27 Facts About Kelly McCreary

Kelly J McCreary was born on September 29,1981 and is an American actress, best known for her role on the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey.

Kelly McCreary joined the series as a guest at the end of the tenth season, becoming a series regular in the eleventh season.

Kelly McCreary has reprised her role on the spin-off series Station 19.

Kelly McCreary made her screen debut doing voice work for several animated children's educational programs, and later made guest appearances on the television series Rubicon, I Just Want My Pants Back, and Castle, with multi-episode arcs on White Collar and Scandal.

Kelly McCreary has appeared in the films Being Flynn and Life.

Kelly McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 29,1981, to Mary and Geoffrey Kelly McCreary.

Kelly McCreary became interested in acting and theatre in the fourth grade and attended middle and high schools for the arts.

Kelly McCreary appeared in several productions at the Minor Latham Playhouse, and worked on Columbia's Varsity Show during her junior year.

Kelly McCreary spent a semester at the British American Drama Academy in London and appeared in numerous commercials before graduating from Barnard in 2003.

Kelly McCreary has trained at the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company and The Actor's Center in New York.

Frustrated with a lack of success in television and film at that point, as well as disappointment with her stage work, Kelly McCreary effectively quit acting and moved to Spain, where she worked on a farm.

However, she returned to performing when Dominique Morisseau's play Follow Me to Nellie's, which Kelly McCreary had previously workshopped, scored a production.

In 2005, Kelly McCreary made her screen debut on the PBS animated series Cyberchase, and later appeared on another animated PBS series, The Electric Company.

Kelly McCreary made her Broadway debut in the 2008 musical Passing Strange.

Kelly McCreary had a recurring role on the USA Network series White Collar.

Kelly McCreary made her film debut with a small role in the 2011 feature Being Flynn as Inez.

Kelly McCreary has additionally appeared on the television series Castle, I Just Want My Pants Back, and Rubicon.

Kelly McCreary played the role of Eartha Kitt in the indie film Life opposite Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson, and had roles in the films Baby Baby Baby and How to Follow Strangers.

In 2014, after guest-starring in two episodes of the Shonda Rhimes political drama Scandal as Clare Tucker, Kelly McCreary joined Rhimes' other ABC drama series, Grey's Anatomy.

Kelly McCreary debuted in the penultimate episode of the medical drama's tenth season titled "Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right" in the role of Dr Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey.

Kelly McCreary continued to recur on the series and after appearing in four episodes of the series' eleventh season, McCreary was promoted to series regular status on October 23,2014.

In 2018, Kelly McCreary booked one of the lead roles in the Netflix animated series Harvey Street Kids, where she voices the character Dot.

In 2018, Kelly McCreary produced a short film titled A Cohort of Guests featuring several of her co-stars from Grey's Anatomy and Station 19, and reunited with Morisseau to star as Shanita in the Geffen Playhouse production of the playwright's Skeleton Crew.

On March 17,2023, it was reported Kelly McCreary, who joined Grey's Anatomy in the tenth series as Dr Maggie Pierce, would be departing as a series regular following the fourteenth episode of the nineteenth season, "Shadow of Your Love", airing on April 13,2023.

In 2018, Kelly McCreary participated in former First Lady Michelle Obama's When We All Vote campaign, serving as an ambassador.

In January 2019, Kelly McCreary revealed that she and director Pete Chatmon were engaged after meeting on the set of Grey's Anatomy two years prior.

Kelly McCreary gave birth to her daughter several weeks later on October 3,2021.