Even Meredith Can't Name 100% Of These Grey's Anatomy Characters
- by Steffi Ringelberg
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Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama show that has kept us entertained for 13 years. She wanted to have a diverse cast that viewers could relate to regardless of who they were and where they were in life. The show starts off with 5 new interns that capture our hearts with all their drama at Seattle Grace Hospital. It originally revolves around one main character but quickly gives insight in to all the characters backgrounds, love lives, and personal growth as doctors and human beings. Every episode is different, with different medical cases including Doctors from all specialties. The drama never ends and leaves all fans wanting more after every episode. With plenty of quotable moments and heart wrenching scenes every viewer is sucked in to these characters lives and professions.
As some Doctors move up in their roles, new Doctors and interns join the show to add to the drama and excitement. One doesn't only fall in love with the Hospital's staff, but sometimes with the patients as well. Throughout 14 amazing seasons many characters come and go. Some stay longer than others, but every character in some way leaves their mark, regardless if they are loved or not. Lets see if who can name all of them!
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This talented Doctor lives in the shadow of her legendary Doctor Mother, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimers. She starts off as a surgical intern who falls in love with the new Head of Neurosurgery. Their love surpasses all the drama of the show and they end up getting married and having three beautiful children. She becomes chief of general surgery. She is now focused on a new breakthrough in medicine, producing mini spleens. She may have the easiest name to remember on this quiz.
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This Doctor is known for her tough personality and straight forward character. She takes her job very seriously and strives for greatness as she becomes the Chief of the Hospital. She may have a hard exterior but can be a real softie when it comes to friends and family. She is married to her job, but manages to find time for her son Tuck who is her pride and joy, and her husband who is a former employee at the same hospital.
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This doctor was a well respected surgeon who specialised in neurosurgery. He is better known as "McDreamy" and falls for a girl he met in a bar who he later finds out is an intern at the Hospital where he works. He marries the love of his life, had a memorable moment that involved writing their vows on a post-it, and has three beautiful children. He sadly loses his life in a fatal car accident leaving everyone devastated, viewers included.
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This doctor was one of the original five interns. She is exposed at work by one of her co-workers as a former lingerie model and struggles to be taken seriously. She is best known for falling in love with a patient and cutting his LVAD wire to move him up on the donor register. He ends up passing away after receiving his new heart. Later, she marries the show's "bad boy" after being diagnosed with cancer. She beats the disease, but still ends up leaving the show.
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This Doctor is not well liked at the beginning, as he comes off as rude and heartless. He ends up in a rocky relationship with a fellow intern, ending in a failed marriage. After completing his fellowship in Paediatric Surgery he goes on to becoming a well respected and caring Doctor. He ends up being one of the main characters new "person" and being invaluable as a friend and doctor to the team. He falls in love with an intern and they get married after overcoming multiple bumps in their relationship.
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This red headed stunner was married to one of the main characters in the show. She joins the hospital in hopes to rekindle things with her husband after hurting him with his best friend. They have another go at their relationship, but she quickly realises her husband is in love with someone else. She becomes a loved character and a valuable asset to the team as a specialist in neonatal surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology. Feeling very lonely in Seattle she decides to have a baby on her own and leave the show.
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This Doctor is also one of the original five interns. She is extremely competitive and seen as a cutthroat "robot". She meets her best friend on the first day and they hit it off, quickly becoming each other's "person". Despite her lack of emotional connection, she has an on and off relationship with her Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery. After being left at the altar she immerses herself back in to her work. She ends up leaving the show to run a Hospital in Zurich.
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This character is one of the original five surgical interns. He is known as "007" by his colleagues, after freezing during a surgery on his very first day as an intern. After pulling away from the other interns he meets the Hospital's orthopaedic surgeon and they start dating. After going through the heartbreak of losing his father he decides to elope with his girlfriend and quickly starts regretting this decision. They divorce and he falls for his best friend. After developing an interest in trauma surgery he abruptly decides to join the U.S. Army.
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This hunk, also known as "McSteamy", first appears in season 2 where he gets punched in the face by his former best friend for being with his wife. He then returns in season 3 and is introduced to the Hospital as the new otolaryngologist sub-specialised in Plastic Surgery. He is still in love with his ex-best friend's wife and tries to get her back, but fails to do so. He ends up in a serious on and off again relationship with one of the new interns, who happens to be his former best friend's girlfriend's half-sister.
