Ellen Pompeo, 51, might just have the sweetest meet cute story of all time. Two years before her star-making turn on the hit medical drama ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ she met her future husband, Chris Ivery, 54, in a Los Angeles grocery store. Throughout the interaction in 2003, the pair discovered they grew up just 10 miles away from each other in Boston, Massachusetts, and marveled at the coincidence. “We were six degrees our whole lives, so I feel like we were sort of meant to be,” Ellen later told people. The future couple were friends for six months, before their relationship took a romantic turn, and they’ve gone from strength to strength ever since. Continue scrolling for more photos of Ellen and Chris!
Chris Ivery and Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo & Chris Ivery on a Morning Hike
Ellen Pompeo & Chris Ivery on a Morning Hike
Chris Ivery and Ellen Pompeo in 2019
Ellen & Chris in 2014
Ellen & Chris at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party,
Ellen & Chris in 2013
Ellen & Chris At Showtime’s Emmy Eve Soiree
Ellen and Chris in 2023