Born near Boston Nov. 10, 1969, Ellen Pompeo -- the youngest in a brood of six --- was working as a New York City bartender when a talent agent tapped her to appear in commercials. A string of minor television roles followed on shows such as "Strangers with Candy" (1999) and "Law & Order" (2000), and her big-screen breakthrough came playing Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend in Moonlight Mile (2002).After small parts in Catch Me If You Can (2002, with Leonardo DiCaprio) and Daredevil (2003), Pompeo found a larger audience portraying Luke Wilson's love interest in the campus comedy Old School (2003) and as a guest star on the final season of "Friends."
But Pompeo cemented her fan base with her turn as titular heroine Dr. Meredith Grey in the hit series "Grey's Anatomy," a part that netted the actress a Golden Globe nod. Pompeo's later cinematic roles include 2005's Life of the Party.
Grey's AnatomyEllen Pompeo stars in this Emmy-winning medical drama as Dr. Meredith Grey, a young surgical intern (and eventual resident) who's caught up in a swirl of personal and professional passions with fellow doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital. Patrick Dempsey co-stars as Grey's initial object of obsession,... Read More
Life of the PartyAfter surviving a car crash, 30-something Michael (Eion Bailey) faces another shocking event: an intervention staged by concerned friends. Michael's drinking is out of control and his wife (Ellen Pompeo) is set to leave him. But the intervention hardly goes as planned, disintegrating instead into an... Read More
Art HeistNew York City art expert Sandra Walker (Ellen Pompeo) heads to Spain to track down a stolen masterpiece in this thriller. Sandra teams with her ex-lover to hunt for a painting that disappeared from a Barcelona museum, but the investigation turns dangerous when clues lead them to a ruthless mobster.... Read More
Grey's Anatomy (2005) | TV-14 | |
Life of the Party (2005) | R | |
Art Heist (2004) | R | |
Old School (2003) | NR | |
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NR | ||
PG-13 | ||
Moonlight Mile (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Job: The Complete Series (2001) | NR | |
In the Weeds (2000) | R | |
Strong Medicine: Season 1 (2000) | NR | |
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