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I loved Ellen Pompeo/Meredith Grey from the first episode, when she dismissed the future Dr. McDreamy from her home on the first day of her surgical internship.

Meredith Grey is one of those characters I can relate to — confident but not; unsure but sure; a reasonably good friend, but not a very good girlfriend.

Rumor has it that she and McDreamy will be very McSerious about their relationship next season. I kind of hope so, but it might not be any fun for viewers if their isn’t a little drama in the MerDer relationship…

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Bio
According to her abc.com bio, Ellen Pompeo received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama at the 2007 Golden Globe Awards.

Along with her fellow “Grey’s Anatomy” cast members, she also received the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Drama.

A Boston native, Pompeo made her major studio film debut in Brad Silberling’s “Moonlight Mile,” alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon. She went on to star opposite Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in the wildly successful “Old School” and in Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can,” opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

Prior to “Moonlight Mile,” Pompeo had starred in several independent features, including “In the Weeds” and “Coming Soon.”

She also appeared on an episode of “Friends,” as a college mate of Ross and Chandler.

Trivia

• Had a scene in Daredevil (2003) as Matt Murdock’s (Ben Affleck) secretary Karen Page, but it was deleted from the theatrical version of the film.
• Before “Grey’s Anatomy” (2005), she auditioned for a television pilot called “Secret Service.” That show was not picked up by any television network.
• She is the youngest of 6 - she has 5 siblings who are all at least 8 years older than her.
• Suffers from asthma.
• Her mother died when she was only 4 years old. Her father is Joseph Pompeo, a salesman.
• Had a part in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), which was deleted from the final cut.
• Wed fiancé Christopher Ivery in a civil ceremony in New York City on November 9, 2007. The only people in attendance were Mayor Michael Bloomberg and First Deputy Mayor Patti Harris, who served as witnesses to the ceremony.

Quotable:
On her character Meredith Grey – “She’s smart enough to make her way through medical school but she can’t figure out that she can’t sleep with strangers all the time.”

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