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List of Grey's Anatomy cast members

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Grey's Anatomy is an American television medical drama that debuted on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), as a mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on March 27, 2005. While creating the show, producers emphasize the casting process. The series has aired for twenty-one seasons, and focuses on the fictional lives of surgical interns and residents, as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors, while trying to maintain personal lives. The show's premise originated with Shonda Rhimes, who serves as an executive producer, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, Mark Wilding, and Allan Heinberg. It is primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. The series was created to be racially diverse, utilizing a color-blind casting technique. All roles for the series are cast without the characters' races being pre-specified, in keeping with Rhimes' vision of diversity.

The series' protagonist, Meredith Grey, is portrayed by Ellen Pompeo. Pompeo starred in the leading role in Moonlight Mile, which led to her being cast as Meredith. Meredith is assigned to work under Miranda Bailey, the only character developed with a racial description in mind, who is portrayed by Chandra Wilson. On Wilson's addition to the cast Rhimes reported, "[Wilson] is exactly who Miranda is." The other interns working with Meredith under Bailey are Cristina Yang, George O'Malley, Izzie Stevens, and Alex Karev played by Sandra Oh, T.R. Knight, Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers respectively. Chambers' character was not originally part of the pilot but was added later as the fifth and final intern. Oh was initially brought to play the character of Bailey, but she was pressed to read for the role of Cristina instead at the audition. Many actors read for the role of Dr. Derek Shepherd including Isaiah Washington, but when Patrick Dempsey read for the part, "he was just perfect", according to Rhimes. Washington was cast as Burke because the original actor to play Burke had to withdraw.

The second season marked the introduction of Eric Dane as leading plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Sloan and Sara Ramirez as ortho-resident Dr. Callie Torres. They were initially cast as recurring characters, but both were given star billing at the opening of the third season. Ramirez was cast after ABC executives offered them a role in the network show of their choice, Dane had previously auditioned unsuccessfully for a role in the pilot episode. Kate Walsh also joined the show in season two, after making a guest appearance in season one as Dr. Addison Montgomery, the estranged wife of Derek, and leaves the show at the end of the third, to launch her own spin-off medical drama Private Practice. Burke departs after the third season, and is replaced by Erica Hahn, played by Brooke Smith, who leaves the show during the fifth. Chyler Leigh first appears in the third as the half-sister of Meredith, Lexie Grey. Kevin McKidd playing Dr. Owen Hunt was signed as a series regular after originally being cast for a specific story arc joins the cast in season 5. Jessica Capshaw is given series regular status at the beginning of the sixth season after playing peds-attending Arizona Robbins in season 5.

Following O'Malley's death and Stevens' departure, Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew joined the cast as new residents from Mercy West Jackson Avery and April Kepner both having made their series debuts as recurring characters in the sixth season. Kim Raver, who was cast as recurring character Dr. Teddy Altman in the sixth season, was given star billing later in the season. In the tenth season, the new batch of interns introduced during the ninth season were made series regulars including Camilla Luddington as Dr. Jo Wilson, Gaius Charles as Dr. Shane Ross, Jerrika Hinton as Dr. Stephanie Edwards, Tessa Ferrer as Dr. Leah Murphy except Tina Majorino as Dr. Heather Brooks (who died during the second episode of the tenth season. Caterina Scorsone was upgraded to a series regular to continue her role as Dr. Amelia Shepherd, one of Dr. Derek Shepherd's four sisters. Scorsone guest-starred as Dr. Amelia Shepherd in the seventh and eighth seasons and was a main character on Private Practice. Kelly McCreary as Dr. Maggie Pierce was promoted to a series regular after being credited as guest-starring until the eleventh episode of the eleventh season.

Season 19 featured five new interns: Dr. Simone Griffith (Alexis Floyd), Dr. Mika Yasuda (Midori Francis), Dr. Benson "Blue" Kwan (Harry Shum Jr.), Dr. Jules Millin (Adelaide Kane), and Dr. Lucas Adams (Niko Terho), the latter of whom is revealed to be a nephew of Amelia and Derek Shepherd. As Griffith, Kwan, Millin and Adams enter their second year, with Yasuda having departed the show in season 21, season 22 introduces a new intern, Dr. Wes Bryant (Trevor Jackson), following his guest appearance in Season 21.

The cast has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, and numerous Primetime Emmy Award nominations for individual cast members.

