Grey’s Anatomy star quits job with insane salary
- Ellen Pompeo, known for her role in Grey's Anatomy, will exit the show with her character moving to Boston to work on Alzheimer's research, which affected her mother.
- Pompeo negotiated a salary of US$575,000 per episode in 2017, totaling US$20 million annually, making her the highest-paid female actor on TV at that time.
- Pompeo faced a pay disparity compared to her co-star and mentioned that the show creator supported her negotiations for equal pay.
- Jesse Williams acknowledged Pompeo's hard work for 20 years and expressed confidence in her well-deserved time off.
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Ellen Pompeo Reflected On The Backlash She Faced When Her $20M “Grey’s” Salary Was Made Public
“It’s my face, it’s my voice. I’ve done so much work promoting the show all over the world for the past 20 years…I know the show has generated this much money; I definitely deserve a percentage of that.”View Entire Post ›
Ellen Pompeo says she fought for a salary difference in 'Gray's Anatomy' - News Bulletin 247
One of ABC’s leading “Grey’s Anatomy” stars, Ellen Pompeo, 55, faced a behind -the -scenes problem that affects many women in the entertainment market: the salary difference from actors. In a recent interview, she told about the internal dispute she waged with the direction of the production about the gains of the castmate, Patrick Dempsey, 59. She agreed that Dempsey was the name of the most visibility at the beginning of the series, released i…
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