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Private Practice

2007

Drama

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

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Kate Walsh

Cast · Known for Private Practice, The Drew Carey Show

Kathleen Erin "Kate" Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

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Lauren Bowles

Cast · Known for True Blood

Lauren Bowles is an actress and writer. Bowles majored in drama at New York University. Bowles has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Arrested Development, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy and Private Practice. She has appeared with Louis-Dreyfus in programs such as Seinfeld, as a waitress at the diner; The New Adventures of Old Christine, Watching Ellie, and Veep. She has also appeared in some feature films. In April 2010, she was cast as Holly Cleary, a Wiccan, in the vampire television series True Blood. She currently appears on XM radio's Take Five channel, where she does features for their Five Minute Magazine. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is her maternal half sister.

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Michael Patrick Thornton

Cast · Known for Private Practice

Michael Patrick Thornton is an American actor and theater director. He played the character of Dr. Gabriel Fife in the ABC drama series Private Practice. He is also known for his performances on Broadway including as Lennox in the Sam Gold revival of Macbeth, and Dr. Rank in the Jamie Lloyd revival of A Doll's House.

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Charlie McDermott

Cast · Known for The Middle

Charlie McDermott (born April 6, 1990) is an American television and film actor. Since 2004, he has worked on a wide range of television series, including The Office, Private Practice and The Middle (as a series regular). He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16. His biggest movie parts to date are Wild Bill in Disappearances and Troy J. 'T.J.' Eddy in Frozen River. In 2008, he received a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award as Best Supporting Actor for his Frozen River performance. He currently plays Axl Heck in the Patricia Heaton sitcom The Middle. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlie McDermott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Griffin Gluck

Cast · Known for Private Practice

Griffin Gluck (born August 24, 2000) is an American actor. In television, he is known for his roles as Charlie in Red Band Society, Mason Warner in Private Practice, and Danny Gannon in Back in the Game. He also starred as a main character in the Hulu movie Big Time Adolescence. He acted as Sam Ecklund in both seasons of the Netflix mockumentary series American Vandal and played Gabe in the Netflix series Locke & Key. In film, he portrayed Rafe Khatchadorian in the film Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and Jack Dunkleman in the Netflix original movie Tall Girl.

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Shonda Rhimes

Writer · Executive Producer · Known for Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Private Practice

Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine's 100 Time 100 people who help shape the world.

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Caterina Scorsone

Cast · Known for Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice

Caterina Scorsone (born Caterina Reminy Scorsoneon October 16, 1981) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Amelia Shepherd on Private Practice and for her role as Alice Hamilton in Alice.

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Chris Lowell

Cast · Known for Private Practice, The Help, Veronica Mars

​Chris Lowell (born October 17, 1984) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski in the CW noir drama Veronica Mars and William 'Dell' Parker in the ABC Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice.

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Amy Brenneman

Cast · Known for Judging Amy, Private Practice, Heat

Amy Frederica Brenneman (born June 22, 1964) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the television series NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and Private Practice. She has also starred in films such as Heat, Fear, Daylight, Nine Lives and 88 Minutes. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Amy Brenneman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Stephen Ford

Stephen Ford is a Swedish-American actor and director. After acting in shows like Teen Wolf, Switched At Birth and Private Practice he began his own production company, Ascender Productions. His career started at a young age when he began doing commercials and creating short films with his neighborhood friends. As his family was in the military, he moved around the United States a lot as a kid, growing up in Alaska, Alabama, California, Kansas and Florida. After relocating to Los Angeles as a teenager, he skipped around various Disney, Fox and Nickelodeon sitcoms. This led him to starring in the American adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki as the lead of CW's Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Since then he has appeared in various indie films and hit television shows like ABC's Private Practice and Desperate Housewives, MTV's Teen Wolf and Freeform's Switch At Birth. He took a break from acting to focus on directing in 2014 and he partnered with the Warner Brothers YouTube company Machinima as their lead narrative show runner to create original narrative content based on video game properties like Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Siege and The Division. When Machinima folded up shop, he created Ascender Productions. A small production company with a focus on creating high quality digital and narrative content.

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Barbara Eve Harris

Cast · Known for Minions & Monsters

Barbara Eve Harris (born Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert; March 8, 1959) is a Tobagonian-Canadian actress, known for her supporting performances on television. She is best known for her role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang on Prison Break. Harris was born in Tobago, to Jamaican parents, and emigrated with her family to Canada at the age of six. She has made over 60 television appearances and co-starred in a number of feature films. Harris starred in the Canadian drama series Side Effects from 1994 to 1996. For her performance in show she was nominated for the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. On American television she guest-starred in Knots Landing, Party of Five, The West Wing, The Practice, CSI: Miami, ER, JAG, Commander in Chief, Private Practice, Brothers & Sisters, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles and Revenge (TV series). She also appeared in a number of made for television films, like Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993), Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994) and Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996). Harris had the recurring role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang in the Fox drama series Prison Break from 2006 to 2009 and later appeared in Prison Break: The Final Break. From 2011 to 2012 she had another recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sheriff Sherry Liston. In 2014, Harris was cast as Lt. Marcia Roarke in the ABC drama series Forever. After ABC picked up the pilot to series, Harris was fired and Lorraine Toussaint replaced her as the new lieutenant. Now, she has a recurring role as Commander Emma Crowley in Chicago P.D. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tim Kaine

