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Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Meredith Grey, the title character on the ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1969) · television actor · film actor · actor · podcaster · television producer · also Ellen Pompeo, Ellen Kathleen Pompeo, Pompeo
Born 10 November 1969 · Q215849
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2026· 4 entries
The Movie Blog: Jodie Whittaker Joins Ellen Pompeo in Hulu Dramedy Series Chicks
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Yahoo: Ellen Pompeo Embraces Eric Dane’s Widow Rebecca Gayheart After West Hollywood Dinner
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Us Weekly: Ellen Pompeo Is Absent in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 23 Cast Photo After Joining New Show
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2025· 5 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2025).
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New York Post: Ellen Pompeo was stopped at TSA for fancy sunflower seeds — here are the rules for food in carry-on luggage
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New York Post: Ellen Pompeo calls out ‘really s–ty’ streaming residuals for ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ cast
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Yahoo: Ellen Pompeo Reveals ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scene Stopped Daughter’s Binge
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UPI: Ellen Pompeo plans to 'always pop in and out' of 'Grey's Anatomy'
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Disney Legends (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Pompeo told Patrick Dempsey on her podcast Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo that she remembered having an intense fight with actor Denzel Washington
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2019· 1 entry
Appeared as a guest judge on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
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2016· 2 entries
Bringing in $14 million, a 32% increase in the earnings from 2015
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Was ranked fourth in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes, with earnings of $14
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2015· 1 entry
In the Forbes list, with the earnings of $11
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2012· 1 entry
“I think having my mother die at such a very young age—when she was 39—[made me] appreciate life so much.”
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2011· 2 entries
Deadline Hollywood reported that Pompeo had launched her own production company called Calamity Jane which sold its first project to ABC, an untitled show about female agents on the Secretary of State's security detail
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That increased her salary to US$200,000 per episode; she was subsequently named the eighth highest-paid TV actress in 2012, earning $9 million
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2007· 6 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2007).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2007).
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With New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the legal witness to the ceremony
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Said that she was worried about the young girls who look up to her: "I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do
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Pompeo and the female cast and crew of Grey's Anatomy received the Women in Film Lucy Award, which honors those "whose work in television has positively influenced attitudes toward women
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Pompeo was honored by the National Italian American Foundation for her achievement in entertainment at a black-tie gala in Washington, D
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series (2006).
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Pompeo said, "I think having my mother die at such a very young age—when she was 39—[made me] appreciate life so much
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2005· 3 entries
Season 19 of the show marked the first time the star had a scaled back role on the television series
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And was well received by television critics
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On the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, created by Shonda Rhimes
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2002· 3 entries
Pompeo appeared in the biographical crime drama film Catch Me If You Can; and in 2003, she appeared in Old School as Luke Wilson's love interest
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When she was noticed for her role in Brad Silberling's romantic drama Moonlight Mile
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Pompeo was selected by director Brad Silberling for a lead role in his film Moonlight Mile, playing Jake Gyllenhaal's character's sympathetic love interest
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2000· 1 entry
And then guest-starred on Strangers with Candy, Strong Medicine, and Friends
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1999· 1 entry
With the romantic comedy Coming Soon, and played minor roles in films like In the Weeds and Mambo Café but found little initial success
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1996· 1 entry
By guest-starring in the NBC legal police drama Law & Order
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1995· 1 entry
Where she was approached by a casting director to appear in ads for Citibank and L'Oreal
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-11-10.
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