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Ellen Pompeo is greatest identified for her work on Gray’s Anatomy, and he or she’s excitingly set to reunite with a few of her costars to current an award on the 2024 Emmy Awards on Monday evening. Along with being a gifted and beloved actress, she’s a doting mother to her three kids, Stella Luna, Sienna Might, and Eli Christopher, who she shares with husband Chris Ivery, a report producer and typically author. Ellen met Chris in 2003, earlier than she rose to stardom on her well-liked tv collection, and so they finally tied the knot in 2007 earlier than welcoming their youngsters.
Ever the busy actress, Ellen famous on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in 2017 that she’d be “nowhere” with out the assistance of her child nurse, contemplating her “lengthy days” on set. Though the mother-of-three stays dedicated to her craft, she’s additionally dedicated to her household, hilariously — and sweetly — describing herself because the “Skilled Asst to Stella Luna, Sienna Might and Eli Ivery” in her Twitter bio.
Discover out extra about Ellen and Chris’ youngsters, from the oldest to youngest beneath.
Stella Luna Pompeo Ivery
The oldest of Ellen and Chris’ kids, Stella, was born in 2009. Ellen initially hid her being pregnant beneath her scrubs for so long as she might whereas enjoying Meredith Gray, lastly taking time without work after the beginning of Stella (her character was written to be donating a kidney throughout season 6). Though Ellen went on maternity depart to be with new child Stella, the teenager finally started visiting the set and even developed a love for the medical occupation. Might she observe in her mom’s footsteps, or Meredith Gray’s footsteps, that’s?
“Yesterday I went in to seek out her [and] she was with Linda with a bone drill, drilling a faux femur bone with an actual bone drill. She was supervised, however they’ve her doing superior procedures!” Ellen instructed Ellen DeGeneres in 2020, per Folks. She stays pleased with her eldest daughter’s profession aspirations however joked that it was time for her to decide about her future. “She must determine whether or not she desires to be an orthopedic surgeon or an emergency room physician,” she says. “She must nail it down. I imply, significantly, she’s complicated me.”
Sienna Might Pompeo Ivery
Ellen and Chris’ second daughter, Sienna, was born in 2014, “through surrogate,” because the TV star famous in a past tweet. Ellen additionally shared within the tweet that she wished to get pleasure from her first few weeks “privately” with Sienna, though the now 7-year-old loves making an look on her film star mother’s Instagram account. “Somebody ship assist,” Ellen joked in a latest photograph with Sienna, who was wearing a spunky, Hollywood-ready outfit. “I’ve created a monster….a really cute one however nonetheless.”
Though Sienna’s massive sister, Stella, welcomed her sibling at first, issues began to get somewhat heated between the 2, as mother Ellen famous on that 2020 Ellen look. “After three months, she was like, ‘Is she leaving? I used to be like, ‘No, no, she’s going to stay right here.’ And she or he was like, ‘Oh, okay.’”
Eli Christopher Pompeo Ivery
Whereas Ellen and Chris cherished their darling ladies, they couldn’t assist however wish to carry a 3rd youngster into the combo. Welcome Eli, a child boy, who arrived in 2016. This summer season, Ellen shared an lovable video of the now 4-year-old Eli singing alongside to the late Biz Markie‘s hit observe, “Only a Good friend,” commemorating the rapper, who died in July.
“I make loads of errors. You simply study,” Ellen instructed InStyle in 2018, reflecting on motherhood. “Youngsters are simply so open and sincere, and you could possibly get down on your self rather a lot as a dad or mum, like ‘Oh I’m not there sufficient.’ It’s simpler to beat your self up and really feel responsible. However you possibly can’t undertake a type of sufferer’s angle, you must undertake an optimistic, can do, ‘how do I repair it?’ angle with youngsters.”
She went on, “You’ll be able to’t type of wallow in your personal self-pity. ‘I ought to have finished this, I ought to have finished that,’ there’s no time to do this if somebody’s life is in your arms.”