Timothy Michael Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006 and 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010. Kaine was the Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States in the 2016 election as Hillary Clinton's running mate. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kaine grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School before entering private practice and becoming a lecturer at the University of Richmond School of Law. He was first elected to public office in 1994, when he won a seat on the Richmond City Council. He was elected mayor of Richmond in 1998 and held that position until being elected lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2001. Kaine was elected governor of Virginia in 2005 and held that office from 2006 to 2010. He chaired the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.

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Kirsten Gillibrand

Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. Born and raised in upstate New York, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College and from the UCLA School of Law. After holding positions in government and private practice and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. After Clinton was appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat Clinton had vacated, making her New York's second female senator. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to keep the seat, and was reelected to full terms in 2012 and 2018. During her Senate tenure, Gillibrand has shifted to the left. She has been outspoken on sexual assault in the military and sexual harassment, having criticized President Bill Clinton, Senator Al Franken, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, all fellow Democrats, for alleged sexual misconduct. She supports paid family leave, a federal jobs guarantee, and the abolition and replacement of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Cullen Douglas

Cast · Known for The Mandalorian and Grogu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cullen Douglas (born July 19, 1969) is an American film and television actor.He is best known for his television guest appearances on shows such as Prison Break, Kenan & Kel, CSI, Private Practice, and, most notably, as Mr. Arnold, "The Birdman," on Grey's Anatomy. His film appearances include Sunshine State, Love Liza, and the Ace Ventura Jr., which was scheduled to be released in September 2008, but was delayed to January 2009.

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Benjamin Bratt

Cast · Known for Despicable Me 2, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Doctor Strange

Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood In Blood Out. He had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and The River Wild (1994). From 1995 to 1999, he starred as Detective Reynaldo Curtis on the NBC drama series Law & Order. In the 2000s, Bratt appeared in Miss Congeniality (2000), Traffic (2000), Piñero (2001), Catwoman (2004), Trucker (2008), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Snitch (2013), and Coco (2017), among other films. On television, Bratt has portrayed Dr. Jake Reilly on ABC's Private Practice (2011–2013), Steve Navarro on 24: Live Another Day (2014), and Jahil Rivera on Star (2016–2018). He has also done voice acting in animated feature films. Bratt has received four American Latino Media Arts Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Benjamin Bratt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Romy Rosemont

Romy Rosemont (born October 28, 1964) is an American actress, who has appeared in multiple television series, including Shark, Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Prison Break, and Private Practice. She got her break in 2010, playing Carole Hudson in the musical series Glee. Rosemont is married to fellow actor Stephen Root; the couple appeared on-screen together in a fourth-season episode of Fringe titled "And Those We've Left Behind".

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Tim Daly

Cast · Known for Wings, Madam Secretary, Private Practice

James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama Private Practice from 2007 to 2012. He is also known for his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Animated Series and several animated Superman movies. From 2014 until 2019, he portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the Secretary of State, on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, starring Téa Leoni. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Daly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Joanna Kerns

Joanna Crussie DeVarona Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the family situation comedy Growing Pains from 1985 to 1992. After Growing Pains ended, she turned to directing. She directed one episode of Growing Pains while starring on the show and got hooked. She has also directed episodes of television shows including Dawson's Creek, Titans, Scrubs, Private Practice, Psych, Felicity, Grey's Anatomy, Privileged, ER, Ghost Whisperer, Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth, The Goldbergs, This Is Us, and Fuller House. She has also made notable appearances in feature films, including A*P*E, Girl, Interrupted, and the 2007 comedy Knocked Up. She has also starred in a number of TV movies. In 1974, Kerns met a commercial producer, Richard Kerns, on the set of a commercial, and they married two years later. Their marriage lasted nine years and the couple had a daughter, Ashley Cooper. In 1994, she married Marc Appleton, a prominent Los Angeles architect. In August 2019, she filed for divorce from Appleton. She previously dated comedian and actor Freddie Prinze a short time before he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two had worked together on the 1976 TV movie, The Million Dollar Rip-Off.

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Chris Van Dusen

Writer · Known for Bridgerton, Scandal

Chris Van Dusen is a U.S. television producer and screenwriter. He is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the television series Bridgerton. Van Dusen worked on Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2012, and, although uncredited, assisted in the transformation of Grey's Anatomy into its spin-off, Private Practice. He was also a producer and writer on another Shonda Rhimes created drama, Scandal on ABC.

