Created by Shonda Rhimes in 2005, The Medical Drama Has Run For 444 Episode to Date
Despite Scaling Back Her Role During Season 19 of Grey's Anatomy In 2022, Ellen Pompeo has no intention of Ever Fully Walking Away from Her Title As Dr. Meredith Gray.
During an interview with El País, The actress Said That It “would make no sense, Emotionally or Financially.” NOting that the long-Running ABC Show Has Been Streamed More Than a Billion Times in 2024, She Explained: “The Companies that Own the show and Stream The Show Make a Lot of Money From Our Images and Our Voices and Our Faces. If I Were to Walk Away Completely, EVEYBODY GETS GETS to make money from my hard work for 20 years and the wouldn't make any money. [else] Gets to profit off of my hard work. “
She Aided, that “Emotionally, The Show Means a Lot to People. I Want to have an attitude of Gratitude Toward the show.”
The Medical Drama was created by Shonda Rhimes and Michelle Lirtzman, Running For 444 Episode (As of April 14) Since Premiering On March 27, 2005, with Season 21 Currently Underway. While Many Notable Actors Have Walked The Halls of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital-From Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Jesse Williams, Sara Ramirez, and More-Pompeo Has Been a Constant Throughout The Decade-Long Television Series.
Pompeo's Star Power On Grey's Anatomy Has Skyrocketed Since Its Debut and While She Was Paid Less Than Her Her Co-Star Dempsey For Years, in 2018 Sheusly negotiated to $ 20 Million Deal that made Highest-Paid Woman on television.
Although She no Longer Appears Regularly on the series-As She's Busy Featuring in Hulu's Limited-Series Great American Family – Pompeo Remains as an executive producer on the show and has continued to narrate each episode's opening and closing voiceover. She is also reportedly set to Signor in Seven Episode This Season.
“I'm Gonna Always Be a part of that show,” Pompeo Said in An 2022 Interview with Deadline. “I've Specent Two Decades of My Career On That Show, It's My Heart and Soul, and I'll Never Truly Be Gone As Long As That Show's on the Air.”