

#GREY ANATOMY SEASON 1 1CHANNEL SERIES#
Caterina Scorsone was upgraded to a series regular to continue her role as Dr.

Heather Brooks (who died during the season 9 finale). Leah Murphy with the exception of Tina Majorino as Dr. In the tenth season, the new batch of interns introduced during the ninth season were made series regulars including Camilla Luddington as Dr. Teddy Altman in the sixth season, was given star billing later in the season. Kim Raver, who was cast as recurring character Dr. Following O'Malley's death and Stevens' departure, Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew joined the cast as new residents from Mercy West Jackson Avery and April Kepner both having made their series debuts as recurring characters in the sixth season. Jessica Capshaw is given series regular status at the beginning of the sixth season after playing peds-attending Arizona Robbins in season 5. Owen Hunt was signed as a series regular after originally being cast for a specific story arc joins the cast in season 5. Chyler Leigh, first appears in the third as the half-sister of Meredith, Lexie Grey. Burke departs at the conclusion of the third season, and is replaced by Erica Hahn played by Brooke Smith, who leaves the show during the fifth. and leaves the show at the end of the third, in order to launch her own spin-off medical drama Private Practice. Addison Montgomery the estranged wife of Derek. Kate Walsh also joined the show in season two, after making a guest appearance in season one as Dr. Ramirez was cast after ABC executives offered her a role in the network show of her choice, Dane had previously auditioned unsuccessfully for a role in the pilot episode. They were initially cast as recurring characters, but both were given star billing at the opening of the third season. Mark Sloan and Sara Ramirez as ortho-resident Dr. The second season marked the introduction of Eric Dane as leading plastic surgeon Dr. Washington was cast as Burke, because the original actor to play Burke had to withdraw. Derek Shepherd including Isaiah Washington, but when Patrick Dempsey read for the part, "he was just perfect", according to Rhimes.

Oh was initially brought to play the character of Bailey, but pressed to read for the role of Cristina instead at the audition. Chambers' character was not originally part of the pilot but was added later as the fifth and final intern. Knight, Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers respectively. On Wilson's addition to the cast Rhimes reported, " is exactly who Miranda is." The other interns working with Meredith under Bailey are along with Cristina Yang, George O'Malley, Izzie Stevens, and Alex Karev played by Sandra Oh, T.R. Meredith is assigned to work under Miranda Bailey the only character developed with a racial description in mind, who is portrayed by Chandra Wilson. Pompeo starred as the leading role in Moonlight Mile, which explains the significance of her being cast as Meredith. The series' protagonist, Meredith Grey, is portrayed by Ellen Pompeo. All roles for the series are cast without the characters' races being pre-specified, in keeping with Rhimes' vision of diversity. The series was created to be racially diverse, utilizing a color-blind casting technique. Grey's Anatomy utilized a racially diverse casting process.
