Ellen Holly at the Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards in October 2010.Photo:CLINT SPAULDING/Patrick McMullanEllen Holly, the trailblazingOne Life to Liveactress who became the first Black person to star on a soap opera, has died. She was 92.In a statement shared with PEOPLE, her publicist Cheryl L. Duncan announced that the actress died in her sleep on Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York.Holly began her career on stages in New York City and Boston and made her broadway debut inToo Late the Phalaropein 1956....

Meredith Grey dominates the operating room inGrey’s Anatomybut in real life,Ellen Pompeocommands the kitchen.The star of ABC’s hit medical drama gave fans a look inside her beach house in Malibu, Calif. during an interview forArchitectural Digest’s January 2023 cover story.The actress enjoys the midcentury modern haven with husbandChris Iveryand their three children: daughters Stella Luna and Sienna May, and son Eli Christopher. The family spends time in an extra large bed designed for the whole crew to watch movies together or in the backyard roasting marshmallows....

Photo:Getty (1); GAP (1); J.Crew (1); DSW (1) Getty (1); GAP (1); J.Crew (1); DSW (1) Ellen Pompeo’slatest look just proved that denim midi skirts are here to stay — and I, for one, have never been happier. On December 5, theGrey’s Anatomyactress was spotted leaving lunch with a friend in Beverly Hills wearing an effortless take on the fall-to-winter style. During the outing, Pompeo sported a denim midi skirt — complete with a front slit — styled with a whiteknit sweater, black knee-high boots, tinted sunglasses, and a black tote bag....

After 20 years on television’s longest-running prime-time medical drama,Grey’s Anatomy,Ellen Pompeohas learned who she is — and what she wants. Told from multiple points of view, the show revolves around a Midwestern couple who adopt a Ukrainian child with a rare form of dwarfism. In time they become suspicious that she’s actually an adult and their lives are in danger. “It was like, ‘Wow, this is intense. How would we pull this off?...

She may have been onGrey’s Anatomyfor the last 20 years butEllen Pompeoisn’t quite ready to let all her children watch the hit medical drama. Between her three kids —Stella Luna, 15, Sienna May, 10, and Eli Christopher, 8, with her husband, sportswear executive Chris Ivery, 57 — only Pompeo’s oldest daughter has seen the show. “What happens is all the classmates start watching it so you can only hold them off for so long because everyone in the class has seen it except your kid,” says the actress, 55....

Ellen Pompeo. Ellen Pompeoisn’t quite ready for her younger daughter to watch her inGrey’s Anatomy. During her appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live,theGood American Familyactress, 55, spoke about howShonda Rhimes' hitmedical dramais gaining a new audience in the younger generation as the series celebrates its 20th anniversary. Pompeo, who shares three children with music producerChris Ivery, shared with hostJimmy Kimmelthe reason she doesn’t want her 10-year-old daughterSiennato watch the show yet. “My 15-year-old [Stella] has seen it, and now my 10-year-old wants to see it,” she told the late-night host, 57....

Ellen Pompeois excited about what’s next following her decision to step back fromGrey’s Anatomy. The actress opened up toDrew Barrymoreon Tuesday about her reduced role on the ABC medical drama after 19 seasons. “I feel super happy, but listen the show has been incredible to me and I’ve loved a lot of the experience,” Pompeo said on the latestThe Drew Barrymore Show. “Listen it’s just I gotta mix it up a little bit....

Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Kevin McKiddis supportive ofEllen Pompeo’sdecision to reduce her presence in season 19ofGrey’s Anatomy— in fact, he says it’s a sign of her commitment to the hit ABC medical drama. “The fact that she’s not leaving the show and is just gonna scale it back a bit — what I think is beautiful about it is that it shows her love for the show still,” he added. Liliane Lathan/ABC via Getty...

Ellen Pompeowas understandably cautious when it came to choosing her next role. After all she’s been playing beloved Meredith Grey for 20 years on television’s longest-running, prime-time medical drama,Grey’s Anatomy.And while she hasn’t scrubbed out of the show for good (she’s still appearing in a handful of episodes each season), Pompeo is focused on her future. Ellen Pompeo.JONNY MARLOW JONNY MARLOW “It was like, ‘Wow, this is intense. How would we pull this off?...

Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Photo: Liliane Lathan/ABC via Getty Ellen Pompeowill be spending more time with the doctors from Grey Sloan Memorial. PEOPLE has learned Pompeo, who stars as Dr. Meredith Grey on the ABC hit series, will appear in four episodes of the show’s upcoming20th season, whileJessica Capshawwill reprise her role of beloved pediatric surgeon Dr. Arizona Robbins in one episode. Meredith’s return was first teased in PEOPLE’sexclusive first lookat the forthcoming season of the medical drama, which debuted in December....

Ellen Pompeois starting to take on more high-profile projects outside ofGrey’sAnatomy.The 52-year-old actress — who has anchored the hit ABC medical drama for the past 17 years — will have a scaled-back role in the forthcoming season. Per aDeadlinereport on Wednesday, Pompeo will appear in only eight episodes of the 19th season.In tandem with that shift atGrey’s, Pompeo has signed on to star in Hulu’s upcoming limited seriesOrphan, an adaptation of the 2009 film based on the true story of Ukranian-born Natalia Grace, whose adoptive parents in the U....

Photo: Liliane Lathan/ABC via Getty There are a few changesEllen Pompeohopes to see onGrey’s Anatomymoving forward. “I think if I had any desire, honestly, it would be to be less sort of preachy in one episode about certain things,” she said on herTell Me with Ellen Pompeopodcast. “It’s like, we do one episode about, let’s see … Asian hate crimes is one that we did this past season that was really moving....

Ellen Pompeoknows how to turn heads on the red carpet! TheGrey’s Anatomystar, 54, shimmered at Monday night’s Emmys in a silver shirt from Filipino fashion designer Monique Lhuillier which showed off her bra underneath. The actress teamed the top with a black necktie, a black silk maxi-skirt and diamond stud earrings while her blonde hair loosely tied back. Ahead of the2023 Emmys ceremony, which were originally slated for September before beingpostponed from their original 2023 date, Pompeo shared asneak peek at her awards show style via Instagram....