Gray’s Anatomy: Kate Walsh is returning as Addison Montgomery

Over the course of 17 seasons, there’s a variety of drama that Shonda Rhimes has inflicted on the individuals of Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital on Gray’s Anatomy. From devastating heartache to pure disasters and extra, the present has had all of it. However simply whenever you thought it had thrown all its surprises at you, now it is bringing again a fan favourite. 

Kate Walsh — who initially debuted on Gray’s Anatomy within the Season One finale to throw a wrench within the burgeoning love between Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Gray and Patrick Dempsey’s Derek Shepherd — is making a triumphant return to her character, Addison Montgomery.

Addison, the ex-wife of Derek Shepherd, went from recurring character to collection common to the eventual lead in a spin-off collection referred to as Non-public Observe, which ran for six seasons and noticed Addison often pop in to Gray’s for crossover episodes. That is the primary time her character has returned to the present since Derek’s loss of life, so it ought to show attention-grabbing to see that dynamic.

Walsh introduced the return on Instagram, saying, “Properly, effectively, effectively, would you look who it’s!”

Regardless of a lot of the unique solid having left the present, Walsh will rejoin mainstays Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) and James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber). 

Season 18 is ready to hit screens on Sept. 30.