Ellen Kathleen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1969. She was discovered by a casting director who signed her for an advertisement campaign for L’Oreal. She made her screen debut with NBC’s legal drama Law & Order in 1996. In 2005, she landed her first major role on ABC’s medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. Pompeo has been married to music producer Chris Ivery since 2007.
About Ellen Pompeo in brief
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1969. She was discovered by a casting director who signed her for an advertisement campaign for L’Oreal. She made her screen debut with NBC’s legal drama Law & Order in 1996. In 2002, she was cast in Brad Silberling’s drama Moonlight Mile. In 2005, she landed her first major role on ABC’s medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. Pompeo has been married to music producer Chris Ivery since 2007. The couple have three children together. In addition to her acting career, she has directed two episodes for Grey’s Anatomy and also founded a production company, Calamity Jane. She is the third highest paid female and the fifth highest paid actor overall in 2018 with earnings of USD 23. 6 million. She has been ranked fourth in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes in 2016 and fifth in 2017. She appeared in the comedy Old School, the superhero film Daredevil, the caper film Art Heist, and the comedy drama Life of the Party. Her mother died of an accidental painkiller overdose when Ellen was four. Her father remarried soon after; he died on September 1, 2012.
In 2006, Pompeo said, “I think having my mother die at such a very young age – when she was 39 – I appreciate life so much.” She has five older siblings: three sisters and two brothers. She was nicknamed ‘the pencil’ and ‘stracciatella’ by friends and family. She has a daughter with actor Matthew Broderick, and a son with actor John Cusack, who is also an actor. She also has two step-daughters with actor Tom Hanks and a step-daughter with actor Jason Priestley, who has appeared in a number of films with her, including the biographical crime drama Catch Me You and the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. She had a role in the film Old School as the love interest of Luke Wilson’s ex-girlfriend, Naomi Carrey. She portrayed Jim Carrey’s love interest, Naomi, in the 2004 film Eternal Spotless. She played the title character, Meredith Grey, on the pilot episode of the fictional series Grace at Seattle Hospital, created by Shonda Rhimes, in 2005. She starred in the movie Old School in 2003, and the movie Daredevil in 2003. She appears in the TV series Grace and Grace, which is based on the book of the same name.
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