Cast

Main

;Legend : = Main cast (credited) : = Recurring cast (3+) : = Guest cast (1–2)

Actor	Character	Seasons	1	2	3	4	5
Meredith Grey	M}}
Cristina Yang	M}}	colspan="12"
Izzie Stevens	M}}	colspan="16"
Alex Karev	M}}	colspan="6"
George O'Malley	M}}	colspan="11"	G}}	colspan="5"
Miranda Bailey	M}}
Richard Webber	M}}
Preston Burke	M}}	colspan="6"		colspan="12"
Derek Shepherd	M}}	colspan="5"		colspan="5"
Addison Montgomery		M}}	SG}}	colspan="9"	R}}	colspan="2"
Callie Torres			M}}	colspan="10"
Mark Sloan			M}}	colspan="7"		colspan="5"
Lexie Grey	colspan="2"		M}}	colspan="8"		colspan="5"
Erica Hahn				M}}	colspan="17"
Owen Hunt	colspan="4"	M}}
Arizona Robbins	colspan="4"		M}}	colspan="5"	G}}	colspan="2"
Teddy Altman	colspan="5"	M}}	colspan="5"		M}}
April Kepner	colspan="5"		M}}	colspan="2"	G}}	colspan="4"
Jackson Avery	colspan="5"		M}}	G}}	colspan="1"	G}}
Jo Wilson	colspan="8"		M}}
Shane Ross	colspan="8"			colspan="12"
Stephanie Edwards	colspan="8"		M}}	colspan="9"
Leah Murphy	colspan="8"			colspan="2"		colspan="9"
Amelia Shepherd	colspan="6"					M}}
Maggie Pierce	colspan="9"		M}}
Ben Warren	colspan="5"			R}}	M}}	R}}	M}}
Nathan Riggs	colspan="11"	M}}	colspan="8"
Andrew DeLuca	colspan="10"		M}}	colspan="5"
Tom Koracick	colspan="13"	R}}	M}}	G}}	colspan="1"	G}}	colspan="1"
Levi Schmitt	colspan="13"	R}}	M}}	colspan="1"
Atticus Lincoln	colspan="14"		M}}
Cormac Hayes	colspan="15"		M}}	colspan="4"
Winston Ndugu	colspan="15"		M}}
Nick Marsh	colspan="13"		colspan="3"	M}}	R}}
Simone Griffith	colspan="18"	M}}
Benson Kwan	colspan="18"	M}}
Jules Millin	colspan="18"	M}}
Mika Yasuda	colspan="18"	M}}	colspan="1"
Lucas Adams	colspan="18"	M}}
Wes Bryant	colspan="20"	G}}	M}}

