By Penny Bancroft
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. One of the world’s highest-paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple appearances on Forbes‘ year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to Miami and then New York City, where a casting director discovered her and signed her for an ad campaign for L’Oreal. She made her screen debut with NBC‘s legal drama Law & Order, then guest-starred in other television shows, including the comedy Strangers with Candy, the medical drama Strong Medicine and the sitcom Friends. She made her feature film debut in 1999 with the romantic comedy Coming Soon, and went on to play minor roles in films like In the Weeds and Mambo Café but found little initial success. A turning point came in her career in 2002, when she was noticed for her role in Brad Silberling‘s romantic drama Moonlight Mile.
Pompeo was then cast in ABC‘s popular medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, and gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of the title character Dr. Meredith Grey. The role on the long-running series earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award. The character became widely popular, making Pompeo one of the most renowned television actresses. In 2016, she was ranked fourth in the list of highest paid TV actresses by Forbes, with earnings of $14.9 million; she became the third highest-paid female and the fifth highest-paid actor overall in 2018 with earnings of $23.6 million. She was also the highest-ranked actress from a drama series on the list.
Pompeo’s other film roles include the comedy Old School (2003), the superhero film Daredevil (2003), the caper film Art Heist (2004), and the comedy drama Life of the Party (2005). In addition to her acting career, she has directed two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and founded a production company, Calamity Jane. She has been married to music producer Chris Ivery since 2007; they have three children.
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Born
- Martin Luther (founder of the Lutheran church) –
- William Hogarth (painter) –
- Samuel Gridley Howe (physician) –
- Donald Baxter Macmillan (arctic explorer) –
- Claude Rains (actor) –
- Karl Jay Shapiro (poet) –
- Richard Burton (actor) –
- Roy Scheider (actor) –
- Norm Cash (baseball player) –
- Sinbad (actor) –
- MacKenzie Phillips (actress) –
- Ellen Pompeo (actress) –
- Brittany Murphy (actress) –
- Miranda Lambert (country singer) –
- Giovonnie Samuels (actress) –
- Josh Peck (actor) –
Died
- Leonid Brezhnev (Russian Premier) –
- Jack Palance (actor) –
- Norman Mailer (author) –
- Miriam Makeba (singer, referred to as Mama Africa) –
Events
- The American Continental Congress established a full-time national Marine Corps, the Continental Marines–
- Journalist Henry Morton Stanley located missing Scottish missionary, David Livingstone, in Central Africa, and delivered his famous greeting, Dr. Livingstone, I presume.–
- Statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor first in the United States to be canonically crowned, New Orleans, Louisiana–
- National Book Week was first observed in the United States–
- Jeweler Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.–
- Sesame Street made its television debut–
- Gene Autry received a gold record for the single, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 20 years after its release–
- Luna 17 spacecraft launched–
- The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore boat with 29 crewmen aboard, sank during a storm on Lake Superior–
Weather
- A tornado hit Great Bend, Kansas, killing 11 people and causing $1 million in damages–
- A storm in Minnesota produced record-breaking low pressure–
- More than seventy tornadoes churned across the eastern United States–
- 71 degrees F, East Milford, New Hampshire–
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