Sherry Stringfield

In 1996, Sherry was nicknamed "The Goodbye Girl" by people in Hollywood because of her leaving numerous popular TV shows.

While attending the State University of New York at Purchase, Sherry roomed with Parker Posey.

Sherry's return to ER in 2001 was inspired by the birth of her daughter. The experience was very moving, and made her wish she had been an obstetrician. Rather than go to med school and become a doctor, she did the next best thing; made a few phone calls to her old friends at ER and sealed a deal to play one on TV.

Sherry has walked away from four high-profile acting gigs: she left her leading role as Christina "Blake" Thorpe on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1992 to travel in Europe; she left NYPD Blue in 1994 after one season because she felt her character, a Manhattan D.A. and bitter ex-wife, had run its course; she left ER in November 1996 to spend more time with her New York boyfriend; and she left ER a second time in September 2006 to pursue other roles.

Sherry famously left ER in November of 1996 to move back to New York and spend more time with her boyfriend, investment banker Odell Lambroza. Ironically, they broke up the following year.

Sherry married Larry Joseph in October of 1998. They divorced in January of 2006. They have two children together: daughter Phoebe, born in March 2001; and son Milo, born April 12, 2004.

In 2005, Sherry quit ER for the second time (the first time was in 1996), making her final appearance in the Season 12 premiere episode "Cañon City." She left to pursue new roles and new challenges.

After leaving ER in 1996, she taught acting at SUNY Purchase, her alma mater.

Sherry auditioned for the role of Alison Parker on Melrose Place, as did her former ER co-star Julianna Margulies.

Sherry was one of three ER cast members to leave and later return to the series, the other two being Ming-Na (Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen) and Abraham Benrubi (Jerry Markovic). Sherry and Ming-Na both left the show a second time.