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Michael Grossman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael V. Grossman is an American television director. He has directed a number of episodes from dozens of different television series, perhaps most notably his work on Grey's Anatomy and the backdoor pilot of its spin-off, Private Practice. His other directorial work includes, amongst others, the series Charmed, Zoey 101, Angel, The Invisible Man, Arli$$, Firefly, Enterprise, Earth 2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Kenan & Kel, One Tree Hill, Las Vegas, Eureka, Dirty Sexy Money, Pretty Little Liars, and the, Nickelodeon made for TV movie Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh that originally aired during the 2008 holiday season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael V. Grossman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Michael Grant

Michael Grant, who hails from Kingsport, Tennessee, moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to steadily build his acting career. The soulful and talented Grant booked roles on Criminal Minds with Joe Mantegna, Childrens Hospital with comedy vets Megan Mullally, Rob Corddry & Malin Ackerman, Disney Channel's Shake It Up and on Nickelodeon's Victorious. His work extended to national commercials for Lexus, the web's Funny or Die (Flowers and Eviction Notice). In 2011, Michael generated critical acclaim on ABC's Shonda Rhimes hit Private Practice where he played a young classical pianist stricken with brain tumor. The television community quickly became aware of Michael's ability and range when he was cast by Seventh Heaven creator Brenda Hampton as Ethan, the troubled teen on ABC Family's hit show The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Michael's role, which was initially just for one episode, was quickly expanded and he became a series regular in the series' final season (2013) opposite Shailene Woodley. After the show's conclusion, Michael landed the role of Connor, opposite Lucy Hale, in ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars. This fall he can be seen on the FOX comedy series Brooklyn Nine Nine opposite Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher as Trevor, the vandal son of the deputy police commissioner. Michael's movie credits include a starring role in The Hallmark Channel's Reading, Writing and Romance (2013) as tech whiz kid J.D. Forester alongside Meredith Baxter and Brenda Strong. In addition, MIchael just returned from shooting the indie dramatic feature, Zoe Gone, from acclaimed director Conor Allyn, due for release in 2014. He will be seen as Randy Chambers, a young teen who gets on the wrong side of the law. A gifted concert pianist who won The Tennessee State Piano Competition at age 6, Michael went on to win first place in the solo and concerto divisions in 2006. He is still a Tennessean at heart and remains a huge fan of the Tennessee Titans but in deference to his new California home is fully committed to becoming an accomplished skateboarder. He is proud to call himself a rabid fantasy football fanatic.

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Hailey Sole

Cast · Known for Private Practice

Hailey Sole is a phenomenal young American actress from the hit TV series Criminal Minds, where she portrayed "Meg Callahan". This young starlet also played "Amy" in the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp. Hailing from Dallas Texas, she caught the acting bug at the tender age of four. Her first role was on the hit TV show Private Practice, where she appeared as "Betsey Parker" and was nominated for the "Young Artist Award" for her role. Hailey definitely knows how to balance her busy schedule as she attends school full time, competes in cheer leading, and acts in several successful TV series. Her credits include Private Practice (2008), The Middle (2011), Harry's Law (2012), Parks And Recreation (2012), Franklin & Bash (2013), Criminal Minds (2014), and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp (2015). In school, Hailey is an Honor Award Member of the California Junior Scholarship Federation, which fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship. She also studies two languages; Mandarin and Spanish. Talk about brains and beauty! However, it's not all about work with Hailey. She also knows how to have fun. On her free time, she loves singing and spending time with her friends. Whether it is singing in musicals or singing with her friends, she tries to find time to incorporate her love for music into her life. Hailey is also heavily involved in several charity organizations, such as "Habitat for Humanity," "Helping All Transients," "Operation Progress," and "Ahead with Horses." With the help of her parents, Hailey is planning to launch her own organization to help teach Elementary and Middle School children age-specific communication skills, and conflict resolution skills, to promote kindness, and to minimize future bullying.

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KaDee Strickland

Cast · Known for Private Practice

Katherine Dee "KaDee" Strickland (born December 14, 1975) is an American actress. She's best known for her roles as Debbie Strickland on Freeform's drama Cruel Summer, Linda Haverford on Hulu's drama Shut Eye, Christy Crawford on ABC's drama Secrets & Lies, Jillian Cartwright in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, Charlotte King on ABC's medical drama Private Practice, Robin in Fever Pitch (2005), Susan Williams in The Grudge, Tara in The Stepford Wives, Kristen in Something's Gotta Give, and Bonnie Gilcrest in Girl, Interrupted. She began acting during high school, then she webt on to study acting in Philadelphia and New York City, where she obtained mostly small roles in film, television and theater projects, among them The Sixth Sense (1999). Her roles in the 2003 Hollywood films Anything Else and Something's Gotta Give led to her receiving significant parts in the horror pictures Anacondas and The Grudge (both 2004). In the period they were released, she was referred to as horror fandom's "newest scream queen", though her performances in both films received mixed critical reviews. In 2005, she garnered positive critical comment for the romantic comedy Fever Pitch, and in 2007, she was a cast regular in the short-lived TV show The Wedding Bells and subsequently was added to the cast of Private Practice. She appears in the music video by Rascal Flatts "Here Comes Goodbye". She met fellow actor Jason Behr on the set of The Grudge in 2004 and they married in 2006; they have a son, Atticus. ​Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.