16 Facts About Stacy Warner

Stacy Warner is a fictional recurring character portrayed by Sela Ward on the medical drama House.

Stacy Warner was in a relationship with Dr Gregory House, when a clotted aneurysm in his right thigh led to an infarction during a game of golf, causing his quadriceps muscle to become necrotic.

Stacy Warner authorized a safer surgical middle-ground procedure by removing just the dead muscle, leaving House with a lesser, but serious, level of pain for the rest of his life.

Stacy Warner becomes the hospital's lawyer, and she and House grow closer together.

Stacy Warner was received mostly positively by critics who considered her arc a "juicy subplot".

Stacy Warner was admitted at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, but went misdiagnosed for three days due to doctors' concerns that he was exhibiting drug-seeking behavior.

Stacy Warner was willing to endure excruciating post-operative pain to retain the use of his leg.

House could not forgive Stacy Warner for making the decision, which caused their relationship to end.

Stacy Warner goes to visit House again in "Three Stories", five years after their break up.

Stacy Warner has married Mark Warner, a high school guidance counselor.

Stacy Warner believes Mark is ill, and wants House to treat him.

Stacy Warner is therefore required to undergo "close monitoring" at the hospital for a while.

Stacy Warner makes a deal with Lisa Cuddy to become the hospital's lawyer during Mark's stay.

However, when Stacy Warner admits that she is willing to leave Mark for House, House rejects her, stating that he cannot make her happy, because he cannot change.

Stacy Warner later appears in the series finale, "Everybody Dies", first as one of House's hallucinations and then again at House's funeral.

David Bianculli of The New York Daily News stated that with the addition of Stacy Warner, House shifted "to the top echelon of today's TV dramas".