At times, Kate Walsh seems a bit stunned by all that has happened to her in three years, from her first appearance on "Grey's Anatomy" to being the star of her own show, the new "Private Practice."
"I could have never, ever dreamed this up," says the San Jose-born Walsh, who left the Bay Area before high school to live in Tucson.
Walsh, who will turn 40 next month, caught the acting bug from Children's Musical Theater of San Jose and other local community theater groups. After graduating from the University of Arizona, she spent close to two decades doing stage work (in New York and Chicago) and playing small to medium parts on such television series as "The Drew Carey Show."
Then, in late 2004, Walsh signed a five-episode deal with ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," a series that had yet to air. Her part: Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, the estranged wife of Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), one of the series' leads.
Walsh's character didn't appear until the 13th episode of the show's first season. But her first, very short scene was memorable. Her opening line to Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) was, and we're paraphrasing here, "And you must be the woman who's been (sleeping with) my husband."
"I had been very fortunate just to be a working actress who hovered along," Walsh says. "And then it was like, bang, 'Grey's.' "
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