Ellen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts on November 10th, 1969. She lived most of her younger years in New York. She is the youngest sibling of 6. Her mother died when she was a young girl at four years old. After her teenage years, she moved to Miami, Florida where she found a job as a cocktail waitress. While working, she met and would go on to form a relationship with acclaimed fashion photographer Andrew Rosenthal. She would move to New York City with Rosenthal, where she worked on small projects. While working as a waitress at a SoHo Bar & Grill, she was found by a commercial agent who asked her if she was interested in appearing in commercials. She starred in commercials for L'Oreal hair products and Citibank.
Her interest in acting improved with her experience. In 2001, Pompeo moved to Los Angeles where she landed her first big role in Moonlight Mile (2002). After this she appeared in Daredevil, but most of her scenes were cut from the final version of the film. In 2004 she played Naomi in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind alongside Jim Carrey. All of her scenes were deleted from the final version of that film. This trend would soon end as her career blossomed.
She would star in two minor roles in Old School (2003) and Catch Me If You Can (2004) before landing a major role in ABC's surgeon drama Grey's Anatomy. Her character would be Meredith Grey, a intern surgeon for a private hospital. By, it's third season it became the highest-rated show on television. In 2007, Pompeo was nominated for a Golden Globe and in March of that year would sign a contract that gave her $200,00 per episode of Grey's Anatomy.
Johnny Depp Biography
Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, June 9th 1963. He lived most of his life in Florida where he gained a interest in music. He even dropped out of school when he 15 years old to pursue his dream of being a rock star. He made progress in the music world playing a garage band named The Kids. Depp’s former wife Lori Anne Allison wife introduced Depp to rising star Nicolas Cage. Cage encouraged Depp to act and he landed a roll in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). He got his big break in 1987 when a replacement was needed for Jeff Yagher in the T.V. show “21 Jump Street” (1987).
Nicolas Cage Biography
Nicolas Cage was Born in Long Beach, California on January 7, 1964. His birth name was Nicholas Kim Coppola, born to his father August Floy Coppola and mother Joy Vogelsang. His father worked in Literature mainly studying blind people. His mother was a dancer and choreographer who battled depression most of her life. the name Coppola rooted from his fathers Italian American heritage. Cage attended high school at Beverly Hills High School where acted in his school’s theater production of Golden Boy.
Marlon Brando Biography
Marlon Brando is a famous American actor who pioneered method acting. He made two films in the 1950s with director Elia Kazan including On The Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire. He won two oscars in his career.
