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Sarah Drew played April Kepner from season six to season fourteen and in seasons seventeen and eighteen of Grey's Anatomy. Her character appeared in Seattle Grace: Message of Hope as well. She also played Judy in season two of Private Practice. She made her directorial debut with Grey's Anatomy: B-Team, a six-part web series.

Biography[]

Drew was born and raised in Stony Brook, New York on Long Island. Her mother, Dr. Jean Drew, is a science teacher. Her father, Charles Drew, is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City.[1] Drew began acting in school plays, community theater with Take One Theatre Arts, and Summerstock. She received a Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Virginia in 2002.[2]

In June 2002, she married Peter Lanfer, a lecturer at UCLA.[3] They have two children.[4]

Drew is good friends with fellow Everwood star Emily VanCamp.[source?]

Career[]

Filmography[]

  • Say it in German (????)
  • Stolen by Their Father (2022)
  • One Summer (2021)
  • Christmas in Vienna (2020)
  • Republic of Sarah (2019)
  • Twinkle All the Way (2019)
  • A Cohort of Guests (short) (2019)
  • Christmas Pen Pals (2018)
  • Indivisible (2018)
  • Cagney and Lacey (2018)
  • Walking Marshall Walker (short) (2014)
  • Moms' Night Out (2014)
  • Headlights (short) (2013)
  • Tug (2010)
  • Inside the Box (2009)
  • Front of the Class (2008)
  • Wieners (2008)
  • Reinventing the Wheelers (2007)
  • The Violin (short) (2007)
  • American Pastime (2007)
  • Locked Upstairs (short) (2006)
  • The Baxter (2005)
  • Radio (2003)
  • Daria in 'It It College Yet?' (2002)
  • Daria in 'It It Fall Yet?' (2000)

Television[]

  • Grey's Anatomy (2009-2022)
  • Amber Brown (2022)
  • Cruel Summer (2021)
  • Navigating Hollywood (2021)
  • Dust (2020)
  • Seattle Grace: Message of Hope (2010)
  • Miami Medical (2010)
  • Supernatural (2010)
  • Glee (2009)
  • Mad Men (2008-2009)
  • In Plain Sight (2009)
  • Numb3rs (2009)
  • Castle (2009)
  • Private Practice (2008-2009)
  • Privileged (2008)
  • Medium (2008)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007)
  • Cold Case (2006)
  • Everwood (2004-2006)
  • Wonderfalls (2004)
  • Daria (1997-2001)

Director[]

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Sarah has become close friends with Caterina Scorsone. They also hang out outside of work.[source?]
  • Sarah didn't audition for the role of April. She was cast on a ShondaLand pilot that didn't get picked up, but Shonda asked her to guest star on Grey's for a two-episode arc. The morning after the episode where April gets fired aired, Sarah got a call from her agent to inform her they were interested in bringing her back.[source?]
  • Sarah shadowed Chandra Wilson while she was directing episode 14.03 and later made her directorial debut on the webisode series Grey's Anatomy: B-Team.[source?]
  • If she could bring any dead character back, Sarah said she would bring back Lexie Grey.[source?]
  • She is a Presbyterian.[source?]
  • On March 8, 2018, it was announced that the producers had not picked up Sarah's option for the fifteenth season, meaning season fourteen was her last season as part of the main cast. The same happened to Jessica Capshaw.[source?]
    • Sarah herself was only told two days before, on March 6.[source?]
    • On March 19, 2018, a plane with a banner reading "We <3 Sarah Drew & Jessica Capshaw" flew over set during lunch. The plane was sent by fans as a reaction to the two actresses leaving at the end of the season.[source?]
    • Her last day of filming was April 19, 2018.[source?]
  • She would later reunite with Justin Bruening, who played her onscreen ex-husband Matthew Taylor in the 2018 film Indivisible which she also executive produced.
  • She remains close friends with Jesse Williams.[source?]

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