Sherry Lea Stringfield 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 ...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Movies
The Shunning, The Stepfather, Autumn in New York, The Confession, Who Is Clark Rockefeller?, Born to Race, 54, The Dog Lover, Burnzy's Last Call, Company Town, Going Home, Forfeit, A Very Brave Witch ... and More Great Halloween Stories for Kids!, Back
TV Shows
Guiding Light, ER, Tell Me You Love Me, NYPD Blue
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I was really wild back then [in high school], and theater just allowed me to sing, dance, jump and run around the stage playing all kinds of characters. It was like playtime. You were creating something, and there was a result that other people could enjoy.
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According to Steven Bochco, Sherry asked the producers to release her from her contract for NYPD Blue (1993) after the first season because she said she was not enjoying being a TV actress and wanted to return to New York. Less than a week after being let out of the contract, she was hired as a regular cast member for the new TV series ER (1994).
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Graduated from Klein High School in Spring, Texas.
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Spent a year traveling through Europe.
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She appeared in a 1997 "Got Milk?" ad in which she stated that she is lactose-intolerant.
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Her paternal grandmother is from Sweden.
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Was voted one of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" by readers of FHM Magazine (1997)
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She gave birth to 8-pound, 4-ounce Milo, her second child with then-husband Larry E. Joseph on 12 April 2004.
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Is the only cast member to leave and return to ER (1994). Ming-Na Wen had a recurring role in season 1 but came back in season 6.
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Daughter, Phoebe, born with then-husband Larry E. Joseph. [March 2001]
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Stringfield has negotiated a deal with Warner Brothers to return to ER (1994) for 3 more seasons. [June 2001]
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Graduated from Klein High School in Klein, Texas (just outside of Houston), and is remembered for "streaking" the Nation Honor Society induction meeting.
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Enjoys skiing, motorcycle riding, reading and traveling.
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Reported to be quitting ER (1994) to spend more time with boyfriend. Will not be acting again in the near future. [November 1996]
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The man she married, journalist Larry E. Joseph, is not the man she left ER (1994) for.
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Has taught acting at the State University of New York.
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