Birth Name : Ellen Kathleen Pompeo
Date of Birth : 10 November 1969, Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Height : 5' 5¾" (1.67 m)
Occupation : Actress
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (born on November 10, 1969) is an American actress, mostly known as Meredith Grey on the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy.
She was born in Everett, Massachusetts and has three sisters and two brothers. She served cocktails in Miami, for two years. In Miami she met photographer Andrew Rosenthal and they were romantically involved for some time. While bar-tending at the SoHo Bar & Grill, New York City in 1996, she was approached by an agent to appear in commercials. She did commercials for L’Oreal and Citibank. Her acting career began with small roles on such television shows as Friends, Strangers with Candy and Law & Order
Pompeo’s next high-profile project was Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can” (2002) In it, Pompeo played one of the long string of women that Frank Abagnole (Leonardo DiCaprio) cons, loves, and leaves. On a roll, Pompeo landed a short-but-sweet part in big-screen adaptation based on the Marvel Comics icon “Daredevil” (2002) as Karen Page, the loyal secretary of Daredevil’s alter ego, a.k.a. Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck). Unfortunately for Pompeo, the sweet role wound up to be more short than sweet: Finding that the Karen-Matt subplot of unrequited love detracted from the primary romance between Daredevil and Electra (Jennifer Garner), most of Pompeo’s scenes were left on the cutting room floor.
Pompeo also appeared in a string of lower profile projects, including the little-seen thriller “Undermind” (2003) and the poorly conceived Spanish-made action film “Art Heist” (2004) opposite Daniel Baldwin, as well as the comedy short “Nobody’s Perfect” (2004), directed, co-written and starring Hank Azaria. She also has a guest stint on an episode of the final season of “Friends” in 2004.
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