Ellen Pompeo opens up about the pay disparity between her and Patrick Dempsey on Grey’s Anatomy, highlighting Hollywood’s ongoing gender pay gap.

One would assume Meredith Grey was making more on Grey's Anatomy than Derek Shepherd — but that wasn't the case. Ellen Pompeo, who starred as the main character of the hit drama series for nearly two decades,

Ellen Pompeo fought for pay parity on Grey’s Anatomy to match her co-star Patrick Dempsey’s salary. While appearing on Call Her Daddy, Pompeo acknowledges that when the drama series started, Dempsey was more well-known than her,