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Ellen Pompeo: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Ellen Kathleen Pompeo
Born November 10, 1969 (age 57) • Everett • Massachusetts

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Ellen Pompeo poses smiling in a blue long-sleeved dress against a plain blue background in a promotional photo for Grey's Anatomy.
Cast members of Grey's Anatomy in medical scrubs and lab coats pose on a stairwell, including Isaiah Washington, Sandra Oh, James Pickens Jr, Ellen Pompeo, T.R. Knight, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers, Katherine Heigl, and Chandra Wilson.
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