Sarah Drew to Return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for a Guest Appearance

Sarah Drew to Return to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for a Guest Appearance

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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. 

SARAH DREW
GREY’S ANATOMY –  (ABC/Paul Hebert) SARAH DREW

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.

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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 Tonightthat 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.”

Grey's Anatomy Season 14 Episode 10 Personal Jesus SARAH DREW, JESSE WILLIAMS
GREY’S ANATOMY – “Personal Jesus” –  (ABC/Mitch Haaseth) SARAH DREW, JESSE WILLIAMS

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. 

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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. 

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Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.

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