Grey's Anatomy: How Old Meredith Is (From Season 1-17)

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As the lead of Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith Grey is one of the few characters from season 1 that are still around, but not even Meredith is safe from inconsistencies, and her age is one of those – so, how old is Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy season 1 to 17? Created by Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy has become one of the most popular and successful medical dramas in the last decade, and since its premiere in 2005, it has been pretty much unstoppable.

Grey’s Anatomy follows the basic premise of medical dramas, focusing on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they try to balance their professional and personal lives, which often overlap and create a lot of drama inside and outside the hospital. Grey’s Anatomy is led by Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), who viewers have seen go from intern to head of general surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and while the series has seen its most popular characters leave (and some in not-so-good ways), Meredith continues to bring all types of stories from both patients and doctors.

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Meredith Grey has appeared in almost every episode of Grey’s Anatomy, so the audience has seen her grow in all areas of her life, but her age is rarely mentioned. With over 10 seasons and counting, it’s not surprising that Grey’s Anatomy has a couple of inconsistencies, and Meredith’s age is one of them, though a minor one. In Grey’s Anatomy season 11, Meredith was confirmed to be born in 1978, meaning that she was 27 years old when she started her internship at Seattle Grace in season 1. This was confirmed in Grey’s Anatomy season 5, set in 2009, when Meredith told Sadie they were no longer 25, and Lexie