Ellen Pompeo
Birthday: 10 November 1969, Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Name: Ellen Kathleen Pompeo
Height: 168 cm
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts, to Kathleen B. (O'Keefe) and Joseph E. Pompeo, a salesman. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and some English, an ...Show More
I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, Show more
I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal. Hide
On her character Meredith Grey - 'She's smart enough to make her way through medical school but she Show more
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.' Hide
"It was the best thing that happened to me all week - to say the very least...I was so flattered. I Show more
"It was the best thing that happened to me all week - to say the very least...I was so flattered. I thanked him and told him how much I hoped we would have a chance to work together one day." - talking about when she was complimented by actor Jake Gyllenhaal shortly after arriving in Hollywood. Just three weeks later, she was working with him on Moonlight Mile (2002)!! Hide
Ellen Pompeo's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (73)
Ellen Pompeo'S roles
Missy Goldberg
Dr. Meredith Grey
Karen Page
Dr. Meredith Grey
Nicole
