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Private Practice (season 3)
The third season of ''Private Practice'' premiered on October 1, 2009 and concluded on May 13, 2010. The season consisted of 23 episodes. Plot In the third season, Violet survives from the cliffhanger from season two thanks to Pete, Naomi and Addison. She gives Pete their baby, Lucas, while she recovers from the ordeal. Addison and Sam get even closer and develop feelings for each other, but decide not to become a couple because they don't want to hurt Naomi. Charlotte and Cooper break up, and Dell loses Heather in an explosion which nearly kills Betsey also. Sam and Naomi's daughter, Maya, gets pregnant and marries the father of her baby, Dink. Addison and Pete become a couple, which causes Addison to get close to Lucas until Violet wants him back, even going as far as taking Pete to court to get joint custody. Sheldon starts to fall for Charlotte after they start to sleep together. In the season finale, Addison and Sam finally get together while Charlotte and Cooper get engaged ...
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Kate Walsh (actress)
Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC television dramas ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Private Practice''. She is also known for her roles as Rebecca Wright on ''Bad Judge'', Olivia Baker on ''13 Reasons Why'', Nicki Fifer on ''The Drew Carey Show'', The Handler on ''The Umbrella Academy'', and Madeline Wheeler on ''Emily in Paris''. Early life Walsh was born in San Jose, California, the daughter of Angela and Joseph Patrick Walsh Sr. She grew up in a Catholic household in Tucson, Arizona. Her mother is of Italian descent, and her father was Irish, from Navan in County Meath. Walsh graduated from Catalina Magnet High School and studied acting at the University of Arizona before dropping out. Walsh moved to New York City and joined a comedy troupe, Burn Manhattan, supporting herself by waitressing. Career Walsh worked at fast-food outlets before modeling and teaching English in Japan in t ...
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Dell Parker
William Parker, more commonly known as Dell Parker, is a character on the ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off, ''Private Practice''. He was portrayed by actor Chris Lowell and appeared from the first through third seasons. Dell was the receptionist at the Oceanside Wellness Group as well as a qualified nurse, training to be a mid-wife, helping out the doctors with various tasks. Dell was frequently shown to be concerned with the health of younger patients, which is likely related to his abuse as a child, as well as his own young daughter. The character died following injuries sustained in a car crash. Storylines Season 1 Dell was abused as a child by his mother, making it easy to relate to patients. He then became addicted to heroin and introduced his girlfriend Heather to his drug dealing friends, she became addicted too. Heather got pregnant with Dell's baby, Dell wanted an abortion but Heather didn't. Later in the show we find out that Dell's child Betsey (6-8yrs) is being raised by hi ...
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Amelia Shepherd
Amelia Frances Shepherd, Doctor of Medicine, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, F.A.C.S. is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC American television ''Grey's Anatomy (TV series), Grey's Anatomy ''medical drama and the spin-off series ''Private Practice (TV series), Private Practice'', portrayed by Caterina Scorsone. In her debut appearance in season three, Amelia visited her former sister-in-law, Addison Montgomery, and became a partner at the Oceanside Wellness Group. In July 2010, it was reported that she was promoted to series regular for the fourth season, after appearing in the final five episodes of season three. She remained in the series until the final episode. Scorsone crossover (fiction), crossed over as a special guest in one episode each of the Grey's Anatomy (season 7), seventh (2010–11) and Grey's Anatomy (season 8), eighth seasons (2011–12) of ''Grey's Anatomy'', which ran concurrently with the Private Practice (season ...
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Caterina Scorsone
Caterina Scorsone (born October 16, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2010–present) and its spin-offs ''Private Practice'' (2010–2013) and ''Station 19'' (2018–present). 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 ''Edge of Darkness'' and 2014's ''The November Man''. Other television credits include Jess Mastriani on ''Missing'', Callie Wilkinson on ''Crash'', and Alice Hamilton on '' Alice''. Early life Scorsone was born in Toronto, Ontario. 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 Italian descent. Her four siblings include: older twin sisters (b. 1977) Jovanna and Francesca (who serves as a chaplain in the Canadi ...
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Stephen Lunsford
Stephen Sean Ford (''né'' Lunsford; born November 25, 1989) is an American actor and internet content producer. He played the titular character in The CW's '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. Early life Ford was born in Sacramento, California. His parents sent him to acting class in elementary school to keep him out of trouble. Career Ford participated in ''Looking Ahead'', a youth program sponsored by the Actors Fund of America, as a teen. He was a member of the Leadership Council from 2006 to 2007. He began producing his own independent videos on YouTube in 2006. His content consisted of parodies of blockbuster films such as ''Inception'', ''Twilight'', and ''The Hangover''. Ford's early roles included minor characters in ''Zoey 101'', ''Bratz'', and ''Victorious''. In 2009, he was cast in the main role for the kids' TV show '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''. Ford co-starred in the horror films '' Maneater'' and ''Beneath the Darkness''. In 2012, he was cast as Matt Daehler in ...
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Christina Chang
Christina Chang () is a Taiwanese actress, who has appeared in ''24 (TV series), 24'', ''CSI: Miami'', and ''Nashville (2012 TV series), Nashville''. Currently she plays Dr. Audrey Lim, Chief of Surgery, on ''The Good Doctor (TV series), The Good Doctor''. Early life Chang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, to a Taiwanese Filipino father and a White American mother. She attended Taipei American School and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin. At the age of 17, she moved to the United States to study theatre and film at the University of Kansas in her mother's home state of Kansas. Later, she moved to Seattle, Washington where she graduated from the University of Washington. After graduation, she got her first acting role in ''Naomi's Road'' at the Children's theatre in Seattle. and then appeared in an off-Broadway play by Tina Landau. Career Chang later moved to New York City and guest starred in various television programs including ''Cosby (TV series), Cosby'' and ''A ...
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Michael Patrick Thornton
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Amanda Foreman is an American actress best known for her role as Meghan Rotundi on the college drama series '' Felicity'' (1998–2002). Career Foreman has worked on four series produced and/or created by J. J. Abrams. On '' Felicity, ''she played Felicity's college roommate, Meghan Rotundi, a Wiccan who in "Help for the Lovelorn" (January 23, 2000), an homage to ''The Twilight Zone'' uses her magic on Felicity. She was a recurring guest star until 2006 on the spy drama ''Alias'', where she played Carrie Bowman, an NSA agent and the wife of Marshall Flinkman (Kevin Weisman). Foreman later starred as Ivy on ABC's What About Brian, which was canceled in May 2007. Foreman has guest starred on shows such as ''Nash Bridges'', '' Six Feet Under'', '' ER'', and ''In Plain Sight''. She also had a recurring role on ''Private Practice Private practice may refer to: *Private sector practice **Practice of law In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice t ...
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James Paige Morrison (born April 21, 1954) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of CTU Director Bill Buchanan on '' 24''. Life and career Morrison was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, and was raised in Anchorage, Alaska. A professional theater actor, Morrison has been on the professional stage since the early 1980s and has won awards such as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance. He has also directed theater productions. Morrison is a published poet, yoga teacher, and a singer-songwriter. He has composed two albums to date, which can be heard and purchased on his official website. On television, Morrison has guest-starred in series such as "Law and Order SVU, ''Frasier'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''The X-Files'', ''The West Wing'' and '' Six Feet Under''. Morrison frequently works with producers Glen Morgan and James Wong, and was a main cast member of their 1995 series '' Space: Above and Beyond''. He also worked ...
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