Ellen Pompeo Net Worth

Ellen Pompeo's Quotes

• "It was the best thing that happened to me all week - to say the very least...I was so flattered. I thanked him and told him how much I hoped we would have a chance to work together one day." - talking about when she was complimented by actor Jake Gyllenhaal shortly after arriving in Hollywood. Just three weeks later, she was working with him on Moonlight Mile (2002)!!
• On her character Meredith Grey - 'She's smart enough to make her way through medical school but she can't figure out that she can't sleep with strangers all the time.'
• I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.
• I think having my mother die at such a very young age - when she was 33 - I appreciate life so much.

Interesting Facts about Ellen Pompeo

1. Is a native of Boston.
2. Had another scene in Daredevil (2003) as Matt Murdock's (Ben Affleck) secretary Karen Page, but it was deleted from the theatrical version of the film.
3. Before Grey's Anatomy (2005), she auditioned for a television pilot called "Secret Service". That show was not picked up by any television network.
4. She is the youngest of 6 - she has 5 siblings who are all at least 8 years older than her. One of them is Maureen Pompeo.
5. Suffers from asthma.
6. Her mother, Kathleen (O'Keefe), died when she was four years old. Her father, Joseph Pompeo, is a salesman.
7. Married to music producer Chris Ivery. After they started dating they learned that they both grew up in Boston, 10 miles from each other.
8. Had a part in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), which was deleted from the final cut.
9. Was approached to play the role of Becky in Clerks II (2006), but turned it down because she had just finished the pilot for Grey's Anatomy (2005).
10. Was discovered while working at SoHo Bar & Grill in New York City.
11. Ellen's paternal grandfather, Angelo Pompeo, was an Italian emigrant, born in Avellino. Ellen's paternal grandmother was of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and Ellen's mother's family is also of Irish origin.
12. Working on the television series Grey's Anatomy (2005) in which she plays the main character. [March 2005]
13. (November 9, 2007) Married her boyfriend of 4 years Chris Ivery in a civil ceremony in New York City. The only people in attendance were Mayor Michael Bloomberg and First Deputy Mayor Patti Harris, who served as witnesses to the ceremony.
14. Has 3 children with her husband Chris Ivery: two daughters, Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery (b. September 15, 2009) and Sienna May Ivery (b. August, 2014), and a son, Eli Christopher (b. December, 2016).