In case you hadn’t realised, Ellen Pompeo is in it for the long haul when it comes to Grey’s Anatomy.
Main cast members such as Sandra Oh, Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane have come and gone, but Ellen, 55, has remained an integral part of the show since its inception in 2005.
Over the past 20 years, Ellen is just one of three main cast members to have appeared in each of the series’ 21 seasons as well as Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) and James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber).
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Speaking to El Pais, Ellen debunked claims once and for all that she would be leaving Grey’s Anatomy in the near future, admitting: ‘That would make no sense, emotionally or financially.’
‘The show was streamed more than a billion times in 2024. More than a billion times. The companies that own the show and stream the show make a lot of money from our images and our voices and our faces.’
‘If I were to walk away completely, everybody gets to make money from my hard work for 20 years and I wouldn’t make any money,’ Ellen, who plays Meredith Grey in the popular TV show, continued.
‘To me, it doesn’t make any sense that everybody [else] gets to profit off of my hard work. And emotionally, the show means a lot to people. I want to have an attitude of gratitude toward the show.’
While she has no intention of hanging her stethoscope up, Ellen has taken a step back from having a main role to having a recurring role in recent times.
In case you hadn’t realised, Ellen Pompeo is in it for the long haul when it comes to Grey’s Anatomy.
Main cast members such as Sandra Oh, Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane have come and gone, but Ellen, 55, has remained an integral part of the show since its inception in 2005.
Over the past 20 years, Ellen is just one of three main cast members to have appeared in each of the series’ 21 seasons as well as Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) and James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber).
Pic: Jessica Brooks/ABC/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Speaking to El Pais, Ellen debunked claims once and for all that she would be leaving Grey’s Anatomy in the near future, admitting: ‘That would make no sense, emotionally or financially.’
‘The show was streamed more than a billion times in 2024. More than a billion times. The companies that own the show and stream the show make a lot of money from our images and our voices and our faces.’
‘If I were to walk away completely, everybody gets to make money from my hard work for 20 years and I wouldn’t make any money,’ Ellen, who plays Meredith Grey in the popular TV show, continued.
‘To me, it doesn’t make any sense that everybody [else] gets to profit off of my hard work. And emotionally, the show means a lot to people. I want to have an attitude of gratitude toward the show.’
While she has no intention of hanging her stethoscope up, Ellen has taken a step back from having a main role to having a recurring role in recent times.
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Ellen plays one half of an American couple who adopt a young girl with dwarfism. Though things start off all rainbows and butterflies, they take a turn when they have overwhelmingly unsettling doubts about the true nature of their adopted daughter.
The official logline of Good American Family, which is available to stream on Disney+, reads: ‘Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma, this compelling drama is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopt a girl with a rare form of dwarfism.’
‘But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is,’ it continues.
‘As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom.’
