The three female stars of Grey's Anatomy
open up about life on the hot new medical drama.
Katherine, 26, started out as a child model,
after her aunt sent photographs of her modeling agencies. Her
film debut was That Night (1992) with Juliette Lewis.
Since then, she's
had steady film and TV parts, before landing her role in Grey's
Anatomy as
sweet Izzie, a small-town girl with self-esteem issues, who
financed her medical studies with a modeling career.
Were you treated
differently because you were a model?
I was a child model and
nobody's intimidated by that.
Everybody, for one reason or another, deals with (the
difficulties of) high school, whether it's
because you're smarter or artistic or
a rebel. I don't think I've
had any more or less of them because of how I look.
How does the medical
community feel about the show?
I hope they enjoy it.
Our biggest complaints were doctors saying, "Everyone
holds the X-rays wrong." So we're
trying to hold them correctly. One of our line producer's
friends is a surgeon, and she loved our hair because it's
not coiffed. And she appreciated how little make-up we had on.
Having done film work
before, is that your priority?
There's
a stigma that TV is a step down from film. TV is a strong medium
for good acting, good storytelling. This show has one of the
most amazing casts I’ve ever worked with; they've
challenged me and brought out the best of me. The stories are
fascinating and it's always a
compromise - you only have so much
time to complete an episode!
