Who plays amelia shepherd

Caterina Scorsone, who plays Dr. Amelia Shepherd in ABC‘s Grey’s Anatomy, has read the script for the premiere of the upcoming 19th season, and she is excited to get things rolling.

Taking to social media on Sunday, July 31, Scorsone tweeted that she was “Memorizing lines for #1901,” referencing the Season 19 premiere, which is set to air Thursday, October 6. “It’s here. There will be updates,” she continued. “The classic cast is ready and revving. The new cast additions are exciting and gorgeous. Inside and out. Here we go.”

Memorizing lines for #1901. It’s here. There will be updates. The classic cast is ready and revving. The new cast additions are exciting and gorgeous. Inside and out. Here we go.

— Caterina Scorsone (@caterinatweets) July 31, 2022

As announced in recent weeks, five new first-year surgical residents will be joining Grey Sloan Memorial this fall, played by Harry Shum Jr., Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, and Midori Francis. Their arrival comes after the hospital’s teaching program was disbanded and ordered to rebuild in the Season 18 finale.

Shum Jr. is set to play the generous but competitive Daniel “Blue” Kwan, a brilliant resident who is described as “sharp-witted and impatient.” Meanwhile, Kane stars as Jules Millin, who was raised by drug-addicted artists/hippies and somehow became the only grown-up in her family.

Floyd, who is coming off a breakout role in Netflix’s Inventing Anna, will portray Simone Griffin, a whip-smart, high-achiever from Seattle who never wanted to work at Grey Sloan due to a painful history with the hospital. Finally, Terho plays out-to-prove-himself surgeon Lucas Adams and Francis stars as Mika Yasuda, a middle child from a large family who is used to being overlooked and underestimated.

He was previously in 'Shadowhunters,' 'Glee,' and 'Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.'

The Emmy-winning series was renewed for a 19th season back in January 2022, with the show’s lead star, Ellen Pompeo, agreeing to return.

Grey’s Anatomy, Season 19 Premiere, Thursday, October 6, 9/8c, ABC

Life imitates art. Caterina Scorsone, who plays Dr. Amelia Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy, announced that she's pregnant with an Addams Family-inspired Instagram post. Fans had been speculating about the pregnancy for weeks now and it just so happens that her Grey's character is pregnant, too, making for some serendipitous timing.

"Our Family’s about to get even kookier," she wrote in the post, which featured her two children, Eliza and Paloma, and her husband, Rob Giles. Having her pregnancy on-camera won't be anything new for Scorsone. Back when she was on Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes wrote her first pregnancy onto the show and Scorsone even announced the news the same day as her character did.

"The news came out of left field and I think she decided she could use this for dramatic purposes," she told People. "As an actress it never feels like right time. But once we knew what was happening, we were like, 'This is perfect.'"

Her second pregnancy didn't get written into Grey's, but it seems that Rhimes is ready to do it again. By now, it's something she should be used to. Not only did she write Scorsone's first preganancy right into the show's tangled storylines, she did the same for Chandra Wilson back in Grey's second season.

Scorsone has been very open about her family and parenting on social media. Paloma has Down syndrome and Scorsone does not shy away from speaking about it online. She wants her followers to understand that having a disability isn't necessarily a disadvantage.

"I want to help people expand their understanding of what it is to love a person who isn't 'typical' or who is living with a disability," she told WebMD. "Down syndrome is a genetic variation, and there are lots of genetic variations. There isn't one particular way that a person should be to have value. Life with Pippa is one of the richest gifts our family has ever received."

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