Caterina Scorsone

Caterina Reminy Scorsone (born October 16, 1981)[1]  is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Amelia Shepherd on Private Practice and her role as Alice Hamilton in Alice.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == 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.[2]  One of her older sisters is the actress Francesca Scorsone.[3]  (b. 1977)[4]
 * 2 Career
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Awards
 * 5 Filmography
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

She attended the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto where she starred in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma! Oklahoma!]'' and several other productions, as well as alternative school Subway Academy II. In addition, she attended Trinity College in the University of Toronto and in 2005 finished her studies there, earning a degree in postmodern theory.[5] ==Career[edit] == 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.[6] [7]

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.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series where Scorsone had her worldwide breakthrough was 1-800-Missing (now simply called Missing). 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.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2009, Scorsone starred as Alice Hamilton on the Showcase TV miniseries Alice which was later broadcast on Syfy in America.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2010 she joined Private Practice in a recurring role of Amelia, the sister of Derek Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  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).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TorSun_6-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As of July 2010, Scorsone has been promoted to series regular for Private Practice. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  She appeared in the third episode of the seventh season of Grey's Anatomy where she and Derek started to reconcile their differences.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In March 2014, TV Line broke the news that Scorsone will be returning to Grey's Anatomy after a 3 year absence. This will be the first type of crossover that has occoured on the show since Private Practice ended in 2012. She will be in season 10 of Grey's and will 'Special Guest Star' from May up until the season ends. ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Scorsone is married to Rob Giles of The Rescues since June 2009. On July 6, 2012, she delivered daughter Eliza at her home in Los Angeles, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Her pregnancy was written into her character's storyline.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2012 Caterina was awarded the PRISM award for Best Female Performance in a Drama Series Multi-Episode Storyline, for her portrayal of her Private Practice character's substance abuse. ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[edit] ==
 * 1991–1994: Mr. Dressup
 * 1995: Shock Treatment
 * 1995: When the Dark Man Calls
 * 1996: Ready or Not as Colleen
 * 1996: PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
 * 1996: Flash Forward
 * 1996–1999: Goosebumps TV Series
 * 1998: Once a Thief
 * 1988: Stories of Courage
 * 1998: All I Wanna Do
 * 1998–2000 Power Play TV Series
 * 1999: The Third Miracle
 * 1999: The Devil's Arithmetic
 * 1999: Teen Knight
 * 2000: Common Ground
 * 2000: Rated X
 * 2001: My Horrible Year!
 * 2001: Borderline Normal
 * 2002: The Associates TV Series
 * 2003–2006: Missing TV Series
 * 2008: The Border TV Series
 * 2008: The Guard
 * 2008–2009: Crash TV Series
 * 2009: Alice TV Miniseries
 * 2010: Edge of Darkness
 * 2010: Castle TV Series
 * 2010–2012: Grey's Anatomy Season 7–8 (TV Series)
 * 2010–2013: Private Practice Season 3–6 ( TV Series)
 * 2014: November Man
 * 2014: Grey's Anatomy Season 10 (TV Series)