Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Chapters: List of Grey's Anatomy characters, Izzie Stevens, Erica Hahn, Cristina Yang, Meredith Grey, Addison Montgomery, Arizona Robbins, Lexie Grey, Derek Shepherd, Owen Hunt, Alex Karev, Callie Torres, Miranda Bailey, George O'Malley, Teddy Altman, Richard Webber, April Kepner, Mark Sloan, Sadie Harris, Jackson Avery, Denny Duquette, Preston Burke, Amelia Shepherd. Excerpt: Grey's Anatomy is an American television series created by Shonda Rhimes, and is broadcast by ABC. The show features an ensemble cast of regular characters, with nine main characters in its first season. Since the first season, many characters have left the show or have been written off it, with new main characters having been both written in and out of the series. The following is a list of all current and previous main characters who have featured in Grey's Anatomy. The characters are listed in alphabetical order. Meredith and Lexie's family Derek's family Cristina's family Izzie's family Dr. Webber's family George's family Alex Karev's family Miranda Bailey's family Mark Sloan's family Teddy Altman's family Isobel "Izzie" Katherine Stevens is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy, which airs on ABC in the United States. The character was portrayed by actress Katherine Heigl, and was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes. Izzie worked at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital as a surgical intern and later resident, with storylines focusing on her relationships with fellow staff members Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers). She came to doubt her career in medicine after facilitating in the death of her fiancé Denny Duquette (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), but returned to the surgical program after donating the remaining $8.4 million of her $8.7 million inheritance to build a free clinic attached to the hospital. Heigl was critical of the character's development during the show's fourth season, particularly her romance with George. She declined to put herself forward for the 2008 Emmy Awards, citing insufficient material in the role. After media speculation that Izzie would be killed off in the fifth season, the character was diagnosed on-screen with metastatic melanoma (Stage IV). She marries Alex in the show's one-hundredth episode, and afterwar
