Caterina Scorsone
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Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian-American actress probably best known for playing Dr Amelia Shepherd in Grey’s Anatomy. However, she began her career in 1989 and has enjoyed a successful career in both television and film. Due to her professional success, Scorsone is now a wealthy woman. So, what is Caterina Scorsone’s net worth? Here is an overview of Caterina Scorsone’s net worth and a look at her acting career.

Caterina Scorsone Facts: Her Early Life

Caterina Scorsone was born in Toronto, Ontario, on the 16th of October 1981, although she has some Italian heritage. She does not come from an acting family; her father is a social worker, and her mother is a social anthropologist. Scorsone has three sisters and a brother. She attended Trinity College at the University of Toronto, from where she graduated in 2005, minoring in Philosophy and majoring in Literary Studies.

Facts About Caterina Scorsone: Her Career from 1989 to 2009

Scorsone began her career in entertainment as a child actress. She first appeared o television in 1989 in Night of the Living Dummy 2. She then was a regular guest on Mr Dressup, a Canadian children’s show. Throughout the 1990s, Scorsone had small roles in various television series, and her first major role was playing Michelle Parker in Power Play from 1998 to 2000.

The breakthrough in Socrsone’s career as an adult actress came when she landed the leading role of Jess Mastriani in Missing, a Lifetime crime drama series. She played the role from 2003 to 2006. After the end of Missing until 2009, Scorsone had small roles in television series such as The Border, The Guard, and Crash.

Career from 2010 to Today and How It Contributed to Caterina Scorsone’s Net Worth

The actress has enjoyed the most career success since 2010, and it is what has contributed the most to Caterina Scorsone’s net worth. 2010 is the year when Scorsone had her biggest career breakthrough, as she landed the role of Dr Amelia Shepherd in the ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy, created by Shonda Rhimes.

Scorsone’s character first appeared in season seven, when she was a guest character for two seasons. Her character was the sister of Dr Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey, who was married to the titular character Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo.

Dr Amelia Shepherd was not in season nine but returned as a recurring character for season 10 and has since been one of the main characters. Shepherd married Kevin McKidd’s character, Dr Owen Hunt, although the pair later divorced, and he went on to marry Dr Teddy Altman, played by Kim Raver.

Scorsone played the same character in the spin-off series Private Practice between 2010 and 2013. She was a recurring character in the third season of the series, then in the main cast from season four to season six. The character also appears in a 2020 episode of Station 1, another spin-off series.

While playing Dr Amelia Shepherd in Grey’s Anatomy, Caterina Scorsone also played the role of Celia in the 2014 spy action thriller film The November Man.

Caterina Scorsone’s Net Worth

It is estimated that Caterina Scorsone’s net worth is $4 million as of 2023. It means she is amongst the richest Grey’s Anatomy stars, with only Camilla Luddington, Isaiah Washington, Sarah Drew, and T.R. Knight below her on the list of the wealthiest stars from the series. She has made money from her acting career, which spans five decades.

Caterina Scorsone Facts: Her Personal Life

Caterina Scorsone married Rob Giles, a former member of the band The Rescues, in 2009. The couple’s first daughter, Eliza, was born in 2012. Four years later, the couple had a second daughter, Paloma Michael, who is known as Pippa. Their second daughter has Down syndrome. Their third daughter, Arwen Lucinda ‘Lucky’, was born in 2019. Scorsone and Giles divorced in 2020.