List of secondary nurses in ER

This is a partial list of fictional characters in the medical drama ER.

Haleh Adams

Haleh Adams
File:Yvette Freeman as Haleh.jpg
First appearance	September 19, 1994 (Pilot: 24 Hours)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Yvette Freeman
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Gender	Female
Occupation	ER Nurse
Title	Acting Nurse Manager (1997), Nurse Manager (2000–2002), (2007–2009)
Children	Four and a "stepson" named Mookie

Haleh Adams, portrayed by Yvette Freeman, is a nurse in the ER of County General Hospital. She is one of only six characters to appear in every season. Her appearances were less frequent in the 1997–1998 and 1998–1999 seasons, as Freeman was appearing in the sitcom Working. In the 2002 season she returned with a new appearance after losing 120 pounds, but subsequently gained some of the weight back.

Haleh is a confident and skilled nurse who at times displays a motherly disposition to the staff. Not one to be taken for granted or put upon, Haleh stands up for herself; often making her point with a sharp sardonic wit. She has been Nurse manager two times over her 35 years at County^[1]; in 1997 when Carol Hathaway was home following her suspension from the ER and between 2000 and 2002. She has sung at both Christmas and Halloween parties in the ER. Haleh has been fired for short periods twice: during one episode in season 9 ("Finders Keepers"), she was fired for a few hours by chief of the Emergency Room Robert Romano, but returned when Romano learned that nurses had lots of syndicates to protect them. In season 12, the new chief nurse Eve Peyton made Samantha Taggart fire her but she was later rehired when Peyton herself was fired. Though Haleh and Abby were the only two nurses who were given "screen time" during Mark Greene's funeral, part of Lydia can also be seen, standing next to Frank.

Lily Jarvik

Lily Jarvik
First appearance	November 10, 1994 (Episode: 9½ Hours)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Lily Mariye
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Family	Sister
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	Yes

Lily Jarvik is one of only six characters to appear in every season of the show, having made her first appearance in episode 1.08 "9½ Hours". Since then she has proved to be a valuable resource in the County General Emergency Department. She is generally seen in the trauma rooms and keeping the floor running during major incidents. Not much is really known about Lily as she's never been given much of a storyline to truly develop her character.

Lily Jarvik is portrayed by Lily Mariye.

Chuny Márquez

Chuny Márquez
First appearance	May 11, 1995 (Episode: Motherhood)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Laura Cerón
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Gender	Female
Occupation	ER Nurse
Title	Nurse Supervisor
Family	Mother, Father, Brother Julio and four more brothers
Children	no

Ethel "Chuny" Márquez is one of six characters who has been in all seasons of ER. She has often assisted in translating for Spanish-speaking patients. Chuny has had a relationship with Mark Greene in season 3 and with Luka Kovač in season 9. After her relationship with Luka became problematic she complained to Kerry Weaver who almost fired Luka. Later, when Chuny comments on how good Carter looks in black suit, he reminds her about "sexual harassment" complaints against Luka.

It is revealed in season 14 that Chuny's real name is Ethel.

Laura Cerón has appeared in more episodes than any other recurring guest star, and is the only recurring guest star to have appeared in more than 200 episodes. Only main cast members Noah Wyle and Laura Innes appeared in more episodes.

Dawn Archer

Dawn Archer
First appearance	November 2, 2006 (Episode: Heart of the Matter)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Angela Laketa Moore
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Children	Unknown

Dawn Archer has appeared as an ER nurse since season 13. Not much is known about her other than she is originally from New Orleans and was displaced in Hurricane Katrina. During her time on the job, she has developed friendships with fellow nurses Chuny Marquez and Haleh Adams, and to a lesser degree, Sam Taggart.

