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Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American television and film actor, as well as a podcaster. Born on November 10, 1969, in Everett, Massachusetts, she is a citizen of the United States. Her professional career began in 1995, and she is associated with the work *Grey's Anatomy*.
Pompeo has received several accolades, including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She has also been recognized with a Disney Legends award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She is a practicing Catholic and Christian. Pompeo speaks English and has three children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Grey's anatomy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (born November 10, 1969) is an American actress, best known for playing the series protagonist, Meredith Grey, on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. One of the world's highest paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple appearances on the Forbes’ year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.
Known for
- Good American Family — Kristine Barnett2025
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Roll Up Your Sleeves — Self2021
- This Changes Everything — Self2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- Station 19 — Dr. Meredith Grey2018
- Quotidien — Self - Guest2016
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Meredith Grey2014
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 64
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ellen+Pompeo">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,656x
- Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
· 2005 · cited 15,590x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,309x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ellen Kathleen Pompeo , ( 1969-11-10 ) November 10, 1969 (age 56) , Everett, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress producer
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Spouse
- Chris Ivery ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Meredith Grey, the title character on the long-running ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has made multiple appearances on Forbes's year-end lists.
Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to Miami and then New York City, where a casting director discovered her and signed her for an ad campaign for L'Oreal. She made her screen debut with NBC's legal drama Law & Order, then guest-starred in other television shows, including the comedy Strangers with Candy, the medical drama Strong Medicine and the sitcom Friends. She made her feature film debut in 1999 with the romantic comedy Coming Soon, and went on to play minor roles in films like In the Weeds and Mambo Café but found little initial success. A turning point came in her career in 2002, when she was noticed for her role in Brad Silberling's romantic drama Moonlight Mile.
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