Recurring

Actor	Character	Seasons	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	12
BokHee	R}}
Ellis Grey	R}}	}}				}}		}}		}}	}}
Nurse Linda	R}}	G}}		G}}		G}}	}}
Raj Sen					}}		}}
Olivia Harper	R}}				}}		}}
Tyler Christian	R}}				}}		}}
Jeffrey	R}}	G}}		G}}			}}		}}
Nurse Vivian	R}}	}}
Patricia Murphy						}}		}}
Anesthesiologist Jeremy		colspan=21
Joe		R}}		R}}		}}
Adele Webber		R}}	G}}	R}}		}}
Nurse Kate		R}}		R}}	}}
Denny Duquette		R}}			}}
Finn Dandridge		R}}	}}
Ray Sutera				R}}			}}			}}
William "Tuck" George Bailey Jones					G}}	}}
}}	G}}	}}
Tucker Jones					}}
Debbie			}}
Thatcher Grey				G}}			}}		}}
Sydney Heron					}}
Harold O'Malley				}}
Ronny O'Malley				}}
Walter				}}
Jerry O'Malley				}}
Susan Grey				}}
Jane Burke	}}			}}
Louise O'Malley	}}							}}
Colin Marlow	}}		}}
Lawrence Jennings	}}		}}				}}
Nicole Cummins	}}	G}}	R}}		R}}				}}
Rebecca "Ava" Pope	}}	R}}	}}
Laura	}}		R}}		}}
Steve Mostow	}}	R}}	G}}	}}
Megan Nowland	}}	R}}	}}
Graciella Guzman	}}	R}}	}}
Pierce Halley	}}	R}}		}}
Leo Byrider	}}	R}}		}}
Dani Mandvi	}}	R}}		}}
Claire	}}	R}}		}}
Katharine Wyatt	}}		G}}	}}
Lucy	}}			}}
Rose	}}			}}
Mitch	}}		}}
Norman Shales	}}		}}
Dr. Knox	}}	R}}	G}}			R}}		}}
Ryan Spalding	}}			}}
Sadie Harris	}}		}}
Virginia Dixon	}}		}}
William Dunn	}}		}}
Melinda Prescott	}}		}}
Jackson Prescott	}}		}}
Jen Harmon	}}		}}
Rob Harmon	}}		}}
Rebecca Swender	}}		}}
Charles Percy	}}				}}		}}
Gary Clark	}}		}}
Sloan Riley	}}		}}
Reed Adamson	}}		}}
Henry Burton	}}	R}}	}}
Eli Lloyd	}}			}}
Andrew Perkins	}}		}}
Robert Stark	}}		}}
Lucy Fields	}}		}}
Janet Meyers	}}			}}
Sofia Robbins Sloan Torres	}}	R}}			}}		}}
Zola Grey Shepherd	}}	R}}	}}
}}	R}}
Catherine Fox	}}	R}}
Julia Canner	}}			}}
Logan	}}		}}
Morgan Peterson	}}		}}
Craig Thomas	}}			}}
Matthew Taylor	}}	R}}	}}		}}
Jeff Russell	}}			}}
Heather Brooks	}}			}}
Darren Parker	}}		}}
Doctor's Rep	}}		}}
Roberta Thompson	}}		}}
Alana Cahill	}}		}}
Lauren Boswell	}}		}}
Jason Myers	}}		}}
Rachel Dawson	}}		}}
Paul Dawson	}}		}}
Ethan Dawson	}}		}}
Nancy Dawson	}}		}}
Sabine McNeil	}}			}}
Jon McNeil	}}			}}
Jimmy Evans	}}		}}
Ashley Glazier	}}		}}
Lloyd	}}		}}
David Morris	}}		}}
Teresa Morris	}}		}}
Ivy McNeil	}}		}}
Braden Morris	}}		}}
Francesca McNeil	}}		}}
Link McNeil	}}		}}
Emma Marling	}}		}}
Nicole Herman	}}		}}		}}
Graham Maddox	}}		}}
Isaac Cross	}}		R}}	}}
Mitchell Spencer	}}			}}
Penny Blake	}}			}}
Hannah Brody	}}	R}}	G}}		}}
William Thorpe	}}		}}
Kyle Diaz	}}		}}
Harriet Kepner-Avery	}}	G}}	R}}	G}}	}}
}}	G}}	}}
Diane Pierce	}}		}}	G}}	}}
Eliza Minnick	}}		}}
Megan Hunt	}}				}}		}}
Paul Stadler	}}			}}
Taryn Helm	}}	R}}
Carina DeLuca	}}	R}}		}}
Dahlia Qadri	}}	R}}	}}
Casey Parker	}}	R}}	}}
Betty Nelson	}}	R}}	}}
Vikram Roy	}}			}}
Sam Bello	}}		}}
Jenny	}}		}}
Clive Johnson	}}		}}
Judy Kemp	}}		}}
Kimmie Park	}}		}}
Michelle Velez	}}		}}
Marie Cerone	}}		}}
Andy Herrera	colspan=13		R}}	colspan=2	G}}	}}
Helen Karev	}}			}}
Nico Kim	}}	R}}	}}	G}}	}}
Cece Colvin	}}		}}
Carol Dinkinson	}}		}}
John Dinkinson	}}		}}
Gemma Larson	}}			}}
Victoria Hughes	}}		G}}	}}
Blake Simms	}}		}}
Robin	}}		}}
Nancy Klein	}}		}}
Suzanne	}}		}}
Hadley	}}		}}
Lauren Riley	}}		}}
Zander Perez	}}		R}}	}}
Sara Ortiz	}}	R}}	}}
James Chee	}}	R}}	}}
Val Ashton	}}		}}
Alma Ortiz	}}		}}
Reza Khan	}}		}}
Kai Bartley	}}	R}}	}}
Farouk Shami Hunt	colspan=13		colspan=3		}}
Mabel Tseng	}}	R}}	}}
David Hamilton	}}		}}
Michelle Lin	}}		}}
Jordan Wright	}}		}}
Todd Eames	colspan=17		}}
Wendell Ndugu	colspan=17		}}
Kristen Clark	colspan=17		}}
Simon Clark	colspan=17		}}
Maxine Anderson	colspan=18			}}
Trey Delgado	colspan=18		}}
Joyce Ward	colspan=18			}}
Sam Sutton	colspan=18		}}
Monica Beltran	colspan=19	R}}
Dorian Cardenas	colspan=19		}}
Valeria Cardenas	colspan=19		}}
Cass Beckman	colspan=20	R}}
Nora Young	colspan=20	R}}
Molly Tran	colspan=19
Dani Spencer	colspan=21
Kavita Mohanty	colspan=21

Notes

References

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(2005). "[[Grey's Anatomy (season 1)". [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]].
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(January 5, 2009). "Grey's Anatomy – Sandra Oh's Audition (Paley Center, 2006)". YouTube.
"Chicago as 'Grey' area?".
Yuan, Jada. (September 25, 2006). "Q&A With 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Sara Ramirez". [[New York (magazine).
(February 22, 2007). "Q & A With Eric Dane: A Preview of the Grey's Anatomy Magazine Interview".
(June 8, 2007). "ABC drops Washington from Grey's Anatomy".
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(November 12, 2008). "Kevin McKidd Joins 'Grey's Anatomy' Cast As Series Regular". Access Hollywood.
Vary, Adam B.. (October 23, 2009). "Kim Raver becomes series regular on 'Grey's Anatomy'".
"The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". [[Screen Actors Guild]].
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