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'Grey's Anatomy' Star Caterina Scorsone Heads on Hiatus With Amelia
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Caterina Scorsone Heads on Hiatus With Amelia

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[This story contains spoilers for the Oct. 16 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “We Built This City.”]

For Grey’s Anatomy viewers left wondering after Thursday night’s episode if beloved Dr. Amelia Shepherd has truly taken a leave of absence from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, the answer is both bad and good: Yes, veteran star Caterina Scorsone is indeed taking a hiatus from the ABC hit medical series, but she will return.

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Amelia is indeed going on a sabbatical, as she announced at the end of the Oct. 16 episode, which was the landmark 450th episode of the show. She won’t be seen again until episodes in 2026.

The storyline comes following the season 22 premiere, where Amelia was rocked by the death of fellow doctor Monica Beltran, played by Natalie Morales, who was the sole casualty in the season opener after last season’s cliffhanger finale when the hospital was hit with an explosion. Amelia and Monica were on the verge of exploring a romantic relationship, and the loss sent her into a depression that played out with her onscreen family this week: sister-in-law Meredith Grey, played by star/executive producer Ellen Pompeo, and Maggie Pierce (exited castmember Kelly McCreary, who returned for Thursday’s episode).

When speaking last week about the season premiere, showrunner Meg Marinis told THR that she picked Monica as the explosion victim partially to explore how the death will impact Amelia.

“While Amelia was so centered in that storyline at the end of last season with Piper [Perabo]’s character and with the child [in the season 21 finale], I wanted for us to believe that everything was kind of OK for Amelia after we saved Link’s [Chris Carmack] life. I also really wanted to deliver consequences of Amelia taking on all these impossible surgeries,” she said of Amelia also almost losing her ex, Link. “As Amelia mentions in the episode, she lost her father at a very young age and that really propelled the way her life went.”

Scorsone has been on Grey’s Anatomy since first appearing in a guest role in season seven in 2010, and became a main cast member in 2014’s season 11. She was also a regular on Grey’s spinoff Private Practice from 2010-13.

Deadline was first to report the news.

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Is Caterina Scorsone’s Amelia Shepherd Leaving ‘Grey’s Anatomy’?

by jummy84
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[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for Grey’s Anatomy Season 41 Episode 2, “We Built This City.”]

Grey’s Anatomy had another shocking development in store for fans on Thursday’s (October 16) newest episode, “We Built This City.” After welcoming back Kelly McCreary as Maggie Pierce for a heartwarming return, the story put another one of its longtime leading characters on indefinite leave from the hospital.

In the episode, Maggie joined forces with Ellen Pompeo‘s Meredith Grey to show support for Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) as the neurosurgeon grappled with severe grief over the death of Monica Beltran (Natalie Morales).

Although the sisters’ trip down memory lane — and impromptu takeover of Meredith’s mom’s old house from the now-second-year residents — did give Amelia some relief from her intense sadness and feelings of guilt, she still struggled. Because she performed the risky first operation on her pediatric patient Dylan, the child will continue to live with locked-in syndrome indefinitely; meanwhile, the girl’s desperate mother Jenna (Piper Perabo), who was inspired to hold up the surgical floor and caused a gas explosion over that condition, is now responsible for multiple deaths.

After talking things through with Maggie and Meredith, Amelia decided to leave Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for an indeterminate amount of time. She delivered the news that she’d be taking a sabbatical to Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), who was helping Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) out with her chief of surgery duties.

So does that mean Amelia — and thus Caterina Scorsone — is gone for good from Grey’s? Not quite. TV Insider has learned the actress is not exiting the series but will not be seen for several episodes during the character’s sabbatical.

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Scorsone’s Amelia has been a mainstay of Grey’s Anatomy for 15 years, leading up to the episode, which marked the series’ 450th. The character was first introduced as the sister of Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) all the way back in Season 7. After returning to the role in Seasons 8 and 10, Scorsone became a series regular in Season 11 and has remained as much ever since, following Amelia’s sobriety journey, several romances, motherhood, loss, and her ascension to chief of neuro and working with Meredith on her research projects.

This episode also happens to coincide with Scorsone’s birthday. Before the episode, the actress celebrated the occasion with a social media post, writing, “Today is my birthday. 🎉 Grateful for every breath that got me here, for every human that loved me to this place, for all the moments of life that delivered me to this one. Today I’m so deeply rooted in my body, my community, my commitment to the people and the ethics that I love and protect with all the courage and wisdom and life I’ve collected. What a gorgeous view. What a wild ride. Big shout out to my mom for all that heavy lifting and to the Loves who brought me flowers this morning. Bliss.”

 

She received comments of support from her Grey’s family, including Ellen Pompeo, Chris Carmack, Anthony Hill, and Peyton Kennedy, who played her foster child, Betty.

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Caterina Scorsone Takes A Break; Will Amelia Return?
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Caterina Scorsone Takes A Break; Will Amelia Return?

by jummy84
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SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Episode 2202, “We Built This City,” of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.

EXCLUSIVE: The deadly explosion in the Season 21 finale of Grey’s Anatomy left all of the doctors at Grey Sloan reeling. No one felt the impact more than Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone), whose patient Dylan’s mother was responsible for the blast. Not able to cope despite an intervention by Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Maggie (Kelly McCreary), Amelia announced at the end of tonight’s episode that she is taking a sabbatical. (You can read Deadline’s recap here.)

That sets a lengthy hiatus for longtime Grey’s Anatomy series regular cast member Scorsone. According to sources, it will span the next eight episodes, with the actress returning in 2026.

As Deadline has reported, starting in 2024-25, Grey’s Anatomy reduced the minimum guarantees for its veteran cast members to 14 out of the show’s 18 episodes per season, a cost-saving measure employed by a number of long-running series, including the Dick Wolf dramas. It resulted in Grey’s long-tenured cast members not appearing in four episodes each, usually sprinkled throughout the season.

That again is the case for 2025-26, I hear, with the veterans doing 14 out of 18 episodes except for Scorsone who will be doing 10 out of 18. The reduction was built into Amelia’s storyline as she goes on sabbatical, with the off episodes believed to be consecutive.

The move is said to be specific to this season. Scorsone remains a series regular, and Amelia, first introduced in Season 7 of Grey’s after making her debut on spinoff Private Practice, remains a fan favorite character and one deeply rooted in the show’s mythology as the sister of Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) and sister-in-law to Meredith.

ABC’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ stars Caterina Scorsone as Amelia Shepherd.

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In an interview after the Season 21 finale, Deadline asked Grey’s Anatomy executive producer/showrunner Meg Marinis about the Season 22 plans for Amelia who is overdue for a strong arc after she was not given a lot to do last season.

“She was very medical this season,” Marinis said at the time. “We’ll see if her strive and desire to keep taking on medical cases, we’ll see if that continues after what happens to Dylan. I think that’s a moment of hubris for her. She took on something that, there’s a possibility she shouldn’t have operated on that girl to begin with.”

The last line has been at the heart of Amelia’s emotional struggles as she blames her decision to take on Dylan’s case for everything that happened, including the death of her friend, Dr. Monica Beltran. Compounding her grief is the fact that, as Amelia revealed in tonight’s episode, after two surgeries, Dylan remains locked in awake in her body, can’t blink and is looking at spending her life in a longterm care facility.

She will hopefully improve later this season, before or after Amelia makes her return.

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