'Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo pens goodbye note to fans after 19 seasons: 'Eternally grateful' - Fox News

Ellen Pompeo said Thursday she is "eternally grateful and humbled" by the "love and support" from "Grey’s Anatomy" fans successful an affectional goodbye enactment arsenic she prepares to exit the amusement aft 19 seasons. 

Pompeo is 1 of lone 3 archetypal formed members remaining connected the drama series astir the enactment and lives of doctors astatine a infirmary successful Seattle that premiered successful 2005. Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. are the different two. 

"I americium eternally grateful and humbled by the emotion and enactment you person each shown me, Meredith GREY and the amusement for 19 seasons!" Pompeo posted connected Instagram on with a photograph of her casually dressed successful beforehand of a neon motion that says, "All you request is Love." 

She continued, "Through it all….none of it …would person been imaginable without the champion fans successful the world. You each are RIDERS and you each person made the thrust truthful amusive and ICONIC!!"

ELLEN POMPEO'S 'GREY'S ANATOMY' ROLE WILL BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED AS SHE JOINS HULU PROJECT 

Ellen Pompeo said successful a enactment to "Grey's Anatomy" fans that she is "eternally grateful" for their "love and support."  (Mike Rosenthal/ABC via Getty Images)

She besides assured fans she wouldn’t beryllium a alien astatine Grey Sloan Memorial.

"I emotion you madly and admit you close back," she added. "This isn’t your archetypal clip connected the rollercoaster… you cognize the amusement indispensable spell connected and I’ll decidedly beryllium backmost to visit. With a batch of emotion and immense gratitude XoE." 

Pompeo’s past occurrence volition aerial successful February. Her enactment came a week aft the show’s autumn finale. 

Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) volition permission erstwhile the amusement returns successful February.  (Bob D'Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER

Through her astir 2 decades on the show, Pompeo’s quality has been done her stock of ups and downs, including going from an intern to Chief of General Surgery astatine the infirmary and marrying chap doc Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) lone to person him dice successful a car clang successful the 11th season. 

The histrion besides thanked "Queen" Shonda Rhimes aft the show’s creator posted her ain enactment connected Pompeo’s exit. 

Ellen Pompeo is 1 of lone 3 archetypal formed members inactive connected the show.  (Photo by Frank Ockenfels/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

"What a chaotic thrust these past 19 seasons person been," Rhimes, who near the amusement successful 2017, wrote connected her Instagram. "None of it could person been imaginable without the incomparable @ellenpompeo, the 1 and lone Meredith Grey. This isn’t a goodbye, it’s a spot ya later! Can’t hold to spot what’s successful store for Ellen, Meredith and Grey Sloan Memorial. #greysanatomy."

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Pompeo's last authoritative occurrence volition aerial connected Feb. 23.