Grey's Anatomy Shares First Look astatine Ellen Pompeo's Goodbye

After 2 decades and adjacent her ain spinoff, Kate Walsh inactive finds it "incredible" to beryllium a portion of the Grey's Anatomy family.

The histrion precocious reflected connected reprising her fan-favorite relation arsenic Dr. Addison Montgomery connected Shonda Rhimes' long-running aesculapian play amid large changes some successful beforehand of and down the camera.

"It's unthinkable to beryllium back," Kate shared connected The Kelly Clarkson Show Jan. 25. "The younger actors that are the caller acceptable of interns, they grew up watching the amusement and you're like, 'Oh, hi.' It's comic to beryllium the elder statesman of the show. They're truthful beautiful. All of them are specified large actors."

The Emily successful Paris prima has been backmost astatine Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital successful a recurring capableness for the past 2 seasons since her archetypal instauration to the Grey's beingness during the play 1 finale successful 2005. After departing successful play 3 for her spinoff Private Practice—which ran for six seasons betwixt 2007 and 2013—Kate eventually reprised her character successful play 18. 

And arsenic she noted, the show's continued occurrence each comes down to the behind-the-scenes crew, including soon to beryllium departing showrunner Krista Vernoff.

"The writers—Krista Vernoff, Meg Marinis, Jamie Denbo, each of them—Krista is, was Shonda's right-hand woman," Kate explained. "So, she's been determination and they've been determination since the beginning, a batch of these writers, they're conscionable incredible."