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He starts off as Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace. He is loved by all at the Hospital, but struggles keeping a good balance between work and his marriage. He has difficulty with one of the new interns, as she reminds him of his past involvement with her mother but ends up taking her under his wing instead. His wife develops Alzheimer's and starts to not recognise him anymore. He steps down as chief of surgery and takes on the role of head of the residency program, mentoring the residents.
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This U.S.Army trauma surgeon first appears on the show after performing a dramatic tracheotomy on a patient with a pen. His methods are not well received by some at the beginning, but as the show goes on he becomes a beloved character. He begins a relationship with one of the residents but struggles to manage his PTSD. He figures out who his true love has always been his best friend. He decides to put a hold on love and dedicate his time to his new foster child Leo.
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This brilliant Doctor is introduced at the end of season 10 becoming the new head of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She brings a lot of drama to the show when it is revealed that she is not only the daughter the chief never knew he had but she is also one of the main characters half-sister. Connecting with others is not always easy for this character and as a result has only had three love interests thus far. We see her go through many transformations throughout the show.
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This Doctor is the head of Pediatric Surgery. She quickly develops an interest in her orthopaedic surgeon co-worker. She and her girlfriend end up raising a child together and getting married. After being in a plane crash and being severely injured, her partner makes the difficult call to amputate her leg. She blames her girlfriend for the loss of her leg. They later decide to part ways and get a divorce. She leaves the show under the premise of going to NYC so her daughter can be closer to both her mothers.
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This Doctor is a former U.S.Army surgeon and is hired at the Hospital as a Cardiothoracic surgeon and a mentor. She is in love with her best friend who also works at the Hospital but these feelings are not corresponded. She later meets a patient with a rare condition that can no longer afford medical care. The two end up getting married, in order for him to use her health insurance. She ends up falling in love with him but unfortunately he passes away.
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This tough intern has not always had a very easy life. She falls in love with her attending and they have a rocky relationship. After he proposes to her she gets buzzed and confesses to her co-worker that the name she goes by is not her original name. We learn that she was previously married to a bad man who she ran away from. She is now a well respected Doctor working as one of the top Surgeon's right hand and has tied the knot with the love of her life.
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This blue eyed doc is the grandson of one of the most famous surgeons in the country. He joins the show as a surgical resident after the the Hospital merges, where he develops an interest in Plastic Surgery. He falls in love with a woman who is engaged to another man. They get together, but their marriage is strained by their different beliefs and they eventually decide to part ways. He is now in a new relationship with the Head of Cardiothoracic surgery and working on a new, ground breaking plastic surgery.
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This character is a very competitive intern introduced after the plane crash. She is mentored by one of the residents, which peaks her interest in neurosurgery. She falls for a patient and tries to fight her feelings but ends up getting kicked off his case. She breaks up with him because of this. He later returns to the hospital with meningitis and refuses to let her help. They reconcile, but sadly he loses his life. She has since left the show, but not before a lot happened to her.
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This character is introduced in season 3. She is a brilliant new intern, with a photographic memory. She joins Seattle Grace where she knows her half-sister works. She tries to establish a relationship, but her sister resents her for having the upbringing she always desired. Later she ends up developing a romantic relationship with the Head of Plastic Surgery and moving in with him. This character left the show too early, and fans really missed her and the relationship she was in.
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This orthopedic surgeon resident starts by having a crush on one of the interns. They abruptly decide to elope in Las Vegas. The love of her life comes along later and is the new Pediatric surgeon. After a fight with her girlfriend she ends up pregnant from a forgettable night with her male best friend. Their relationship is strained, ending in a divorce and a difficult custody battle. She ends up leaving the show to move to NYC. We miss her. Who is she?
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She joins the show after the merger between Seattle Grace and Mercy West. She is a high strung resident who shows promise as a trauma surgeon. She ends up getting engaged to another man but runs off with her fellow resident on her wedding day and they elope. Later, she rekindles a relationship with her ex-fiance and they tie the knot in front of all their friends and family. She very recently left the show, and whilst some are delighted, others really miss her character.
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This character is hired as a consultant at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital to improve their surgical residency program. This does not go well with the previous Chief who is now in charge of this program. Most of the attendings conspire to work against her and shut her out of their surgeries. However, she begins a secret relationship with one of the female attendings. Later, during a hospital fire and lockdown she refused to follow orders given by the Chief, deciding to implement her protocol and was fired.
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This character started off as an attending anesthesiologist at Mercy West and was added to the show when the two Hospitals merged. Later, he changed his career and became a surgical resident. He started a romance with one of his superiors, who later became chief, and they continue in a happy/loving marriage. Their relationship took a little hit as he abruptly decided to become a firefighter and EMT for the Seattle Fire Department, leaving his wife scared of losing him.
