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Kelly McCreary (Dr. Maggie Pierce)
The actress confirmed in March 2023 that she was leaving the medical drama after nearly a decade.
“After 9 seasons, I’m saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Gray Sloan household,” she advised Entertainment Tonight on the time. “It has been an amazing honor to be part of such a legendary tv establishment as Gray’s Anatomy. I’ll all the time be grateful to Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff and ABC for the chance, and to the unimaginable followers for his or her passionate help.”
The Citadel alum expressed her “profound gratitude” for her time on the present, sharing that enjoying the character of Maggie Pierce was “one of many true joys of my life.”
She continued: “To spend 9 years exploring a personality in and out, whereas reaching a worldwide viewers with impactful tales, is a uncommon reward. It has afforded me a possibility to collaborate with, be taught from and be impressed by numerous sensible artists each in entrance of and behind the digicam … I’m excited for this subsequent chapter, and what the long run holds.”
McCreary later took to Instagram to additional mirror on her time with Gray’s, writing, “9 seasons, 200 episodes, scores of heroic surgical procedures, numerous courageous sufferers, dozens of pleasant sister home scenes, 1 episode with my real-life sister, some loss and a few grief, a couple of ghostly visitations from moms, a handful of boyfriends, 2 attractive weddings, a bunch of drunken emotional breakdowns, 1 high-speed chase, a number of awkward dinner events, 1 punch taken (1 punch thrown), not less than 1 pratfall, buckets of tears, innumerable suits of laughter, all of the medical jargon mastered, a slew of mates for all times, myriad collaborators who grew me as an artist, 1 grateful coronary heart and 1 large THANK YOU. What a experience! 🥹♥️🙏🏾.”
