Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as

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Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the

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medical drama ''

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'' (2010–present) and its spin-offs '' Private Practice'' (2010–2013) and ''

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'' (2020–2024). Prior to this, she made her debut as a child actor on the Canadian children's program '' Mr. Dressup''. She also appeared in a number of films, including 2010's ''

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'' and 2014's '' The November Man''. Other television credits include Jess Mastriani on '' Missing'', Callie Wilkinson on '' Crash'', and Alice Hamilton on ''

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''.

Early life

Scorsone was born in

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. She is the middle child of five in her family. Her father, Antonio Bruno Scorsone, is a social worker, and her mother, Suzanne Rozell Scorsone, is a social anthropologist. She is of half

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descent. Her four siblings include: older twin sisters, Jovanna and Francesca (who serves as a

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in the

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, holding the rank of major),Padre finds military chaplaincy 'exciting way to serve God'
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Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Retrieved January 21, 2022. and a younger sister (Deborah Scorsone) and brother. She attended the

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in Toronto, as well as alternative school Subway Academy II. In addition, she attended Trinity College in the

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, majoring in Literary Studies and minoring in Philosophy and in 2006 finished her studies there.

Career

Scorsone's first TV appearances were in Goosebumps adaptation of Night of the Living Dummy 2, then she progressed to regular guest spots as a child on the Canadian children's TV show '' Mr. Dressup''. In 1998, she had a role in one installment of

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's '' The Mystery Project'' called ''Peggy Delaney'' as Amber, an estranged fifteen-year-old daughter 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 '' 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

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, where a special squad was formed around her, to find missing persons. In 2009, she starred as Alice Hamilton on the Showcase TV miniseries ''

'' which was later broadcast on Syfy in America. In 2010, Scorsone joined the cast of

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' drama series '' Private Practice'' in the recurring role of Dr. Amelia Shepherd, the sister of Derek Shepherd from ''

''. She was cast after

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, 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

and commented on the resemblance Scorsone had to

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(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 two-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 eleventh season.

Personal life

Scorsone married Rob Giles of

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in June 2009. The couple has three daughters; Eliza, Paloma Michaela "Pippa" and Arwen Lucinda "Lucky". Her first pregnancy was written into her character's storyline in season 5 of '' Private Practice'', along with her third pregnancy in ''

''s sixteenth season''. She has become an outspoken advocate for children who were born with Down syndrome and other cognitive disabilities in support of Pippa, who was born with the disorder. She received the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation on November 14, 2020, for her advocacy. Scorsone and Giles separated in March 2020 and filed for divorce two months later.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scorsone, Caterina Actresses from Toronto Canadian child actresses Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian people of Italian descent Year of birth missing (living people)