Career

Kerr had played the character of Whitney Russell Harris since the shows debut in 1999 and is considered one of its veteran stars. She exited the role of Whitney on September 6, 2007, the second to last day the show aired on National Broadcasting Company but returned for the show"s finale episodes briefly from Mid-July 2008 to early August 2008 in a guest appearance. In 2008, she starred as Tara Thornton in the unaired first pilot of the Home Box Office television series True Blood, and was subsequently replaced by Rutina Wesley for that role.