1995) - Self - Guest
1996
The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1996
The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Accepting Award for Favourite Dramatic Television Series
1996
Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 23 February 1996 (1996) - Self - Guest
1996
53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1995
Great Moments of Discovery (TV Special documentary) as
Self
1995
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) as
Self - Audience
- Anthony Edwards/Foo Fighters (1995) - Self - Audience (uncredited)
1995
The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1995
The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Accepting Award for Favorite Television Dramatic Series / New Dramatic Television Series
1994
The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Accepting Award for Favorite Television Dramatic Series / New Dramatic Television Series

References

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