| Amelia Shepherd | |
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| Private Practice character | |
| First appearance | "Eyes Wide Open" 3x19, April 1, 2010 |
| Created by | Shonda Rhimes |
| Portrayed by | Caterina Scorsone |
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| Nickname(s) | Amy |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Neurosurgeon at Seaside Wellness and Health |
| Family |
Carolyn Shepherd (mother) Addison Montgomery (Former Sister in Law) |
Dr. Amelia Shepherd is a fictional character on the ABC medical drama Private Practice, portrayed by Caterina Scorsone. The character also appeared on Grey's Anatomy in its 7th Season. After Amelia visited her former sister-in-law, Addison Montgomery, she becomes a partner at the Oceanside Wellness Group.
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Amelia Shepherd is the youngest sister of Dr. Derek Shepherd, and like her brother, she is also an excellent neurosurgeon whose ambition in proving herself equal to her brother is only surpassed by her surgical skill. Graduating in the top of her class at Harvard and completing her surgical residency at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Shepherd came to Los Angeles on a medical case and decided to stay. She asked Naomi for a job when the two practices were merging. She has known Dr. Addison Montgomery for many years and views her as a close friend and sister. She was addicted to painpills and crashed Dereks car when she was high. When she came home, she overdosed and was dead for three minutes. Derek saved her life, but was and still is angry with her. Amelia ended up sleeping with Derek's best friend Mark Sloan following in the footsteps of her sister Nancy and her ex sister-in-law Addison Montgomery after making peace with Derek following his own shooting.
Amelia first appeared in season three, brought in to consult on a surgery at a hospital with Addison Montgomery. Amelia manages to bring the surgery about but butts heads with the hospital board, leading her to be fired. She soon begins to hang around Oceanside Wellness, annoying Addison a bit with her free-living attitude but also giving advice on Addison's relationship with Sam. Amelia was also the surgeon who operated on Dell after the car crash.
As season 4 begins, Amelia is reluctant to visit her brother, Derek, when he is shot but Addison eventually encourages her to go to Seattle. On the way, Amelia has an in-flight romance with a man with a brain tumor and brings him to Seattle Grace for surgery. She and Derek bicker constantly over the surgery, bringing up old issues between them but manage to settle things. She also has a one-night stand with Mark Sloan. Returning to Los Angeles, there is a merge going on between the two practices. Amelia asks Naomi Bennett if she could become Ocean Wellness' new neurosurgeon, a move that annoys Addison.
When Charlotte is attacked and raped, Amelia is out with Cooper and Sam, but after receiving a visit from Violet, she comes to Charlotte's aid and confides in Charlotte about her addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol along with stitching up a laceration on her arm. Later, when Charlotte and Cooper try to rekindle their sex lives, when Charlotte breaks down and cannot go through with it, a drunken Cooper puts the moves on Amelia who rebuffs his advances telling him to go home to his fiancée. Cooper eventually tells Charlotte about his interaction with Amelia and though Charlotte confronts her, they remain good friends. Charlotte asks Amelia to be her maid of honor in the episode "Something Old, Something New". At the wedding reception Amelia asks for a glass of ginger ale instead of champagne but by accident gets champagne, which she spits out. By the end of the season, Amelia relapsed into drinking habits and refused to get the help suggested by Charlotte. Charlotte tries to intervene with meetings but Amelia skips the meetings. Later, Charlotte discovers Amelia operated on a patient while she was under the influence and as a result, Charlotte revoked all of her medical privileges.
Amelia continues her downward spiral in the premier, injuring herself at a bar falling down drunk. Sheldon picks her up and takes her to the hospital while she sutures herself up in private to avoid Charlotte. The two later find out Pete has had a heart attack and needs surgery. Furthermore, Amelia operates on Pete's brain while under the influence. Later, Amelia passes a breathalizer test but is seen drinking alone at home in Addison's old condo.
Amelia's friend with Huntington's disease returns from Italy and requests Amelia's help with physician assisted suicide. Pete and Sheldon disagree over Amelia's decision to help her. Later, Amelia and Pete discuss Pete's past when he reveals he once assisted a dying patient. Later Amelia begins a benzodiazepine injection on her friend who has an adverse reaction and requests to be saved before she stops breathing and she rushes her to the hospital where Pete tends to her friend. Shortly after discovering her friend had completed her own suicide after being rescued, Amelia consumed what is believed to be several OxyContin pills she palmed after discovering the friend's body.
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