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This Doctor is the former chief cardiothoracic surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital. He was known for his on and off again relationship with one of the interns. Their relationship grew after an incident in the Hospital leaving him with a hand tremor and difficulties performing surgery. They get engaged, but he doesn't show up. Shortly after this he leaves the show and moves to Zurich. He later appears again to ask his ex to take over his hospital in Switzerland, which she accepts.
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This nurse was well known for beginning a relationship with one of the interns and giving him an STD. It was quickly known that she contracted such it from her new boyfriend's arch nemesis at the Hospital. They try to get over the lies, but they can't seem to really forgive each other. Later she becomes part of the "Nurses United Against Mark Sloan" group. She was let go from the show after the big merger. What was the nurse's name?
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This competitive character was a resident intern at the Hospital. She showed promise but made a couple big mistakes during her time at Grey Sloan Memorial. After competing with one of the other interns she got kicked off the OR indefinitely after hooking up a patient's oxygen to her IV, a potentially fatal mistake. She developed an obsession with one of her superiors after a brief relationship. Later she was fired as the chief told her she was lacking surgical skills. She has now returned after improving her skills elsewhere.
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This character was a surgical resident intern with an interest in Neurosurgery. He developed a grudge against one of the other interns, who substituted him in neuro after being assigned to another service to get a more rounded surgical education. After giving this intern wrong information during a mudslide catastrophe she lost her life and he never got over his guilt. He developed an interest in cardiothoracic surgery and pushed himself too far by doing more hours than he was allowed and performing surgeries while over worked. He left the show, following his mentor to Switzerland.
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After being one of the main characters of Grey's Anatomy's spinoff show, this Doctor becomes a permanent member of the cast. She is the chief of neurosurgery's problematic little sister. She is an excellent Doctor, determined to prove this to her brother, but she struggles with an addiction to narcotics. She comes to Grey Sloan memorial to take over for her brother as head neurosurgeon and feels she is constantly living in his shadow. She marries her co-worker, who is a trauma surgeon, but their marriage ends after discovering a brain tumour that alters her personality.
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This beloved character was a heart patient who was waiting for a heart transplant. After going in to severe heart failure, he was convinced to stay in the Hospital with an LVAD while waiting for a heart transplant. While hospitalised he developed a romantic relationship with his Doctor. After missing out on a heart his girlfriend decided to cut his LVAD to move him up on the donor list. He received a new heart, but sadly got a clot off his incision and died of a stroke.
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This character appeared on the show on occasion before becoming part of the cast full time. She is a well respected urologist who is the country's foremost authority on penile reattachment. She was married to the son of the most famous surgeons in the country. She is the mother of the blue eyed plastic surgeon, that works at Grey Sloan Memorial. She is married to the former chief and is currently working on a ground breaking surgical technique that will change the life of transgenders.
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This Italian Doctor is an OB/GYN who is doing research on what happens to the female brain before, during, and after completion. She comes to Grey Sloan Memorial, where her brother works, requesting to carry out her research and use the Hospital's MRI machines. During her research she finds a tumour in one of the other doctor's brain, which saves her life. On top of her interesting research, she also helps the Pediatric surgeon on some cases and they develop a romantic relationship.
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Wife of the former Chief of staff, this character had multiple appearances on the show. She and her husband have a rocky relationship due to his past indiscretions and the need to constantly put his job before his wife. After fighting for their relationship, she develops Alzheimer's, her husband stands by her side, but after a period, steps aside as she forgets him and develops a relationship with a new man. Shortly after she passes away from a heart attack leaving her ex-husband devastated.
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This Doctor is a surgical intern who joins the show and immediately causes drama as he is mistaken for a resident on his first day. He becomes roommates with the Head of Pediatric surgery and they develop a good friendship. He develops a short lived relationship with the Head of cardiothoracic surgery, which ended poorly, and later his ex showed up at the Hospital and they resume their relationship. After a misunderstanding, one of his co-workers gets violent with him, leaving him severely injured. He chooses to drop the law-suit and continue working at the Hospital.
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This character was one of the doctors who tended to "McDreamy" when he came into the Dillard ER after his fatal car crash. She tried to order a head CT at the time, but her fellow colleagues did not listen causing "McDreamy" to lose his life. She was the one to give his wife the bad news and was forever haunted by this case. Later, she starts dating a Doctor from Grey Sloan Memorial and is not treated very well by the other doctors. She eventually leaves to NY.
