Ellen Pompeo Reveals What Stopped Her From Leaving ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ After Initial 6-Year Contract

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.

Ellen Pompeo is spending her afternoon with a friend.

Eileen Davidson, 61, left The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2017 — after three seasons on the show — and while she recently made a brief appearance on the show just a few weeks ago, she’s not sure she’d ever want to make a permanent return. “I really can’t even fathom it,” Eileen told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY during an episode of TVTalk on Instagram live on Aug.

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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!

for a whopping 15 years. From the outside looking in, it may seem like she was fiercely dedicated to the show the whole time, but Ellen just admitted that she probably would've quit if she were younger.

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

Ellen Pompeo has led Grey’s Anatomy since its debut in 2005. Heading into season 17, the actress reflected on why she’s starred on the ABC series for so long.“I made choices to stay on the show.

Ellen Pompeo is opening up about the reasons behind her long-running tenure on .

Grey's Anatomy is a series which has had fans go on a roller coaster ride of emotions for 16 seasons and counting especially with the tearful goodbyes to many beloved cast members like T.R. Knight, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Chyler Leigh, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey and Justin Chambers.

When “Grey’s Anatomy” returns with new episodes, it will mark the 17th season that Ellen Pompeo has portrayed Seattle surgeon Meredith Grey.