Sarah Drew to Return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for a Guest Appearance
Grey’s Anatomy fans have a reason to smile after amidst the sadness of Season 17. Sarah Drew is returning for a guest appearance as fan-favorite Dr. April Kepner, according to Deadline.
Drew and Jessica Capshaw (who played Dr. Arizona Robbins) originally exited the show in 2018 for “creative reasons,” Deadline reported at the time. “As writers, our job is to follow the stories where they want to go and sometimes that means saying goodbye to characters we love,” said Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff in a 2018 statement.
April quit her job at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital after surviving a serious car accident and was last seen at her wedding to Matthew Taylor (Justin Bruening). But she was once married to Dr. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), with whom she shares a daughter named Harriet.
Drew and Williams have both shared that they think their characters should be together. “I thought Jackson and April were meant to get back together and they were going to get married again and realize they’d been crazy and it was just going to be this long, slow burn,” Drew told The Hollywood Reporter in her 2018 exit interview.
In February 2021, Williams told Entertainment Tonight, that Jackson and April are “incredible together.” He said he would “love any opportunity for us to continue that story” because they “have an ability to communicate and be vulnerable with each other and push each other.”
The nature and length of April and Drew’s return is unknown at the time of this writing, although she is alive in Grey’s Anatomy world, so chances are good she won’t be meeting Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) on a beach.
The news of Drew’s return comes soon after ABC aired Grey’s Anatomy Season 17 Episode 7, “Helplessly Hoping,” in which Dr. Andrew Deluca (Giacomo Gianniotti) died.
Drew will also recur on Freeform’s Cruel Summer which premieres on April 20.
—
What do you think of this Grey’s Anatomy news? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.
Follow us on Twitter and on 
Instagram!
Want more from Tell-Tale TV? Subscribe to our newsletter here!
Sarah Drew to Recur on Freeform’s ‘Cruel Summer’ From Producer Jessica Biel
Esme Mazzeo
Esme Mazzeo is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Long Island. When she's not writing for work, she's writing for fun, or searching for something to satisfy her sweet tooth. She thinks rainy days are the best kind of days. Certified night owl.