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April Kepner

April Kepner

Played by Sarah Drew

POSITION:
Chief Resident

STRENGTHS:
Intelligent; Hardworking; Thorough; Determined

WEAKNESSES:
Vulnerable; Insecure; Sensitive; Can be overly eager

  • Miranda Bailey to April:

    "Alex Karev is not the boy you want to take your maiden voyage with."

Character Bio

LIKES:
Her red notebook; Second chances; Being prepared and being taken seriously

DISLIKES:
When people steal her red notebook; Distractions in the ER; When patients die; Being called "Shepherd's flunkey"; being made fun of for loving Jesus and decision to remain a virgin for religious reasons.

FAMILY:
April grew up on a farm in Ohio. Her dad is a corn farmer and her mom is a teacher. She has three sisters: Libby, Kimmie and Alice.

OTHER:
April came to Seattle Grace in the Mercy West merger. Richard fired her for a small ER mistake that turned fatal, but Derek later gave her a second chance by rehiring her. After finding Reed, her best friend, shot to death by Gary Clark, April faced Gary Clark's gun and escaped unscathed. As a fifth year, April was named Chief Resident, and lost her virginity to Jackson Avery the night before her Oral Boards. Upon failing her Boards, Owen was unable to hire her as a fellow or an attending at SGH, leaving April unsure of her professional future.

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Actor Bio

In the sixth season of Grey’s Anatomy, Sarah Drew was introduced as Dr. April Kepner, a resident from Seattle Grace’s rival hospital, Mercy West. Sarah Drew enters season seven as a series regular on the series.

Last year, she starred in Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Front of the Class and recurred on ABC’s Private Practice, the CW’s Privileged and AMC’s award-winning show Mad Men.  She recently finished filming the lead role in Tug opposite Sam Huntington and Haylie Duff.

Best known for her series regular work on Everwood, other credits include Weiners opposite Jenny McCarthy and Andy Milonakis, The Baxter alongside Elizabeth Banks and Paul Rudd, and Radio alongside Cuba Gooding and Ed Harris.