Ellen Pompeo Biography
Ellen Pompeo is an American actress. Her real name is Ellen Kathleen Pompeo. Also, she is well known for her role on Grey’s Anatomy as the titular Dr. Meredith Grey. Besides, she is known as one of the world’s highest-paid actors since 2017, she has also made multiple appearances on Forbes’ year-end lists.
Ellen Pompeo Age|Birthday
Pompeo was born on November 10th 1969, in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Therefore, she is 52 years old as of 2022 and she celebrates her birthday on the 10th of November every year.
Ellen Pompeo Height |weight
Pompeo has not disclosed more information concerning her height in public. However, no information surrounding her body measurements.
Ellen Pompeo Family
Harry was born of Joseph Pompeo (father) who was of Italian, English, and Irish descent and Kathleen Pompeo (mother) of Irish ancestry. Furthermore, her mother passed on due to an accidental painkiller overdose when Ellen was four years old. On September 1, 2012, her father remarried soon after the death of her mother. However, she was raised up together with her five older siblings, Maureen Pompeo, Kathleen, and Suzanne and two brothers, Joey and Dean.
Ellen Pompeo Husband
In 2003, Pompeo met her current husband Chris Ivery in a Los Angeles grocery store. Later, they started dating after 6 months of friendship. However, they got married in 2007, with the New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the legal witness to the ceremony. Furthermore, they are blessed with two daughters, Sienna May Pompeo Ivery, Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery, and a son, Eli Christopher Pompeo Ivery.
Ellen Pompeo Career
Her former work included adverts and small independent films. Besides, she made her television debut in 1996 by guest-starring in the NBC legal police drama, Law & Order. Furthermore, she made her feature film debut in Coming Soon (1999), playing a small part. In addition, Pompeo made her second appearance in Law & Order in 2000, and later guest-starred on Strangers with Candy, Strong Medicine, and Friends. Later, she moved to Los Angeles in 2001, and participated in the movie Mambo Café with Thalía.
Pompeo went to Miami and later New York City, where a casting director discovered her and signed her for an ad campaign for L’Oreal. Moreover, she made her screen debut with NBC’s legal drama Law & Order, later guest-starred in other television shows, such as the medical drama Strong Medicine the comedy Strangers with Candy, and the sitcom Friends. Additionally, she made her feature film debut in 1999 with the romantic comedy Coming Soon, and moved on to play minor roles in films such as In the Weeds and Mambo Café but found little initial success. In 2002, a turning point came in her career, when she gained huge recognition for her starring role in Brad Silberling’s drama Moonlight Mile.
Later, Pompeo was cast in ABC’s popular medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, and gained worldwide recognition for her best portrayal of the title character Dr. Meredith Grey. The role on the long-running series enabled her earn a Screen Actors Guild Award. Besides, the character was widely popular, making her one of the most renowned television actresses. She was ranked fourth in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes, with earnings of $14.9 million in 2016; Furthermore, she became the third highest paid female and the fifth highest paid actress overall in 2018 with total earnings of $23.6 million. In addition, she was as well the highest ranked actress from a drama series on the list.
Ellen Pompeo Education
Pompeo has not disclosed more information concerning her education life in public. However, no information surrounding her level of academic excellence.
Ellen Pompeo Net worth| Salary
Pompeo is estimated to have a net worth of $80million .In addition, her annual salary is approximately $20 million.
Ellen Pompeo Film
- 1995 Do You Have the Time
- 1999 8 ½ x 11
- 1999 Coming Soon
- 2000 Eventual Wife
- 2000 In the Weeds
- 2000 Mambo Café
- 2002 Moonlight Mile
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can
- 2003 Old School
- 2003 Daredevil
- 2003 Undermind
- 2004 Nobody’s Perfect
- 2004 Art Heist
- 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 2005 Life of the Party
Ellen Pompeo Television
- 1996, 2000 Law & Order
- 1999 Strangers with Candy
- 2000 Get Real
- 2001 The Job Sue
- 2001 Strong Medicine
- 2004 Friends
- 2005–present Grey’s Anatomy
- 2015 Repeat After Me
- 2017 Doc McStuffins
- 2018, 2020 Station 19
- 2019 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars
Awards and Nominations
- 2005 Teen Choice Awards
- 2006 Screen Actors Guild
- 2006 Teen Choice Awards
- 2006 Satellite Awards
- 2007 Golden Globe Awards
- 2007 Screen Actors Guild
- 2007 Satellite Awards
- 2007 National Italian American Foundation
- 2008 Screen Actors Guild
- 2011 People’s Choice Awards
- 2013 People’s Choice Awards
- 2015 Taormina Film Fest
- 2016 People’s Choice Awards
- 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards
- 2018 People’s Choice Awards
- 2018 GLSEN Respect Awards
