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Ellen Pompeo ("Meredith Grey")
Ellen Pompeo made her major studio screen debut in Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile, starring alongside Susan Sarandon,
Dustin Hoffman and Jake Gyllenhaal. She received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of an outspoken young woman carrying
a silent burden that's breaking her heart.
A native of Boston, Pompeo was most recently seen starring opposite Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in the
wildly successful Old School and, before that, in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
Prior to Moonlight Mile, Pompeo starred in several independent features, including In the Weeds and Coming Soon, and
she can also be seen in the upcoming Glory Days.
Isaiah Washington ("Preston Burke")
A native of Houston, Texas, Isaiah Washington spent four years in the Air Force before studying drama at Washington, DC's
Howard University. While at Howard, he won a role in the play Spell #7 and then moved to New York to further pursue his career.
There he appeared in a number of stage productions, including August Wilson's Fences and Thornton Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth.
With a passion for theater, Washington became one of the founding members of City Kids Repertory, a theater group that visits
high schools and community centers throughout New York.
Washington first made his mark in cinema in gritty crime dramas
and romantic ensemble comedies. He has been featured in four acclaimed Spike Lee films: Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6, and Get
on the Bus. Other feature credits include Exit Wounds, Romeo Must Die, True Crime, Bulworth, Out of Sight, Love Jones, Dead
Presidents, Stonewall, Strictly Business and the acclaimed Dancing in September - a performance which earned him a nomination
for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor.
More recently Washington was seen in Ghost Ship, Welcome to Collinwood
and Hollywood Homicide. Upcoming films include Moguls and Dead Birds.
On television, he has guest-starred in several
series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Ally McBeal, New York Undercover, Living Single,
Soul Food and Touched by an Angel.
Washington makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
Sandra Oh ("Cristina Yang")
Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, Sandra Oh started ballet lessons at the age of four and performed in her first play
at the age of ten. She started working professionally at age sixteen in television, theatre and commercials.
After
three years at the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada, she beat out more than 1000 other hopefuls and landed the
coveted title role in the CBC telefilm The Diary of Evelyn Lau, based on the true story of a tortured poet who ran away from
home and ended up a drug addict and prostitute in Vancouver. Her performance brought her a Gemini (Canada's Emmy) nomination
for Best Actress and the 1994 Cannes FIPA d'Or for Best Actress.
Oh won her first Genie (Canada's Oscar) for her leading
role in Double Happiness, a bittersweet coming-of-age story about a young Chinese-Canadian woman. She moved to Los Angeles
in 1996 to begin the first of six seasons as Rita Wu, the smart and sassy assistant on the HBO comedy series, Arli$$, for
which she won a Cable Ace Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. Her additional television credits include HBO's Six Feet Under,
Showtime's Further Tales of the City and a recurring role on Judging Amy.
Her films include Under the Tuscan Sun,
with Diane Lane, and Rick, with Bill Pullman and Agnes Buckner. Other film credits include Bean, Guinevere, The Red Violin,
Waking the Dead, The Princess Diaries and Pay or Play. She also starred in Michael Radford's improvised Dancing at the Blue
Iguana, a bleak and raw view of life in a strip club in L.A, and in the independent Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity. Her
performance in Last Night, a Canadian film about the end of the world, led to her winning a second Genie Award for Best Actress
in 1999.
Most recently Oh starred in Sideways for director Alexander Payne, and in the independent films Cake, Wilby
Wonderful and 3 Needles.
Never straying far from her theatre roots, Oh has also starred in the world premieres of
Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters at the La Jolla Playhouse and Diana Son's Stop Kiss at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in New York,
a role for which she received a Theatre World Award. She was also recently seen in the Vagina Monologues in New York.
She
resides in Los Angeles.
Katherine Heigl ("Isobel Stevens")
Katherine got her start modeling for Sears catalogs. She then did commercials, moving onto That Night and King
of the Hill.
