Inventing Anna‘s Alexis Floyd is staying within the Shondaland fold, segueing to Gray’s Anatomy as a brand new collection common.
Per Deadline, the actress is becoming a member of the ABC drama’s upcoming nineteenth season as Simone Griffin, a brand new first-year surgical resident who’s high-achieving, humorous and whip sensible. Simone grew up in Seattle however by no means wished to work at Gray Sloan due to a painful private historical past with the hospital.
“Gray’s Anatomy, like all of Shonda [Rhimes]’ canon, is a style re-defining present that continues to be masterfully dedicated to variety, relevancy and vulnerability,” Floyd informed Deadline. “Becoming a member of the forged in its nineteenth season is an immeasurable honor, and fairly merely, it’s gonna be depraved enjoyable.”
Floyd’s resume additionally features a recurring function on The Daring Sort.
Gray’s Anatomy‘s nineteenth season kicks off Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9/8c on ABC.