Wendy Goldman

Wendy Goldman
First appearance	September 19, 1994 (Pilot: 24 Hours)
Last appearance	April 24, 1997 (Episode: Calling Dr Hathaway)
Portrayed by	Vanessa Marquez
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Children	Possible

Wendy Goldman was one of the regular nurses from the first three seasons of ER. Her character had a sweet and innocent demeanour, and frequently featured in comical subplots. Her first episode was in the pilot, "24 Hours", in 1994. Her absence from the show was explained by Kerry Weaver in season 4 when she says that two nurses left and Yosh Takata was hired to replace them. Although her name was never mentioned again after she stopped appearing.

Wendy was portrayed by Vanessa Marquez.

Malik McGrath

Malik McGrath
First appearance	September 19, 1994 (Pilot: 24 Hours)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Deezer D
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Spouse(s)	Single
Children	Unknown

Malik McGrath, along with nurses Haleh, Chuny and Lily, and paramedics Dwight Zadro and Doris Pickman, has appeared in every season since the pilot. He has given the ER some comic relief and appears to be good friends with desk clerks Frank Martin and Jerry Markovic, to whom Malik once played a joke during his birthday surprise party. It's also revealed that he gets very little pay despite his experience and for this does not protest in hours getting cut.

Malik was portrayed by Deezer D.

Chuck Martin

Chuck Martin
First appearance	April 3, 2003 (Episode: Finders Keepers)
Last appearance	May 5, 2005 (Episode: You Are Here)
Portrayed by	Donal Logue
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Occupation	Flight Nurse
Spouse(s)	Susan Lewis (girlfriend)
Children	Cosmo (son)

Chuck Martin was a flight nurse and (later) ex-husband of Dr. Susan Lewis. They met during a trip to Las Vegas, in which they got drunk and later married. After they return to Chicago, they have the marriage annulled, but this did not stop Chuck and Susan from further dating. Chuck was injured in the helicopter crash that killed Dr. Romano and had emergency surgery to remove his spleen. He and Susan later had a baby boy named Cosmo, whom Chuck looked after when Susan was promoted to Chief of Emergency Medicine after Dr. Romano died. When Susan accepted a tenure position at the beginning of season 12, Chuck and his family moved to Iowa. In Sherry Stringfield's return appearance in the series finale, however, Susan mentioned that she was dating again, suggesting that she and Chuck were no longer together.

Chuck was portrayed by Donal Logue.

Conni Oligario

Conni Oligario
First appearance	September 19, 1994 (Pilot: 24 Hours)
Last appearance	October 9, 2003 (Episode: Dear Abby)
Portrayed by	Conni Marie Brazelton
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Spouse(s)	a husband
Children	3 kids

Conni Oligario was a nurse in the ER since the first season in 1994 until 2003 when she was fired during the reign of terror by ER chief Robert Romano in season 10. Conni and fellow nurses Lydia and Yosh had protested their treatment and asked chief nurse Abby Lockhart to talk to him about it. But when Abby was unable to address Romano, the three nurses were replaced and given 90-days suspension. Conni was never seen again in the ER after the suspension, although in Season 12's episode "Blame It On The Rain", Haleh mentions she's covering for Conni.

Conni Olgario was portrayed by Conni Marie Brazelton.

Eve Peyton

Eve Peyton, Ph.D.
First appearance	October 6, 2005 (Episode: Man with No Name)
Last appearance	December 8, 2005 (Episode: All About Christmas Eve)
Portrayed by	Kristen Johnston
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Occupation	ER Nurse Manager
Title	Nurse Manager, Ph.D.

Eve Peyton, Ph.D., served briefly as chief nurse in the ER. Her abrasive and unpleasant personality became especially clear when she forced Samantha Taggart to fire Haleh. Eventually, Eve herself was fired on Christmas Eve for punching a drunk patient. She has the skills of a doctor in medicine but, does not hold a license to practice as one. An example of this is when she shows to have more knowledge of drugs, procedures, and emergent medical care than most residents and students. She has also been better at performing emergency procedures than most residents and medical students. She also enforces most physicians and senior nurses to teach inexperienced hospital doctors, students, and nurses. Aside from being a competent nurse she has an aggressive and abusive behavior towards most if not all of her working ER nurse staff.