In 1994, Katherine had a main role in My Father, the Hero playing Gerald Depardieu's daughter, she followed that
with a role in Under Seige 2: Dark Territory playing Steven Segal's niece. She then starred in the Disney movie Wish
Apon a Star.
After that Katherine's career took off with appearences on David Letterman and Jay Leno, and the cover of "Seventeen
Magazine". Katherine moved to California with her mother after highschool to concentrate on acting full time. She starred
in the independant features Prince Valiant and Stand-In's.
In 1998, she joined the cast of The Bride of Chucky, starring along side Jennifer Tilly. She then went on to co-star
with Peter Fonda in the TV-movie, The Tempest. And then she played Isabel Evans on the hit UPN show Roswell.
Now she currently resides on Greys Anatomy as Dr. Model, Isobel Stevens, also known as Izzie.
Chandra Wilson ("Miranda Bailey")
Chandra Wilson is so pleased to have been selected by The New York Times as one of "8 to Watch , Onstage and Behind the
Scenes" for the Spring of 2004!! The New York Times article
This honor comes in conjunction with her Broadway opening of
the acclaimed Caroline, or Change at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, written by Tony Kushner, composed by Jeanine Tesori and directed
by George C. Wolfe.
She currently has a supporting role on the ABC drama, Grey's Anatomy. Since the show' premiere
as a midseason drama in 2005 it has gone on to a second season and attained hit status with great ratings and rave reviews.
On the show she plays Miranda Bailey, known by hospital staff as "The Nazi", a no-nonsense resident who does her jobs better
than most attendings. She is in charge of the 5 popular interns on the show played by Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers, Katherine
Heigl, T.R. Knight, and Sandra Oh. Wilson has received a NAACP Image Award nomination for her role on the show.
This
Houston, Texas native began performing in musicals at the age of five with Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) where she appeared
in more than ten of their major musical productions. She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts,
and later went on to acquire her BFA in undergraduate drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. There, she spent four years
training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Chandra was a series regular on ABC's Bob Patterson in the role of
Claudia Hopper. She has made numerous other television appearances, including guest-starring roles on The Sopranos, Law and
Order: Special Victims Unit, Sex and the City, Third Watch, 100 Centre Street, Cosby, Law & Order, and The Cosby Show.
She has had recurring roles on One Life to Live and Queens Supreme, and a principle role in the CBS Schoolbreak Special Sexual
Considerations. She has also appeared in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video, Burger King, Scope, and the
United Negro College Fund as well as numerous radio commercials.
On the big screen, she appears as supporting characters
in the films Lone Star, directed by John Sayles and Philadelphia, directed by Jonathan Demme.
On stage, she has portrayed
Bonna Willis in the production of The Good Times are Killing Me by Lynda Barry both at the Second Stage and Minetta Lane theatres
which won her a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance, Caroline, or Change on Broadway and the Public Theatre,
The Miracle Worker at Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Paper Moon: the Musical at the Papermill Playhouse, The Family of Mann
by Theresa Rebeck at the Second Stage Theatre, Believing for the Young Playwright's Festival at Playwrights Horizons, Little
Shop of Horrors at the Falmouth Playhouse and the Broadway revival of On The Town also directed by George C. Wolfe.
James Picken Jr. ("Richard Webber aka Chief")
A Cleveland, Ohio native, James Pickens Jr. is an acting veteran who has appeared in numerous television shows, movies
and plays.
James started his acting quest on the theater stages of New York where he starred in Lorraine Hansberry's
"A Raisin In The Sun" and "A Soldiers Story," with Denzel Washington and other Black actors.
His television credits
include a stint on NBC's "The Lyon's Den" with Rob Lowe. James played staunch attorney Terrance Christianson. James has also
appeared as series regular on FOX's "The X-Files" as FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh and "Beverly Hills, 90210" as Henry.
His other appearances include the recurring roles in the following TV shows: "Roseanne" as Chuck, HBO's "Six Feet Under" as
Roderick Charles, ABC's "NYPD Blue" as Lt. Joe Abner and "Philly."
