Ellen Pompeo Details Why She’s Stayed on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ So Long: ‘A Healthy Home Life Was More Important Than Career’

Ellen Pompeo doesn't plan on staying on forever. The 50-year-old actress appeared on the latest episode of Dax Shepard's podcast and revealed when it'll be time for her to stop playing Meredith Grey, a role she's held since 2005.«I do not want to be the grapes dying on the vine,» she said. «Already to watch myself age from 33 to 50 now onscreen, that's not so fun.

Veteran actress Ellen Pompeo is opening up about her 15-year gig on Grey’s Anatomy and what it has been like to watch herself age on the show. The 50-year-old actress is the latest guest on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast and she opened up about heading into season 17 of the medical drama series.

Hollywood Reporter where she detailed those contract negotiations which inspired women worldwide.She said: ‘You know we didn’t set out for the article to be what it was, so that was interesting.

Ellen Pompeo is opening up about her 15 years on Grey’s Anatomy and what it has been like to watch herself age on the show.

After leading television’s most iconic medical drama for 15 years, Ellen Pompeo looked back on her on-screen transformation since 2005. Since she has been starring on Grey’s Anatomy for such a long time, the actress was admittedly not too happy while confronting the possibility of being the last main star to leave on the Aug.

Ellen Pompeo is being brutally honest about what it’s like to watch yourself age on screen.

Ellen Pompeo recalled using Patrick Dempsey’s 2015 departure from Grey’s Anatomy to start negotiating for all that she deserved as its lead.“When Patrick left, I had something to prove,” Pompeo, 50, told Dax Shepard on the Monday, August 24, episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “He left season 11, and then I was renegotiating season 12, so I could have left, because the man left, which is not the story I want to tell.”Pompeo, who has played Dr.

Hannah Ferrier, Cardi B and more pregnant stars were bashed by the parenting police before their babies even arrived.The Below Deck alum found herself under fire in July 2020 after sharing an Instagram photo of herself drinking water from a wine glass.

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Ellen Pompeo is spending her afternoon with a friend.

Gal Gadot and Zachary Levi, along with Dwayne Johnson, Margot Robbie and Ezra Miller, took part in the new #DCSuitUp Challenge on TikTok in support of the upcoming DC FanDome virtual event. The actors, who all portray superheroes in DC Comics films, made videos of themselves in their regular clothes, pointing to a graphic that read, «DC Fans, you've got the power! It's time to suit up! #DCSuitUp.»The actors then cover the camera with their hands to reveal fans dressed as their DC characters.

Sasha Pieterse, Shawn Johnson and more pregnant celebrities have prepared for parenthood with a babymoon.The Pretty Little Liars alum used an “iPhone timer for the win” to document her August 2020 trip with her husband, Hudson Sheaffer. “Babymoon.

Ellen Pompeo revealed the main reason she’s stuck with “Grey’s Anatomy” all this time simply comes down to financial security. The actress has appeared on the popular medical drama as the title character, Meredith Grey, for 16 seasons since the show debuted in 2005.

If Ellen Pompeo has her way, fans will be paging Dr. Meredith Grey for as long as possible!

Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast, she said: ‘For me, personally, a healthy home life was more important than career.The reason being she explained was that her own childhood hadn’t been ‘particularly happy.’‘So the idea that I have this great husband and these three beautiful children [and] a happy home life was really something I needed to complete, to close the hole in my heart,’ she admitted.The actress has two daughters, Stella, 10, and Sienna, five, and three-year-old son Eli with her