New docs available! Grey’s Anatomy will feature a few fresh faces when season 19 premieres this fall — and the residents all have very different backstories.
During the season 18 finale, which aired in May, viewers said goodbye to Grey Sloan’s surgical residents following the shutdown on the teaching program. The new season will bring back the program, but Dr. Meredith Grey’s aspiring doctors ().Ellen Pompeo) and her peers will be new.
ABC announced the new cast member on July 19. Alexis Floyd. Per Deadline, she will play Simone Griffin, a first-year surgeon resident. Griffin has a complicated past with the hospital.
TheInventing AnnaAlum, 28 years old, is no stranger. Shonda Rhimes’ TV world, having played Neff on the 2022 miniseries. Floyd claims that she is excited to be a part of the beloved medical drama almost 20 years after its premiere.
“Grey’s Anatomy, like all of Shonda’s canon, is a genre redefining show that remains masterfully committed to diversity, relevancy and vulnerability,” Floyd told Deadline in July. “Joining the cast in its 19th season is an immeasurable honor, and quite simply, it’s gonna be wicked fun.”
Since then, ABC has added Niko Terho, Midori FrancisAnd Adelaide KaneAdd to the roster of newbies. They will play Mika Yasuda (Luca Adams) and Jules Millin (Jules Millin).
The teaching program shakeup isn’t the only drama awaiting the Grey Sloan workers when season 19 kicks off. Season 18 ended with several OG stars questioning the future of their careers. Chandra Wilson’s Miranda Bailey, for example, stepped down as chief of surgery.
James Pickens Jr.’s Richard Webber, for his part, went on a sabbatical after the dismantling of the program, leaving Meredith as the new chief of surgery. While the role is exciting for Meredith, it threw a wrench in the surgeon’s plan to move to Minnesota with Nick (Scott Speedman). The couple’s relationship status is up in the air for now — as is Pompeo’s future as the show’s lead.
While the Old SchoolIn January, the actress signed up for season 19. She has hinted that the drama could continue without her.
“We’re going to try to keep it going for the young people, not necessarily with me, but keep it going beyond me,” Pompeo, 52, told Entertainment Tonight in May, noting that “continually trying to reinvent the show is the challenge at this point.”
Season 19 Grey’s AnatomyPremieres on ABC Thursday, October 6th at 9 p.m. ET.
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