Ellen Pompeo is an American actress better known for her role as the troubled Dr. Meredith Grey from the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Before Grey's, Pompeo worked on films such as Old School, Daredevil and Moonlight Mile with Jake Gyllenhaal.

People Magazine reported on April 19, 2009, that Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery are expecting their first child together.People: Ellen Pompeo Is Pregnant (April 19, 2009)

Grey's Anatomy is a medical drama about the residents of Seattle Grace Hospital. It follows Pompeo's character, Meredith Grey, as she settles in, falls in love and develops friendships with the other interns.

On November 9, 2007, Pompeo married long time boyfriend and record producer Chris Ivery in New York City. Pompeo's one of three of the cast members to wed during the fall of 2007/spring 2008. Katherine Heigl married musician Josh Kelley and Kate Walsh, who soon departed to star in Private Practice, married film producer Alex Young.

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• Born: November 10th, 1969

• 2002: Moonlight Mile

• 2002: Catch Me If You Can

• 2003: Daredevil

• 2003: Old School

• 2005: Grey's Anatomy

• 2006: Engaged to Chris Ivery