Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Dr. Meredith Grey on the television series "Grey Anatomy". Her role earned an Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2007. She is one of the highest paid television actors, having signed a $20 million annual contract with the American Broadcasting Company in late 2017.
Ellen Pompeo is famous for an actress, producer, and director. She has cast in ABC's popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy and garnered worldwide recognition for her role as Dr. Meredith Grey. She was ranked 4th in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes, with earning of $14.5 million, She became the 3rd highest paid female and 5th highest paid actor overall in 2018 with earnings of $23.5 million. She was also the highest ranked actor from a drama series on the list. Her other notable film roles such as the comedy Old School, the superhero film Daredevil, the caper film Art Heist, and the comedy-drama Life of the Party.
Ellen Pompeo was born on November 10, 1969, in Everett, Massachusetts. She holds American nationality and belongs to mixed (Italian, Irish, English) ethnicity. Her birth sign is Scorpio. She was raised as a Catholic. When she was five her mother died of a painkiller overdose. Her father remarried soon after. He died on September 1, 2012, in 2006. She attended Everett High School in Everett Washington.
Ellen Pompeo was born to a father named Joseph E. Pompeo and a mother named Kathleen B. Her was of Italian, English, and Irish descent, while her mother was of Irish ancestry. She has five older siblings, three sisters named Maureen, Kathleen, and Suzanne and two brothers named Joey and Dean.
Ellen Pompeo height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70m) tall and body weight of 57 kg. Her body measurements are 36-26-36 inches. She has light brown hair color and green eye color. Her dress size is 6(US), shoe size is 9 (US) and bra size is 34B.
Ellen Pompeo is a married woman. She met Chris Ivery in a Los Angeles grocery store in 2003 and began dating and then got married in 2007, with then-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg as the legal witness to the ceremony. She gave birth to her first child, daughter Stella in 2009. In 2014, she welcomed daughter Sienna with the help of a surrogate mother. In 2016, she announced the birth of a third child a son named Eli Christopher. She is a happily married woman with three children.
Ellen Pompeo estimated net worth of $30 million. She earns a reported $350,000 per episode meaning she makes $8.4 million each season. She earns a good amount of money from her profession.
Ellen Pompeo has won several awards throughout her career. She received the Satellite Award for Best Actress and three People Choice Awards for Favorite TV Drama Actress for her role in Grey's Anatomy. In 2015, she received the Taormina Arte Award at the Taormina Film Festival.