Is GREY's Anatomy filmed in a real hospital?

A real hospital is used for some scenes.
The Veterans Administration Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in California serves as the entrance for Grey Sloan Memorial, according to Los Angeles Magazine. But the interior shots are done on a soundstage at Loz Feliz's Prospect Studios, according to the outlet.
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Where is the GREY's Anatomy hospital located in real life?

The focus of the show revolves around the doctors working at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, formerly Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, which was formerly Seattle Grace Hospital (you get the idea). Although the show is mostly filmed in LA, the hospital is based on Seattle's own Harborview Medical Center in First Hill.
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Is GREY's Anatomy filmed on a set?

Where is 'Grey's Anatomy' filmed? While Grey's Anatomy takes place in Seattle, Washington, you might be surprised to learn that it's actually filmed in Los Angeles. Almost every location—including the E.R. and patient rooms—is built on a soundstage to ensure total control over the acoustics and lighting.
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Is Seattle Grace a real hospital?

Grace Hospital was a homeopathic hospital started by Dr. C.P Bryant in 1932. It was the only "open door" hospital on the West Coast. Seattle Grace Hospital is the name of the fictional hospital on the American television show Grey's Anatomy.
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Can you visit the GREY's Anatomy hospital?

You don't need to go far to travel

If you love Grey's Anatomy as much as I do and just so happen to live in Los Angeles, you might be stoked to find out that you can visit Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital right in Southern California! The facade of the hospital is actually in North Hills, a neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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Grey's Anatomy Extra A Set tour of Seattle Grace Hospital



Is Joe's bar from GREY's Anatomy real?

Yelp reports that there is currently a bar at that location called Der Wolf, a gastropub with German-inspired cuisine and beverages. So no, Joe's Bar isn't real, but if you do want to sit in the same bar that housed the Grey's cast for a spell, you can go there to have a drink.
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How old is Meredith Grey now?

McCreary) in season 10, we eventually discover that she was born in 1983, when Meredith was five. This means Meredith was born in 1978, making her 27 in the first season of Grey's Anatomy. In reality, Pompeo was born November 10, 1969, which makes her 51 now.
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Is Meredith and Derek's house real?

Unfortunately, the house Derek built for Meredith isn't a real home — and even the set was dismantled. What is this? Grey's Anatomy is famously set in Seattle but the majority of the show is actually filmed in Southern California, at Prospect Studios in Los Feliz.
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What do real surgeons think of GREY's anatomy?

Grey's Anatomy episodes usually follow rare cases that real doctors don't see much of. "We're the 1 percent hospital," executive producer Zoanne Clack told Entertainment Weekly, noting, "We have a file of strange, mysterious, fun, and interesting cases to draw from." Real doctors aren't so impressed.
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How medically accurate is GREY's anatomy?

It may be one of the most well-known medical shows on TV, but Grey's is the least accurate when it comes to hospital life. There are the frequent sexcapades in hospital closets, interns performing surgeries and bypassing hospital superiors, and residents routinely making egregious mistakes without repercussions.
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Did they use a dummy for Meredith Grey?

'Greys Anatomy' created a Meredith doll for season 17

That's right, many of the shots of Meredith Grey lying unconscious in a hospital bed aren't actually Pompeo. To reduce the risk of COVID-19, the ABC series created a dummy replica of the actor to film those scenes with.
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What hospital does GREY's Anatomy film in?

According to Los Angeles magazine, the Veterans Administration Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in North Hills, CA serves as the entrance for Grey-Sloan Memorial. However, they film the interior shots on a soundstage at Prospect Studios in Los Feliz, CA.
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Is Meredith Grey pregnant in real life?

Ellen Pompeo, the actress who plays Dr. Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy, is pregnant with her and husband Chris Ivery's first child.
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Do they film GREY's anatomy in Seattle?

Even though the majority of filming takes place inside the hospital (aka a studio in LA), the show also features scenes and exterior shots of Seattle to give it authenticity. The Grey's fandom is real and alive, even though they're always killing off our fave characters.
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Why is it called GREY Sloan?

The name honors the very reason they have the hospital in the first place and memorializes the two doctors killed in the plane crash, Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan.
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Is GREY's anatomy based on a true story?

It turns out, Grey's Anatomy does base many of their episodes on real cases and works with medical experts to make sure they are realistic.
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Is anybody in GREY's Anatomy a real doctor?

Grey's Anatomy focuses on doctors. But their jobs wouldn't be possible without nurses. There aren't any real doctors on the show, but there is a real nurse. BokHee is a scrub nurse in the operating room.
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Who is the real nurse on GREY's anatomy?

Bokhee An, also known by her American name of Kathy C. An, is a professional scrub nurse cum actress, who is best known for appearing in every single season of Grey's Anatomy as an actual scrub nurse.
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Can residents do surgery alone?

“Residents cannot do surgery without supervision of an attending physician.”
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Where did they film the beach scenes in GREY's anatomy?

The filming location is a private beach located around Los Angeles. The exact location has been kept secret given the spoiler-sensitive scenes that are filmed there.
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What is Meredith Grey's net worth?

$80 MILLION

Including money she makes from syndication, the star appears to make as much as $20 million per year from her role as Meredith Grey.
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Did Alex and Meredith sleep together?

Under the Sheets

Justin Chambers and Ellen Pompeo on 'Grey's Anatomy. ' After Alex confirmed that he'd been in her sheets all day, Meredith forcefully pushed him back on her bed, and the screen went black — and that's when things got extra-flirty. “All day?” Meredith asked.
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How old is Lexie GREY?

According to Screen Rant, “Lexie was born in 1984, and Mark was born in 1968.” They noted, “A twenty-six-year-old dating a man in early forties is way weirder than the kitschy jokes that the show would occasionally make about Mark dating “Little Grey,” but as the seasons went on, the size of the age gap got buried ...
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Is GREY's Anatomy ending?

Grey's Anatomy remains the longest-running medical drama on American television, so if it was to end after Season 19, it would for sure leave a lasting legacy. At the moment, Grey's Anatomy Season 19 does not have an official release date but ABC has confirmed it will be a part of its Fall 2022 schedule.
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Does Meredith get Alzheimer's?

Ellis suffered from Alzheimer's and passed away as a result, and in Grey's Anatomy season 9, Meredith tested positive for several genetic markers for Alzheimer's – and as this disease develops slowly and early in life, so when it's diagnosed it's too late to treat it, a theory (via EW) suggests Grey's Anatomy will end ...
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