Meredith Grey

Dr. Meredith Grey, M.D. is a member of the Board Director at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She is a well respected doctor and colleague at the hospital. She was married to Derek Shepherd until his death, and they had three children together.

Early Life
Meredith was born to Ellis and Thatcher Grey in 1978. Her mother was a renowned surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital. Meredith would later state that she basically grew up at the hospital, and even watched her mother perform surgeries at a young age. Her father would often bring her to the hospital.

Ellis loved her daughter, but thought being a mother restricted her work. She would shout at Meredith when she would see her at work, reminding her she had asked her never to disturb her at work. Meredith craved her mother's love,Ellis was devastated and tried to commit suicide. Meredith found her mother lying on the floor, bleeding, and phoned for an ambulance. Ellis was saved and then decided to relocate to New York, as she was secretly pregnant with Richard's child. Meredith never realised Ellis was pregnant, but later remembered going to the hospital when Ellis was in labour, and hearing the baby cry.

In eighth grade, Meredith was picked to play Juliet in a play. The girls envied her because they liked the boy picked to play Romeo. She told Mrs. Sydner she would prefer not to play Juliet, because she thought was an idiot for falling for the man she couldn't have and then blaming fate. She stated that Juliet deserved what happened to her.

In high school, she could be defined as a rebel. She wore a lot of black, and had pink hair. She also hated prom, and wouldn't be found "dead" there.

Education
Ellis had very high expectations of everything and everyone, and along with her emotional unavailability, Meredith felt crushed by the pressure and the lack of parental love. However, she decided to follow in her Drowning