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Ellen Pompeo On Pay Parity Battle To Match ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Co-Star Patrick Dempsey: “Only A Man Can Have 13 Failed TV Pilots & Their Quote Keeps Going Up”
Ellen Pompeo fought for pay parity on Grey's Anatomy to match her co-star Patrick Dempsey's salary.
While appearing on Call Her Daddy, Pompeo acknowledges that when the drama series started, Dempsey was more well-known than her, but her character’s name was on the show. In 2018, Pompeo became the highest-paid actress in a drama series, making $20M a season. Pompeo noted that her fight for pay parity came when she reached a certain point in her career where she felt like this battle was for herself and all the other women coming up behind her.
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