| | Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens (Katherine Heigl)Katherine Heigl as Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens | Gender: Female | | * First appeared on March 27, 2005. |
Izzie is the blonde roommate of Meredith and George. She grew up in nearby Chehalis, Washington living in a trailer park, paying her way through medical school as an underwear model. When meeting a pregnant teenage girl from her hometown, she revealed that she had a daughter at 16 whom she subsequently gave up for adoption. Her daughter, Hannah, who is now eleven, was adopted by a presumably upper class family that once lived in Santa Barbara but has since moved; Izzie doesn't currently know where her daughter lives. Izzie has a history of becoming too emotionally involved with her patients, including Denny Duquette, who passed away in the second season finale -- after she accepted his marriage proposal. In this same episode, Izzie announces that she will be leaving the surgical internship program - her future is currently up in the air. In the third season, Dr. Bailey asks Izzie to stay in the program and she finds Duqette has left her a large inheritance. |
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