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Kelly McCreary, who has played Maggie Pierce connected Grey's Anatomy for the past 9 seasons, has announced her exit from the aesculapian drama. Find retired however she said goodbye.
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Following Ellen Pompeo's exit from Grey's Anatomy past month, different longtime formed subordinate is scrubbing out. Kelly McCreary, who has played Maggie Pierce connected the bid for 9 seasons, announced her departure from the ABC aesculapian drama on March 17.
"After 9 seasons, I americium saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Grey Sloan family," the histrion said successful a connection to E!. "It has been a tremendous grant to beryllium a portion of specified a legendary tv instauration arsenic Grey's Anatomy. I volition ever beryllium grateful to Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff, and ABC for the opportunity, and to the unthinkable fans for their passionate support."
The girl of Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Meredith's (Pompeo) parent Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), Maggie held the rubric of caput of cardiothoracic country astatine Grey Sloan passim her tally connected the show.
"To walk 9 years exploring a quality wrong and out, portion reaching a planetary assemblage with impactful stories, is simply a uncommon gift," the 41-year-old continued. "It has afforded maine an accidental to collaborate with, larn from, and beryllium inspired by countless superb artists some successful beforehand of and down the camera."
Kelly concluded, "Playing Maggie Pierce has been 1 of the existent joys of my beingness and I permission with profound gratitude for each measurement of this journey. I americium excited for this adjacent chapter, and what the aboriginal holds."
The histrion paid tribute to her clip connected the amusement connected Instagram March 17, penning a tongue-in-cheek station astir everything her quality has been through. She referenced, successful part, "dozens of delightful sister location scenes," 'a fewer ghostly visitations from mothers," "a clump of drunken affectional breakdowns" and "several awkward meal parties."
In summation to Ellen and Kelly's exits, Grey's Anatomy is going done a spot of a turnover behind-the-scenes, as longtime Grey's showrunner and enforcement shaper Krista Vernoff also announced plans to measurement down astatine the extremity of the show's existent 19th season.
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Kelly's last occurrence arsenic a bid regular volition aerial April 13, but she is expected to marque impermanent quality aboriginal this season.
Grey's Anatomy airs Thursdays astatine 9 p.m. connected ABC.
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