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Ellen Pompeo Profile |
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Birth Date: November 10, 1969
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Birth Place: Everett, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth Name: Ellen Pompeo
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
The bright-eyed Pompeo was born on November 10, 1969 in
Everett, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston). Relatively
speaking, Ellen established herself in acting late, making
her major television debut at the age of 26 on an episode of
Law & Order.
Three years later, two short films bookended her first
appearance on film, where she was cast in a small role in
the coming-of-age movie Coming Soon. In 2000, Pompeo saw a
dramatic jump in her face-time on camera as she headlined
with Molly Ringwald in the comedy In the Weeds.
Two years later, Pompeo really made a name for herself as
she, surrounded by stars Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon,
churned out her best performance yet in the romantic drama
Moonlight Mile. Many thought she should have been nominated
for an Oscar for her career-defining role, and she continued
to knock 'em dead as Leonardo DiCaprio's lover in Catch Me
if You Can and as Ben Affleck's legal assistant in
Daredevil.
Pompeo followed up Daredevil with the hilarious Old School
and, after taking a lead role in Hank Azaria's short
Nobody's Perfect, she was cast in ABC's new medical drama,
Grey's Anatomy. Playing protagonist Dr. Meredith Grey,
Pompeo helped Grey's become one of television's most-watched
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Other
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Is a native of Boston
Had another scene in Daredevil (2003) as Matt Murdock's (Ben
Affleck) secretary Karen Page, but it was deleted from the
theatrical version of the film.
Before Grey's Anatomy, she auditioned for a television pilot
called Secret Service. That show was not picked up by any
television network.
She is the youngest of 6 - she has 5 siblings who are all at
least 8 years older than her.
Suffers from asthma.
Her mother died when she was only 4 years old. |
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