Alex
Arizona
Callie
Cristina
Derek
Izzie
Lexie
Mark
Meredith
Miranda
Owen
Richard
Meredith Grey
ELLEN POMPEO
POSITION:
Resident
STRENGTHS:
Intelligent; compassionate; hard-working; has good medical instincts and a natural flair for medicine.
WEAKNESSES:
Oftentimes outspoken; easily distracted; indecisive.
Meredith SAYS
There is no other day. Every day is like this. Every day is a crisis. I love you and I want to marry you today, but there is no time.
Next Quote-
Lexie Grey
to Meredith:"I know he's not your dad. But you have his blood and I don't, so please, give me my dad."
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Cristina Yang
to Meredith:"Can't you go to the chief and use your dead mommy connections?"
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Miranda Bailey
to Meredith:"I had five interns. Four of you have been on this table. One of you has cancer, one of you died. You better not pull anything funny on me, Grey."
CHARACTER BIO
LIKES:
Derek Shepherd; scrubbing in; ice cream; tequila
DISLIKES:
Estranged wives; complicated relationships; sharing her house (sometimes)
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS:
Even though relationships were never Meredith's strong point, the young resident has recently made great strides in her love life. She finally married her one true love, Derek Shepherd—on a Post-it, but still a marriage nonetheless.
Considered "royally inbred" by the other interns, Meredith is the daughter of renowned surgeon, Dr. Ellis Grey, who recently passed away. Meredith continues to work on a relationship with her long lost father, Thatcher Grey and her newfound half-sister, Dr. Lexie Grey.
OTHER:
Thanks to her last name, Meredith has a lot of high expectations and responsibility riding on her shoulders. Even though she technically didn’t get credit for the invention of “The Shepherd Method,” Meredith played a big part in the technique’s development.
ACTOR BIO
Aside from her starring role on Grey's Anatomy, we like to remember Ellen Pompeo as the only non-beer-chugging character on the wildly successful Old School—where she held her own on the big screen alongside comedy heavyweights McHottie Luke Wilson, McDashing Vince Vaughn and McWitty Will Ferrell.
Her ever-so-popular portrayal of Meredith Grey earned Pompeo a Golden Globe nomination in 2007 and countless—perhaps fanatical—fans. 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 the McScrumptious Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon. She went on to star in the wildly successful Old School as wall as in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, opposite the McSexy Leonardo DiCaprio.
Prior to Moonlight Mile, Pompeo had starred in several independent features, including In the Weeds and Coming Soon.
GET TO KNOW THE CHARACTERS
WHAT'S MEREDITH UP TO?
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Good Mourning; Goodbye
September 24, 2009Meredith buries her grief in work and sex with Derek, but when George's locker is cleaned out, she breaks down.
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Now or Never
May 15, 2009Meredith and Derek don't have time for City Hall, so they get married (sort of), on a Post-It note!
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What a Difference a Day Makes
May 08, 2009Meredith gets her first solo surgery, making the Chief proud. Then she gives her wedding to Alex and Izzie!
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No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance)
May 01, 2009Mer and the Chief's relationship begins to mend when he apologizes for not defending her when she was a girl.