Eve was portrayed by Kristen Johnston.

Shirley

Shirley
First appearance	January 5, 1995 (Episode:Happy New Year)
Last appearance	February 19, 2009 (Episode: The Beginning of the End)
Portrayed by	Dinah Lenney
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Surgical Nurse
Title	OR Charge Nurse

Shirley is a female surgery nurse usually seen bursting through the doors of rooms to inform a staff member of County General. She is also usually seen talking to people informing them of the information at the surgical level front desk about whatever info she has received from the hospital doctors. Being a surgery nurse she is rarely seen down in the ER or Trauma rooms, but more in the OR so, in terms she is usually seen working with doctors such as Elizabeth Corday or Peter Benton rather than doctors such as John Carter or Kerry Weaver and other staff nurses such as Chuny or Haleh.

Yosh Takata

Yosh Takata
First appearance	November 20, 1997 (Episode: Freak Show)
Last appearance	October 9, 2003 (Episode: Dear Abby)
Portrayed by	Gedde Watanabe
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Occupation	ER Nurse

Yosh Takata was the second male nurse to be introduced in the series, after Malik McGrath. He is Japanese and gay, and a convert to Judaism. He was hired the same day that Jeanie Boulet was about to be fired by Kerry Weaver because of the budget. When Jeanie discovered that Yosh was hired, she doubted whether it was really budget issues that led to her lay off. Along with Connie and Lydia, Yosh was laid off by Dr Romano during the hospital staffing cuts of season 10. Yosh did not return.

Yosh was portrayed by Gedde Watanabe.

Lydia Wright

Lydia Wright-Grabarsky
First appearance	September 19, 1994 (Pilot: 24 Hours)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Ellen Crawford
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Occupation	ER Nurse
Title	Senior ER Nurse
Spouse(s)	Al Grabarsky (husband) Earl (ex-husband)
Children	Yes

Lydia Wright-Grabarsky was the second character to be introduced in the pilot episode of the ER. In the pilot episode, we can see in final credits that her surname is Woodward. She is seen waking up Mark Greene. She was a very experienced nurse and had developed some remarkable skills, including the ability to very accurately diagnose a patient's blood alcohol level simply from smelling their breath.

She gets married to officer Alfred Grabarsky in season 3. They get married in the Emergency departments waiting area. Lydia appears for the next-to-last time in 2003 when Dr Romano decides to cut senior nurses for cheaper labor. Lydia, along with Connie and Yosh were fired after protesting their reduced schedules.

Lydia returned in the 2009 series finale. She is again working at County and wakes Archie Morris as she did Mark Greene in the pilot episode. She explains that she has been working nights so she can babysit her grandchildren.

Lydia was portrayed by Ellen Crawford.

Other nurses

This is a partial list of other nurses and the actors that have portrayed them as well as the year(s) in which they participated in the series.

• Kit (ICU nurse), portrayed by Bellina Logan (1996–2003, 2008)
• Jacy (Surgery nurse), portrayed by Nadia Shazana (1996–2003,2008)
• Rhonda Sterling (Temporary ER nurse), portrayed by Jenny O'Hara (1996)
• Dori (ER nurse), portrayed by Kyle Richards (1998–2006)
• Severa (ER nurse), portrayed by Liza Del Mundo (2003–2004)
• Inez (ER nurse), portrayed by April L. Hernandez (2005–2006)
• Ben Parker (ER nurse), portrayed by Kip Pardue (2006–2007)
• Suri (ER nurse), portrayed by Nasim Pedrad (2007–2009)
• Marisol (Surgery nurse), portrayed by Mónica Guzmán (2008–2009)
• Robert Stephen (Home nurse)

References

1. ^ Stated in episode 14 of season 1, that Haleh has been at County for at that time, 20 years.