Kelly J. McCreary (born September , ) 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.
She joined the series as a guest at the end of the tenth season,
becoming a series regular in the eleventh season. She has reprised her
role on the spin-off series Station .McCreary began her career acting
in theatre, eventually making it to Broadway, and has performed in a
number of productions by playwright Dominique Morisseeau. She 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. She has appeared in
the films Being Flynn () and Life (). McCreary was a series regular on
The CW's short-lived medical drama Emily Owens, M.D. as Tyra
Dupre.McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September , to
Mary and Geoffrey McCreary. She became interested in acting and
theatre in the fourth grade and attended middle and high schools for
the arts. McCreary first appeared on stage in a sixth-grade musical.
At age , she moved to New York City to study acting at Barnard
College, an affiliate of Columbia University. She appeared in several
productions at the Minor Latham Playhouse, and worked on Columbia's
Varsity Show during her junior year. She also spent a semester at the
British American Drama Academy in London and appeared in numerous
commercials before graduating from Barnard in . McCreary has also
trained at the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company and The Actor's
Center in New York.
known for her role on the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr.
Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey.
She joined the series as a guest at the end of the tenth season,
becoming a series regular in the eleventh season. She has reprised her
role on the spin-off series Station .McCreary began her career acting
in theatre, eventually making it to Broadway, and has performed in a
number of productions by playwright Dominique Morisseeau. She 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. She has appeared in
the films Being Flynn () and Life (). McCreary was a series regular on
The CW's short-lived medical drama Emily Owens, M.D. as Tyra
Dupre.McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September , to
Mary and Geoffrey McCreary. She became interested in acting and
theatre in the fourth grade and attended middle and high schools for
the arts. McCreary first appeared on stage in a sixth-grade musical.
At age , she moved to New York City to study acting at Barnard
College, an affiliate of Columbia University. She appeared in several
productions at the Minor Latham Playhouse, and worked on Columbia's
Varsity Show during her junior year. She also spent a semester at the
British American Drama Academy in London and appeared in numerous
commercials before graduating from Barnard in . McCreary has also
trained at the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company and The Actor's
Center in New York.
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