<P> Meredith recovers enough to start seeing Nathan Riggs, Owen Hunt's former best friend, by season 13, although their relationship is complicated by the fact that Maggie confesses to Meredith that she has feelings for Riggs and Meredith is not ready to declare their relationship formally or publicly . Eventually she accepts her relationship with Riggs, but it's complicated by the unexpected return of Owen's sister, Megan Hunt, Riggs' fiancée . Meredith finds herself in another love triangle when Megan rejects Riggs because he is still in love with Meredith, but Meredith pushes them to be together . After her relationship with Riggs ends, Meredith is nominated for a Harper Avery Award for her groundbreaking surgery on Megan . </P> <P> Pompeo discovered Grey's Anatomy after an extended period of doing nothing in the acting profession . Her agent suggested she audition amongst other projects . While casting actresses for the part of Meredith Grey, series' creator Shonda Rhimes said: "I kept saying we need a girl like that girl from Moonlight Mile, and after a while, they were like,' We think we can get that girl from Moonlight Mile .' I spent time with her and got to know her, and then we started casting for the men ." She reported that Grey was not an easy role to cast because of the strong verbal possibilities . Rhimes was informed that the actress in question was Pompeo, who had a deal in place with ABC, having previously tested for a pilot show on the network . It has been speculated that Pompeo was the first character to be cast, but when asked, she said she did not know of this . When asked of how she created Pompeo's character, Rhimes said: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> "(I was) in my pajamas at home, which is where I spent a lot of time writing . I kept asking myself,' What kind of woman should the heroine be?' I thought she should be someone who had made some big mistakes . As it turns out, Meredith also has another problem: She is trying to live up to her mother's renowned career in surgery . Meredith is the daughter of a mother who basically never spent any time with her--the daughter of a mother who now has Alzheimer's and doesn't even remember her ." </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> "(I was) in my pajamas at home, which is where I spent a lot of time writing . I kept asking myself,' What kind of woman should the heroine be?' I thought she should be someone who had made some big mistakes . As it turns out, Meredith also has another problem: She is trying to live up to her mother's renowned career in surgery . Meredith is the daughter of a mother who basically never spent any time with her--the daughter of a mother who now has Alzheimer's and doesn't even remember her ." </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr>

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