Ellen Pompeo Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Ellen Pompeo
Date of birth:
November 10. 1969
Place of birth:
Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Astrology Sign:
Scorpio
Height:
5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts. She is Irish on her mother's side of the family and Italian on her father's, Joseph Pompeo. Pompeo is a Catholic. Her grandfather was born in Gesualdo, a village in Province of Avellino, Italy. Her mother, Kathleen passed away when she was four years old, her father remarried soon after her mother's death. She was nicknamed the pencil and Straciatella (which translated from Italian to "little rags" or "strings") for her thin frame.
For more than two years, she served cocktails in Miami where she met then-boyfriend, fashion photographer Andrew Rosenthal. In 1996, she was bartending at the SoHo Bar & Grill in New York City's Upper West Side when an agent approached her to appear in commercials. Subsequently, she appeared in commercials for Citibank and L'Oreal. She began her career with minor roles on television shows like Strangers with Candy and Law & Order and a handful of films. You can currently catch her on the hit ABC TV show "Grey's Anatomy".
For more than two years, she served cocktails in Miami where she met then-boyfriend, fashion photographer Andrew Rosenthal. In 1996, she was bartending at the SoHo Bar & Grill in New York City's Upper West Side when an agent approached her to appear in commercials. Subsequently, she appeared in commercials for Citibank and L'Oreal. She began her career with minor roles on television shows like Strangers with Candy and Law & Order and a handful of films. You can currently catch her on the hit ABC TV show "Grey's Anatomy".