Grey's Anatomy Characters

In order to understand my blog, you'll need to know the main characters of Grey's Anatomy. As it is set in a hospital there are many of different people and doctors ranging from attending-intern. The main bulk of the characters started off the show as interns and are now in there second year of residency.

Characters:

Dr. Merideth Grey-Ellen Pompeo

• Appox 30 years old
• The main character of the show. We first saw Merideth in season 1 as a scatty intern who accidently slept with the new attending, Derek, on the first day.
• Her mother, Ellis Grey, was a fantastic surgeon when Meredith was younger but then began suffering from Alheimer's disease.
• She's not very good at relationships, no matter how hard Derek has tried over the 5 seasons, she is very reluctant to let him in.
• Her best friend is Christina
• She lives in her mothers old house with her fellow residents
• Her father left her when shewas very young and has another family, including Lexie Grey who also works at the hospital
• She also becomes very good friends with George O'Malley, who during season 2 appears to be in love with her and, after large quaantities of alcohol, sleep together. However they decide to put it behind them and just stay friends
• When her mother dies she has a bit of a breakdown and nearly dies. It is uncertain whether she tries to commit suicide, or whether it was an accident. Different people have different ideas.
• After 4 years of being uncertain, meredith decides to let Derek in and be commited to him. She shows her affection by building a house out of candles to show where each of the rooms would be.
• She narrates/voice overs the show on most occcaisions
• Resident

Dr. Christina Yang- Sandra Oh

• 30 approx
• Very determined and hard working
• Set on being a heart surgeon
• Very competitive when it comesa to getting the best surguries-she wont let anybody stand in her way.
• Almost married to top cardio surgeon Dr. Burke, he left her at the alter, and never came back to the show. She was devastated, but seems to have got over it now
• Best friends with Meredith since season 1
• In season 5 she seems to have a crush on new trauma doctor, Dr. Hunt.
• Resident

Dr. George O'Mally- T.R. Knight

• Late 20s
• Had a crush on Meredith in the first and second seasons
• Gets married and then divorced from Dr. Torres
• He fails his residency exam the first time round and is made to go right back to the beginning with the interns, however he convinces the chief to let him re-take the test and he passes.
• He falls for Izzie whilst married to Dr. Torres and tell her that he loves her, he then leaves Callie (Tores) for Izzie but they're friendship was too strong and the relationship was too weird for both George and Izzie. They decide to just be friends
• Currently lives with Lexie Grey, who has a crush on George
• Resident

Dr. Izzie Stephens- Katherine Heigl

• Late 20s
• Lives with Meredith and Alex and Derek
• Izzie is kind and compassionate, often to the extent of getting too emotionally involved, and frequently goes out of her way to help her patients, disregarding rules and protocol if she needs to.
• This happens with Denny, whom she falls for and he propses to her. Unfortunately he dies. She finds out he was a millionaire and has left all his fortunne to him in the form of a cheque for 9 million dollars
• Unsure of what to do with the money the cheque remains on the fridge for several months until she decides to open a free clinic next to the hospital
• She is currently starting a relationship with Alex.
• Resident

Dr. Alex Karev- Justin Chambers

• Lates 20s
• Alex is an eager and competitive intern
• Alex can also be self-absorbed and overconfident; he also only wants to work on cases that he feels are interesting
• Ladies man and sleeps around a lot
• Doesn't mind hurtin peoples feelings and always tells people what he thinks
• After a massive accident at sea he begins treating 'Jane Doe' who has amnesia and no way of knowing who she is. Alex names her Ava and they fall in love
• Unfortunately she becomes very unstable, which can happen to patients with amnesia who have intenship plastic surgery and she has to be admitted to a psychiatric ward.
• He is in a relationship with Izzie Stephens at the moment
• Resident

Dr. Lexie Grey - Chyler Leigh

• mid 20s
• Started as an intern in season 4
• Merideth's half sister by her fathers second marriage
• She has difficulties getting MEredith to bond with her but eventually at the end of season 4 they become friends.
• She sleeps with Alex and want a relationship, but he does not
• She has a crush on george and wants him to notice her.
• Intern

Dr. Derek Shepard - Partick Dempsey

• Neauro surgeon
• Had an affair with Meredith in the first season
• previously married to Addison-they are divorced
• Dating Meredith currently- he wants a committed relationship with herbut she is very relucted
• Former enemy Mark Sloane has now become his friend and his advisor for his women trouble
• He was in the running to become cheif of surgery until richard decided to stay in charge
• He's known as 'McDreamy' to the other younger doctors as he is very handsome with lovely hair
• Attending

Dr. Mark Sloane - Eric Dane

• Used to be best friend with Derek, until he slept with Dereks wife Addison (what he didn't know was that Derek was also having an affair)
• Same age as Derek - the went to school together
• 100% ladies man; alway sleeping with the interns/nurses in the on-call room
• In series 4 he made friends with Derek and they are now really close
• Him and Callie are also friends but 'with benefits'
• He's a plastic surgeon (Head of plastics) also an ENT doctor.
• Attending

Dr. Miranda Bailey - Chandra Wilson

• In charge of all the residents
• Very bossy but with a kind motherly heart
• She's given a lot of responsibility by the Cheif, who thinks she can be a great general surgeon
• She has a son who was born during an episode which involved a bomb scare
• She's very close to George, and named her baby after him after he helped to deliver her baby.
• Dr. Bailey is known for being a compassionate doctor; Bailey stayed by Cristina during her pregnancy scare and her initial recovery and also held Izzie's hand when Izzie was giving bone marrow for her daughter. She cares about her patients and is a committed surgeon.

Dr. Callie Torres

• An orthopedic surgeon
• Daughter of a very wealthy family
• When we first saw her however she was living in the basement of the hospital.
• Used to date and eventually married George O'Malley
• He cheated on her with Izzie, and so she divorced him seeking comfort from Mark
• She now lives with Christina and is embarking in a lesbian relationship with Erica.
• At the end of series 3 she bcame cheif resident, but during her marriage breakdown she couldn't handle it and handed resposibility over to Bailey.
• Resident

Dr. Erica Hahn

• Head of Cardiotherasic surgery at Seattle Grace
• She is a workaholic and she's very professional
• Used to be the rival of Preston burke, and used to work at Mercy West Hospital
• Invovled now with Callie Torres and seems to really like her, but Callie doesn't take it as seriously
• "a kick ass female surgeon"
• She doesn't seem to like Yang very much, and was not keen on teaching her.
• She is leaving the show mid way season 5
• Attending

To be continued... (as there are so many)
As new characters are added i will add them onto the list..

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