While Grey's Anatomy revolves around many characters, its true main character is
All of this makes us wonder what the Grey's Anatomy cast salary is. We know that Ellen Pompeo (a.k.a. Doctor Meredith Grey) is the richest women at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital (and in television) but what about the rest of the cast? Well, we also know a thing or two about that.
During Thursday's “The End is the Beginning is the End” episode, Meredith, Derek, Cristina, Arizona and Callie learn that they won the lawsuit — and are awarded $15 million each — that will be paid from the pocket of the hospital's insurance company.
Image: ABC/Mike Rosenthal. As the highest paid cast member on Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo's net worth has been a hot topic among fans for years. Pompeo made her debut as Meredith Grey in the premiere of Grey's Anatomy in March 2005.
As of 2022, she makes $550,000 per episode and racks in an additional $6 million for syndication profits, totaling $19 million a year, Forbes reported. And *that's* how she became the eighth-richest actress of 2020 (and reportedly the highest-paid cast member on the show), per Parade.
Here's your answer: Owen, the trauma surgeon. In a moving speech, Owen told the Chief that he needed the money to give trauma training to every doctor in Seattle Grace.
Meredith won the prestigious Harper Avery Award, even though Christina was disqualified previously. Throughout the first ten seasons of Grey's Anatomy, Cristina proved herself to be the arguably better surgeon of the two — she was cutthroat and laser-focused on honing her skill.
It originally aired on February 5, 2006, serving as the lead-out program for Super Bowl XL. On its original broadcast, "It's the End of the World" was watched by 38.1 million viewers. It is the highest rated and most watched episode of the series.
Surprisingly, the most hated Grey's Anatomy character turned out to be Meredith and Lexie's father, Thatcher Grey. He was a complicated recurring character who, just like his ex-wife, made Meredith's life hard. After her parents divorced, Meredith hadn't seen her father for 20 years.
Meredith Grey is the most intelligent character on the show, despite her lack of judgment when her heart gets in the way. When she was a resident she was set on neurosurgery, and then later changed to general surgery which are hard fields to enter.
The series' protagonist, Meredith Grey, is portrayed by Ellen Pompeo. Pompeo starred as the leading role in Moonlight Mile, which led to her being cast as Meredith.
Justin Chambers played Alex Karev on Grey's Anatomy from March 2005 to January 2020 and he has an estimated net worth of $18 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. As the site states, he made $9 million per episode before exiting in March 2020.
"She just has to step away for a little bit to do a Hulu show. It's a great company to work for and I'm really, really lucky that they've given me the opportunity to do both, and so I had to take it."
Derek Shepherd
Besides, he, like Meredith, was part owner of the hospital, and the shares from that would bring his total annual income to well over a million.
That title, according to Puck, belongs to John Krasinski, who earns $2 million an episode for his work on Jack Ryan.
She also got Dereks $15 million because they were married and he died.
Cristina Yang
This means she would have been earning around $908,990 a year. Cristina decided to become a surgeon after her father bled to death in front of her. Early in her career, she joins Seattle Grace as a surgical intern. She then joined The Mayo Clinic on a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship.
Backstory. Most of Addison's past is presented in a non-linear fashion, primarily revealed in the second season of Grey's Anatomy and the second and third season of Private Practice. Addison is the daughter of wealthy parents and has a $25 million trust fund.
Working for the President. Off at a lunch, Derek was getting grilled about his background check. They had found out that Derek had been paying $3500 a month to someone named Michael Betcher.