Ellen Pompeo is a TV star and a happy woman

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Actresses who star in serials often become recognizable. Sometimes their popularity exceeds the fame of the highest-grossing actresses of big cinema. The same can be said about Ellen Pompeo. To her success, she came from the bottom. How did she get popular?

Childhood

Ellen was born November 10, 1969 in a small town in Massachusetts. Her parents were ardent Catholics, so the girl's initial upbringing was strict. When the baby was only 4 years old, her mother died. The father grieved for a long time, but nevertheless decided on a second marriage, which became happy. The girl easily found a language with her stepmother. Their relationship developed gradually, and although now the actress refuses to comment on her family, relatives have always noted the good nature with which the second wife of her father treated the girl.

Change

In the 1990s, Ellen realized she needed a change. She moved to New York in hopes of change. There she worked as a bartender. This could have gone on for many years, but the girl was lucky - she found an agent who was able to discern in her an aspiring star. It all started with an advertisement for L'Oreal. After a couple more videos, Ellen Pompeo finally got her first episodicrole in Law & Order. After that, everything in her life changed dramatically.

The new move (Los Angeles) was marked for her by a big role in the film "Moonlight Mile". Her partner was Jake Gyllenhaal. Ellen always remembers this film experience with pride.

Filmography of the actress

Before Moonlight Mile, Ellen starred in short films. The next bright role went to the actress in the movie Catch Me If You Can. Then they first started talking about her as a star with a great future. In Daredevil, she played the small role of Karen Page, which, however, was still noted by several critics. An important stage in the development of the actress was the work in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". There she played the ex-girlfriend of Jimm Carrey. In the photo, Ellen Pompeo can be seen in this image. But her episodes were not included in the film itself, they were cut out. Ellen did not remain offended; on the contrary, she always spoke of this experience as one of the main stages in her life. The director also gave her appropriate recommendations for further work.

Grey's Anatomy

The most striking role, after which Ellen Pompeo, whose filmography already included several films, woke up as a star, was the role of Meredith Grey. The series, called "Grey's Anatomy" in the Russian box office, thundered on several US channels at once in 2005. In it, doctors and interns of the hospital are trying to find a full-fledged personal life with a heavy workload. Unusual and severe casesdiseases of patients are cleverly intertwined with ups and downs in the relationship of the characters. Ellen Pompeo plays the main character, Meredith. Her mother has Alzheimer's, so she often doesn't even recognize her. In moments of enlightenment, she scolds her daughter for mediocrity. In the first season, Meredith drinks and meets men in bars. One day, she spends the night with a handsome man who turns out to be her clinic's chief neurosurgeon, Derek Shepard. A stormy romance begins, after which it turns out that he is married. Dr. Shepard is faced with the choice of saving the marriage or going into a new relationship with Mer. The other characters are very different. So, Asian Christina, played by Sandra Oh, also suffers from love for another brilliant hospital surgeon, Burke. However, her feelings are more multifaceted, because she is a careerist and a future brilliant cardiac surgeon who does not recognize emotions and sentiments. It is she who becomes Meredith's best friend.

Further seasons

The heroine of Ellen Pompeo, whose biography is twisted every season, is becoming more and more dramatic. The series begins to raise not only the theme of love and jealousy, but also purely human relationships, the problems of fathers and children, incurable diseases of loved ones. The theme of death and suicide is also reflected in this epic. The issue of adoption of children is considered in detail from different angles.

In general, the series has become one of the most successful projects in history. This medical drama earned Ellen Pompeo a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Private life

Ellen, unlike her movie heroines, considers herself a loyal and constant person. Ten years ago, she met her future husband through friends in an ordinary supermarket. A few months later, fate brought them together again. A vibrant and stormy relationship ensued. A couple of years later they got engaged. A significant fact is that the mayor was a witness at the wedding of this couple. The romance of the situation lies in the fact that, as it turned out, Ellen Pompeo, whose biography began in Massachusetts, lived just a few miles from future love. The actress' husband, Christopher Ivery, is a highly respected music producer. The couple bought themselves a beautiful home in Los Angeles. They both love dogs, so they got two poodles at once.

Not so long ago, Ellen Pompeo, whose personal life improved so quickly, gave birth to a daughter. They named her Stella Luna. The actress immediately said that she dreams of her daughter following in her footsteps. A beautiful girl could be the next rising star.

Ellen proves by her example that it is possible to become a successful creative person, despite a simple job and lack of proper qualifications in cinematography. Her talent and experience acquired over the years created her image of a bright woman who is able to achieve her own. The number of her fans proves it.