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Ellen Pompeo Recalls Asking for $20 Million 'Grey’s Anatomy' Salary

Ellen Pompeo shared some wisdom about asking for money and getting that $20 million ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ salary

Pompeo explained that because of her “intense” Boston upbringing, she was referring to “mafia guys” that were “really bad people” — but incredibly rich. The actress was born in Everett, Massachusetts, in November 1969 and later made her television debut in 1996 on Law & Order. “But we all collectively push this giant boulder up a hill and we’ve gotten it to a really good place where, here I am at 55 years old — I just turned 55 last month — I’m getting a whole second chapter.”

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