sarah drew played april kepner on grey's anatomy.
sarah drew played april kepner on grey's anatomy.
who played april kepner on grey's anatomy?
sarah drew
in other storylines, miranda bailey (chandra wilson) marries her partner ben warren (jason george), despite suffering from last-minute nerves and missing the original wedding ceremony due to adele webber (loretta devine) being admitted to the hospital. adele later dies after her surgery, leaving her husband richard wracked with guilt due to his relationship with catherine avery. a new group of interns arrives at seattle grace and soon karev strikes up a close friendship with jo wilson (camilla luddington) but the pair fall short of developing a romance, despite other characters commenting on their chemistry. after failing her board exams in season eight, april kepner (sarah drew) returns home to ohio, but is later brought back by hunt and resumes her job at the hospital. upon her return, kepner restarts her sexual relationship with jackson, despite being filled with conflict due to her religious beliefs. the pair eventually split up when kepner refuses to make a commitment, and avery starts dating intern stephanie edwards (jerrika hinton), while kepner starts dating a paramedic named matthew (justin bruening).
grey's anatomy (season 9)
april kepner was born in columbus, ohio, on april 23, 1982. her mother karen is a teacher, and her father joe is a farmer. she is the second of four daughters; her sisters are libby, kimmie, and alice. kepner is initially a surgical resident at mercy west hospital. she joins the staff at seattle grace mercy west after the merger of the two hospitals, alongside jackson avery (jesse williams), reed adamson (nora zehetner), and charles percy (robert baker). kepner is first shown to possess a red diary, in which she writes all her feelings and thoughts which is stolen by lexie grey (chyler leigh). grey uses the personal information written in the notebook to unnerve and blackmail kepner but later apologizes. after she made a mistake that led to a patient's death, she is fired. however, derek shepherd (patrick dempsey) rehires her when he becomes the new chief of surgery. as she is not confident anymore, she spends her time doing errands for shepherd and develops a crush on him, earning her the nickname "shepherd's flunky". in the season six finale, she discovers the body of her best friend reed adamson, who has been shot. she later runs into the shooter, gary clark, who lets her go after she tells him about her life after remembering a technique she says she learned from oprah. following the shooting, kepner and avery move into meredith grey's (ellen pompeo) house.
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