Caterina Scorsone Biography

Caterina Reminy Scorsone (born October 16, 1981) is a Canadian actress.

Scorsone is best known for her roles on television. She starred as lead character in the Lifetime crime drama series, Missing from 2003 to 2006. She is best known for her role as Amelia Shepherd in the ABC medical dramas Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy. Scorsone also has starred in a number of television films, most notable Alice (2009).

Early life

Scorsone was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is the middle child of five in her family. Her 4 siblings include: 2 older twin sisters and 2 younger siblings: a sister and a brother. One of her older sisters is the actress Francesca Scorsone. (b. 1977) She attended the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto where she starred in Oklahoma! and several other productions, as well as alternative school Subway Academy II. In addition, she attended Trinity College in the University of Toronto, majoring in Literary Studies and minoring in Philosophy, and in 2005 finished her studies there.

Career

Scorsone's first TV appearances were regular guest spots as a child on the Canadian children's TV show Mr. Dressup starting at age eight. In 1998, she had a role in one of CBC radio's Mystery Project shows called, Peggy Delaney. Scorsone played the estranged fifteen-year-old daughter, Amber, who comes from Vancouver to stay with her mom for a school term in Toronto.

Scorsone had her breakthrough after landing the leading role in the Lifetime crime drama series 1-800-Missing, from 2003 to 2006. She played the part of Jess Mastriani, a young woman who sees missing persons in visions. After Jess saved some missing persons, she joined the FBI, where a special squad was formed around her, to find missing persons. In 2009, she starred as Alice Hamilton on the Showcase TV miniseries Alice which was later broadcast on Syfy in America.

In 2010, Scorsone joined the cast of Shonda Rhimes' drama series Private Practice in the recurring role of Amelia Shepherd, the sister of Derek Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy. She was cast after Eric Stoltz, who was directing one of the show's episodes, heard about the role of Amelia and remembered Scorsone from working with her on My Horrible Year! He mentioned her to Shonda Rhimes and commented on the resemblance Scorsone had to Patrick Dempsey (the actor who plays Derek Shepherd). As of July 2010, Scorsone had been promoted to series regular for Private Practice. She appeared in the third episode of the seventh season of Grey's Anatomy where Amelia and Derek started to reconcile their differences.

In March 2014, Scorsone returned to Grey's Anatomy after a 3-year absence as a recurring guest star. In June of the same year, it was announced that she was promoted to series regular status for the show's 11th season.

Personal life

Caterina married Rob Giles of The Rescues in Toronto in June 2009. On July 6, 2012, she gave birth to her daughter Eliza in her home in Los Angeles, California. Her pregnancy was written into her character's storyline in Private Practice. In August 2016, Scorsone announced the couple was expecting their second child. The pregnancy will not be featured in Grey's Anatomy. On November 8, 2016, Scorsone announced the birth of her second daughter, Paloma Michaela Giles.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	When the Dark Man Calls	Angie	Television film
1995	Shock Treatment	Robyn Belmore	Television film
1996	Ready or Not	Colleen	Episode: "The Girlfriend"
1996	Flash Forward	Darby	Episode: "Saboteurs"
1996	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Megan Lester	Episode: "Possession/Man Out of Time"
1998	Once a Thief	Alice 'Allegra' Mansfield	Episode: "Little Sister"
1996, 1998	Goosebumps	Jessica Walters / Sara Kramer	4 episodes
1998	The Hairy Bird	Susie
1998	Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families	Irena Csizmadia	Television film
1998	Teen Knight	Alison
1999	The Devil's Arithmetic	Jessica	Television film
1999	The Third Miracle	Maria Witkowski
2000	Rated X	Liberty	Television film
2000	Common Ground	Peggy	Television film
1998-2000	Power Play	Michelle Parker	Series regular, 26 episodes Nominated "? Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series (1999)
2001	Borderline Normal	Beth	Television film
2001	My Horrible Year!	'Babyface' Hamilton	Television film
2002	The Associates	Anna Clay	2 episodes
2003-2006	1-800-Missing	Jess Mastriani	Series regular, 55 episodes
2008	The Border	Sorrayya	Episode: "Enemy Contact"
2009	The Guard	Beth	Episode: "The Beacon"
2008-2009	Crash	Callie Wilkinson	4 episodes
2009	Castle	Joanne Delgado	Episode: "Home Is Where the Heart Stops"
2009	Alice	Alice	Television film Nominated "? Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
2010	Edge of Darkness	Melissa
2010-2013	Private Practice	Amelia Shepherd	Recurring (Season 3) Main Cast (Season 4-6): 62 episodes Prism Award for Best Female Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline (2012)
2010, 2012, 2014-present	Grey's Anatomy		Guest (Season 7-8) Recurring (Season 10) Main Cast (Season 11-present)
2014	The November Man	Celia