On the big screen, James has acted in more than
20 films including "How Stella Got Her Grove Back" (1998) as Walter, "Ghosts of Mississippi" (1996) as Medgar Evers, "Sleepers"
(1996) as Marlboro, and "Traffic" (2000) as Prosecutor Ben Williams.
In his spare time, James like to golf, bowl and
listen to jazz music. Also an avid horseman, James competes in rodeo events (team roping and penning).
Sara Ramirez ("Calliope 'Callie' Torres")
Sara Ramirez, born August 31 1976, was born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, in Mexico which is a Pacific beach resort. After graduating
high school in San Diego, California, she went on to graduate from Juilliard school in New York.
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Patrick Demsey ("Derek Sheperd aka McDreamy")
Born 13th January 1966 in Lewiston Maine and the youngest of three children, the Irish American, Patrick Dempsey showed
he had incredible talent from an early age. A born performer from the beginning, at the tender age of 7, Patrick attended
dancing classes where he proceeded to get kicked out for talking and flirting too much!
When he was 15 he developed
his own act and toured the New England Vaudeville Circuit as a juggler, unicyclist, comedian and magician. He also went on
to win the State of Maine Downhill Racing competition, and came second in a International Juggling event. As any true fan
will know, Patrick often employed his skills in his varied movie roles over the years, especially his dancing techniques.
In 1981 he also won a Talent America Contest, it was clear from the start that he had enough determination to make it big.
He got his chance to shine when he was spotted by an agent and invited to audition for the role of 'David' in the
stage production of "Torch Song Trilogy". After winning the role Patrick spent the next four months touring with the company
in San Francisco. He followed this with another tour, "Brighton Beach Memoirs", in the lead role which was directed by Gene
Saks. Dempsey also made notable appearances in the stage productions of "On Golden Pond" and "The Subject was Roses" which
was at the Roundabout Theatre in New York.
In the teen sex comedy "Meatballs 3", he landed the role of 'Rudy' a 14
year old virgin desperate to lose his virginity. Although this received terrible reviews, it still managed to raise more than
a few laughs and be thoroughly entertaining.
His big break into the movies came in 1985 when he was cast opposite
Andrew McCarthy and Kevin Dillon in his big screen debut "Catholic Boys" (aka Heaven Help Us ) as 'Corbet'. Although his role
was small he still managed to make an impression and get noticed.
He went on to star in the Disney TV Movie "A Fighting
Choice" with Beau Bridges, portraying a young boy with epilepsy. Dempsey's portrayal was so convincing that he won a special
award from the Epilepsy Foundation. This was followed by a TV Series of the hit film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", titled
"Fast Times". Unfortunately this was reportedly a flop, but it was a important learning experience for Patrick.
"The
Woo Woo Kid"(aka In The Mood), Patrick's next film gained much more favourable reviews and won the hearts of critics everywhere
who quoted his performance as being wonderfully naive. Dempsey played the role of real life womaniser Sonny Ellsworth Wisecarver
who at the age of 15 courted two older women, even going on to marry one. This was to reflect on Patrick's private life, when
at the age of 21 he married his manager at the time Rocky Parker who was 48 years old !! Rocky even made a cameo appearance
in The Woo Woo kid as a screaming woman on the train. This sadly was to end in divorce.
"Cant Buy Me Love" is undoubtedly
a favourite with Patrick's fans. Starring opposite Amanda Petersen as the Nerd who offers her $1,000 for her to pose as his
girlfriend for a month, he captured the hearts of women everywhere and discovered a whole new legion of fans
"Happy
Together" his next movie was dubbed a flop by critics. This was unfair as the film showed off his many varied skills as a
actor and comedian and truly deserved to be a hit.
"Loverboy" the romantic hit comedy saw Patrick playing a pizza
delivering stud wooing the likes of Carrie Fisher and Kirstie Alley.
"In A Shallow Grave" was a complete change of
role in which Patrick was the bizarre go - between for a disfigured war veteran and his girlfriend.
