Krista Vernoff served as the head writer and as an executive producer of Grey's Anatomy until the end of season seven. She also wrote several episodes of both Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. On April 28, 2017, she announced that she'd be returning to Grey's Anatomy for season fourteen as showrunner and writer.[source?] In season fifteen, she directed her first episode. She is also the showrunner for Station 19 since its third season.
Biography[]
Vernoff originally intended to be an actor, as she trained to be one in the Boston University College of Fine Arts,[1] but she later chose writing as her career.[2]
Career[]
Producer[]
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-2011, 2017-)
- Station 19 (2020-)
- Rebel (2021)
- Shameless (2013-2017)
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits (short) (2016)
- Stars (short) (2015)
- Studio City (2015)
- Songbyrd (2014)
- Rita (2013)
- Private Practice (2011-2013)
- Grace (2011)
- Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice (2007)
- Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment Counts (2007)
- Grey's Anatomy: Complications of the Heart (2006)
- Introducing Lennie Rose (2006)
- Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure (2006)
- Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the Heart (2006)
- Wonderfalls (2004)
- Charmed (2002-2003)
Writer[]
- Uglies (????)
- Station 19 (2020-)
- Rebel (2021)
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-2011, 2017-)
- Shameless (2013-2017)
- Divorce: The Greatest Hits (short) (2016)
- Stars (short) (2015)
- Studio City (2015)
- Songbyrd (2014)
- Rita (2013)
- Grace (2011)
- Private Practice (2009-2011)
- Introducing Lennie Rose (2006)
- Wonderfalls (2004)
- Charmed (2000-2003)
- Time of Your Life (2000)
- Law & Order (1999)
Director[]
- Grey's Anatomy (2018)
- Stars (short) (2015)
Written Episodes[]
Grey's Anatomy[]
Season 1
Season 2
- Make Me Lose Control
- Into You Like a Train
- Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
- Yesterday (co-written with Mimi Schmir)
Season 3
Season 4
- Haunt You Every Day
- Crash Into Me, Part 1 (co-written with Shonda Rhimes)
- Crash Into Me, Part 2 (co-written with Shonda Rhimes)
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 14
Season 15
Season 16
Season 18
Season 19
- Everything Has Changed
- I'll Follow the Sun
- Wedding Bell Blues (co-written with Meg Marinis)
Private Practice[]
Season 2
- Ex-Life (co-written with Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner and Debora Cahn)
Season 3
- Another Second Chance (co-written with Kathy McCormick)
Season 4
Season 5
Station 19[]
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
- Twist and Shout (co-written with Kiley Donovan)
Directed Episodes[]
Grey's Anatomy[]
Season 15
Notes and Trivia[]
- She is credited with the coinage of the phrase Seriously in the Grey's Anatomy writers' room.[3]
- She is the first and only writer to write for all three series.
- She is married to Alexandre Schmitt, who became a producer on Station 19 as of its third season.[4]
- She is a dear friend of Michael Medico.[source?]
- She was pregnant with her daughter during the production of the third season of Grey's Anatomy.[source?]
- Her sister, Kaili Vernoff, played Naomi Markham in season fourteen of Grey's Anatomy.[5]
- One of her pilots, Studio City, was based on her difficult childhood in California.[6]
