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Ellen Pompeo’s Return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Has ‘Got to Be Satisfying’: She ‘Made Grey’s What It Is’


Ellen Pompeo's upcoming return to Grey's Anatomy after her sendoff in 2023 has 'got to be satisfying' for the actress, a source exclusively tells Closer.

Get back to the TV doc Ellen Pompeo may feeling an ego boost after producers asked her to slip back into her scrubs for an upcoming multi-episode stint on Grey’s Anatomy as the medical drama struggles without her, entertainment insiders exclusively tell Closer. As surgeon Meredith Grey, Pompeo received a weepy onscreen send-off last year — but the 54-year-old still gets top billing in the show’s opening credits and serves as an executive producer and the series’ narrator. But sources exclusively tell Closer that the star — who hauled in over $20 million annually during her heyday as TV’s highest-paid actress — has agreed to return for at least seven of the slated 18 episodes of Grey’s 21st season, which debuts in September.

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