Next up was "Sisters"(aka
Some Girls), a romantic comedy where the sisters of the title pursue Dempsey, leading to some embarrassing situations to say
the least !! Patrick was to later quote this film as being one of his personal favourites.
Leaving romance behind
he starred in the hilarious road movie "Coupe De Ville"opposite Daniel Stern, as 'Bobby' part of a trio brothers travelling
from Motor city to Miami to deliver a classic Coupe de Ville.
In "Run" Patrick played a young law student on the run
from the mob. This was Patrick's first bash at action films, and was an excellent attempt proving that he could handle any
role offered to him.
He proved himself a master at action and drama again when he starred in "Mobsters" alongside
Christian Slater and Anthony Quinn in the role of Meyer Lansky a well known mobster. Although the film was ravaged by critics,
all actors concerned gave fine performances especially Patrick who was truly outstanding as the sensitive Meyer.
Going
back to comedy he travelled to Paris for his next two films teaming up with Kelly Lynch in "For Better And For Worse"(aka
R.S.V.P) which saw the pope being invited to his forthcoming wedding, and "Face The Music" with Molly Ringwald, which saw
Dempsey as part of a song writing husband and wife duo.
Lisa Bonet was his co-star in the crime comedy "Bank Robber"
in which he played a robber with a heart.
He went on to win praise in the Critically Acclaimed mini tv series "J.F.K
: Reckless Youth" as the young John Kennedy his performance was flawless.
In 1994 along with Rocky his then wife he
directed and had a small cameo in "Ava's Magical Adventure", a children's adventure story.
Later that year he bounced
back on the screen in "With Honors" sporting a sexy new hair - cut and image alongside Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser.
In
"Bloodknot" with Kate Vernon he is lured by a mysterious stranger with a dark and deadly past.
In 1995 he was cast
in the big budget movie "Outbreak" as Jimbo the guy who gets bitten by a monkey and spreads a deadly disease.
Using
his acting skills to the full potential he went on to star in "The Escape", a story of a mans bid for freedom from jail.
In
1997 Patrick returned to Tv to star in the mini tv series "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea", a remake of Jules Vernes original
novel. Also starring Michael Caine it was a great success, and a refreshing take on the original version.
"Hugo Pool"
which was written and directed by Robert Downey Sr saw Patrick portraying a young man suffering from ALS who is confined to
his wheelchair in the thought - provoking film, proving that even though you are unable to speak you can speak volumes with
your eyes.
Patrick continued to keep himself busy by starring in a range of independent movies and stage performances,
starring in the mini tv series "Crime and Punishment " with Ben Kingsley, the biblical film "Jeremiah" with the late Oliver
Reed and "Something About Sex "(aka Denial). His latest stage production was in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance Of Being Earnest"
at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.
He seems to be settled in his private life too as he got married to his long
term fiancee Jill who is a make up artist with her own company called "Deluxe Beauty" on 31st July 1999. He also became a
father for the first time in January 2002 when his wife gave birth to their daughter, Tallulah.
He has starred in
the successful horror trilogy "Scream 3" along with Neve Campbell and has made several guest appearances in the popular tv
shows "Once And Again" for which he was nominated for a emmy and "Will And Grace".
He also had a supporting role as
Cass Chaplin in the Marilyn Monroe biopic "Blonde" with Poppy Montgomery.
Patrick is currently starring in the Touchstone
pictures movie "Sweet Home Alabama" with Reese Witherspoon. He also wil be starring in the upcoming movie "The Emperors Club"
with Kevin Kline.
T.R. Knight ("George O'Malley")
T.R. Knight was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and spent his last two years there as part of the acting company
at the Guthrie Theater. He has returned to the Guthrie twice since then to play Richard Miller in Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!,
and the title role in Peter Shaffer's Amadeus.
