Actress Kate Walsh will be returning to her role as Addison Montgomery in the ABC medical-drama television series Grey’s Anatomy. According to EW, the actress revealed Thursday that she’ll be returning to back to the series in season 18, announcing the news via a video on the ABC medical drama’s Instagram account.
“Well, well, well, would you look who it is,” Walsh says in the video. “That’s right, my loves, Dr. Addison Montgomery is coming back to Grey-Sloan Memorial hospital, and I’m so excited to be home again, joining Shonda Rhimes, Ellen Pompeo, and the rest of the incredible cast.”
Kate Walsh left the series in her role as Dr. Montgomery, a neonatal surgeon, landing her own spin off from Grey’s to Private Practice, which ran from September 2007 to January 2013.
Walsh becomes the latest old-school Grey’s alum to return to the show, following Patrick Dempsey and Eric Dane, who both appeared last season. The big difference, however, is that Walsh’s character is still alive in the world of Grey’s. Her most recent role has been on Netflix Original, Emily in Paris, where she plays Emily’s boss who gets pregnant and can no longer move to Paris for their marketing job, so she sends Emily instead.
Season 18, which kicks off Sept. 30, will also see the return of Kate Burton as Meredith’s late mother and the addition of The O.C’s alum Peter Gallagher.
Source: EW