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In season 12 this character is introduced as a new cardio attending. It is quickly revealed that he has a history with the trauma surgeon and he used to be engaged to his sister. His fiancé was abducted and they thought she was gone, but she wasn't. He develops a relationship with one of the main characters, but it is short lived as his fiancé is found and returned to the USA where they resume their relationship. Who is this cheeky doctor?
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This former brilliant Doctor has multiple appearances in the show, as she is the main character's mother. She was not the best mother, but she was a brilliant surgeon who won two Harper Avery awards. Her daughter strives to do her proud even though she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and does not always recognise her. She had a relationship with the show's former chief of staff and he left her heartbroken. Later we come to learn she got pregnant with his child and gave this baby up for adoption.
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This intern is given the nickname "mousey". She was assigned to "McDreamy's" service in neurosurgery, taking over for one of the other interns. This does not sit well with him and he makes this well known to her by treating her poorly. After the superstorm she went looking for the former chief down in the basement, where she stepped in a puddle that had electricity running through it and passed out while hitting her head on the generator. What was her name?
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This extrermely competitive Doctor first appears on the show as a long-time rival of the main cardiothoracic surgeon of Seattle Grace. She becomes a full-time cast member in season 4 and takes over as Head of Cardiothoracic surgery. She develops a romantic relationship with her co-worker who is the Hospital's orthopedic surgeon. Her new girlfriend struggles with her decisions and this takes a strain on their relationship. This proves to be too much for her and she ends the relationship and leaves the show.
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This character was a fourth-year medical student doing a 6 week rotation as a sub-intern. He was quickly nicknamed "Glasses" after dropping his glasses in to a patient's chest during surgery. Later, he interviewed for a spot in the hospital's residency program and was accepted. He lives in his mother's basement and is not really taken seriously by his superiors. He strives to be accepted by everyone in the hospital and even showed up at his attending's "game night" uninvited.
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This character is the former Head of Fetal Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial. She took Grey Sloan Memorial's pediatric surgeon under her wing to teach her fetal surgery and was extremely strict and unforgiving. After, she admitted to her student that she was training her to take over for her since she had an inoperable brain tumour and had 6 months to live. The neuro surgeon was convinced she could remove the tumour and took on this task. She survived, but was left completely blind and left the show.
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This character first appeared on the show, where she was being interviewed at the Hospital to be considered for an internship. After being chosen for this, on a walk around the Hospital she was shocked to learn her ex boyfriend worked there. They had a rocky relationship and working together was proven to not be an easy task. Sadly, she was going to be sent back to El Salvador, but instead she moved to Switzerland to work for with a previous show favorite, leaving her boyfriend behind.
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This Doctor is the head neurosurgeon of Johns Hopkins Hospital and was brought to Seattle to operate on the shows main neurosurgeon's brain tumour. Although he is not a lovable character, he is a very talented surgeon and successfully removes the tumour. He stuck around to help on some neurological cases and developed a couple physical relationships with women in the Hospital. He later reveals a softer side of himself where he speaks of his faith and the loss of his son.
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This perky surgical resident takes over for the Doctor who oversees the residents when she left on maternity leave. She is not well received by some, as she is "too" cheerful and happy for their liking and believes you heal with love. She is a talented surgeon with different methods that at times are challenged. She was in-charge of the intern who fell in love and lost one of her patients, she became her peer counselor and gained her trust after opening up to her about her medical failures.
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This stud works as a paramedic at Grey Sloan Memorial. He fell for a redheaded Doctor but went unnoticed at first. After several mini-dates in the back of his ambulance he asked her out on a real date where he revealed his faith and beliefs. This bonded them, as she felt the same way and they eventually got engaged. He was left at the altar and devastated. Later he is reunited with his first love through sad news. The season ends with them professing their love for each other and getting married.
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This character was introduced to the show outside of the Hospital. He was a vet who took care of the main character's dog when he was sick. He developed an interest in her and asked her out on a date. After being rejected, she reconsidered and their first date involved the birthing of a horse. They dated for a while but she was never fully in the relationship as she was still in love with her ex. Despite "McVet's" attempts at keeping her in his life, she chose her ex and he left the show.
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This character is the father of three girls, two of which work at the Hospital. He does not have a good relationship with his eldest daughter, from his first wife, as she feels abandoned by him. After a couple attempts of bonding they started to get along when his wife was in the Hospital. However, she passed away from a Hiccup complication and he blamed her and slapped her in front of everyone. He has a rough time and isn't seen on the show anymore after a minor surgery.