Since moving to New York, he has performed on Broadway as Tim Allgood
in Michael Frayn's Noises Off, opposite Patti LuPone, Peter Gallagher and Richard Easton, and as Damis in Tartuffe, with Brian
Bedford. Off-Broadway credits include Joe in Conor McPherson's This Lime Tree Bower and Brendan Hilliard in Anto Howard's
Scattergood, for which he received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
On television
Knight was a series regular opposite Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in Charlie Lawrence .
Justin Chambers ("Alex Karev")
Justin Chambers was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio. Discovered on a subway in Paris, he began his career as a professional
model working throughout Europe, Japan and the U.S. with contracts at Calvin Klein and Armani, among others.
Setting
his sights on acting, Chambers moved to New York and studied for four years at H.B. Studios and Ron Stetson Studios. His training
garnered him several television roles, including Another World, New York Undercover, Rose Hill with Jennifer Garner and Four
Corners with Ann-Margret.
Described as "part James Dean, part Marlon Brando" (Harper's Bazaar, 1998), Chambers got
his big break when he was cast in his first feature film, Liberty Heights, directed by Barry Levinson. As a privileged but
good-hearted troublemaker, he proved that he had the acting chops to hold his own opposite co-star Adrian Brody, and soon
went on to play the lead role of D'Artagnan in Universal's action/adventure, The Musketeer. Additionally Chambers starred
opposite Jennifer Lopez in the hit romantic comedy, The Wedding Planner, and with Uma Thurman in HBO's critically acclaimed
Hysterical Blindness. He will next be seen in the upcoming independent films Southern Belles, opposite Ana Faris and Fred
Weller, and In Control of All Things, opposite Robin Tunney and Rory Culkin.
Chambers currently resides in NY with
his wife and five children.
Just stared in following movies:
Rose Hill In 1997 (made for TV movie) as
Cole Clayborne.
Liberty Heights in 1999 as Trey Tobelseted.
Leo in 2002 as Ryan.
In
For Which it Stands (2003) Justin played a small character as a German Soldier.
The Zodiac in 2005 as
Sgt. Matt Parish.
Southern Belles In 2005 as Rhett Butler.
TV movie Hysterical Blindness
as Rick.
The Wedding Planner as Massimo.
Kate Walsh ("Addison Montgomery Sheperd")
Born in San Jose, California and raised both there and in Tucson, Arizona, Kate Walsh began her career in Chicago, studying
at the renowned Piven Theatre Workshop. She then starred in theatrical productions of the critically acclaimed “Born
Guilty,” “Moon Under Miami” and “Troilus and Cressida” at the Shakespeare Repertory.
In
Chicago Walsh was cast in her first two independent films, “Normal Life,” directed by John McNaughton, and “Henry,
Portrait of a Serial Killer II.”
The actress’ career quickly took off with a move to New York for comedy
and improvisation training. She landed series regular roles on “The Mike O’Malley Show” (ABC), “Mind
of a Married Man” (HBO) and “The Drew Carey Show” (ABC).
Walsh recently co-starred opposite Will
Ferrell and Robert Duvall in the feature film “Kicking and Screaming.” Her other feature credits include “Under
the Tuscan Sun,” “After the Sunset,” “Inside Out” and “The Family Man.”
Walsh
resides in Los Angeles.
Eric Dane ("Mark Sloan aka McSteamy")
Eric William Dane was born in 1972, in San Francisco, California. He is the oldest of two brothers. His father is an
architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. Dane was married to actress Rebecca Gayheart on October 29, 2004.
Dane
has acted as a recurring guest star on the television series Charmed. He appeared in seasons five and six as Phoebe Halliwell's
year-long boyfriend Jason Dean. He also appeared in the "The Basket" (2000), "Feast" (2005), "Open Water 2" (2006), and many
other great roles.
Dane Also plays the character of Multiple Man in the 2006 film X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Also he
will appear in the film "Wedding Wars", but of course many people know him well as Dr. Mark Sloan aka "McSteamy", a plastic
surgeon on the ABC Grey's Anatomy.
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