Ellen Pompeo is an American actress born in Everett, Massachusetts on November 10, 1969. She is Irish on her mother's side and Italian on her father's. Ellen Pompeo is a Catholic. Her grandfather was born in, Italy. Her mother, Kathleen died when she was four years old, and she was raised under the care of stepmother. Before becoming an actress Ellen Pompeo first served cocktails in a bar in Miami for two years, where she met then-boyfriend, Andrew Rosenthal, and it was not long after she started appearing on commercials and eventually minor roles on film and TV shows.

Driven by her passion for acting, Ellen Pompeo moved to Los Angeles in 2001. A turning point arrived when she was chosen by director Brad Silberling in 2002 for a role in the film Moonlight Mile as Jake Gyllenhaal's sympathetic love interest. She also took part in the film Daredevil playing Matt Murdock's (Ben Affleck) secretary Karen Page. In 2002 and 2003, Pompeo appeared in films such as Catch Me If You Can and Old School. Guest roles include two episodes of Law & Order and an episode of Friends. She as well portrayed Jim Carrey's ex-girlfriend, Naomi, in the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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