Sarah White Drew (born October 1, 1980) is an American actress and
director. She is known for playing Hannah Rogers in The WB family
drama series Everwood (2004â€"2006) and Dr. April Kepner in the ABC
medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2009â€"2018).Drew was born and
raised in Stony Brook, New York, where she attended The Stony Brook
School. Her mother, Dr. Jeannie Drew, is now teaching biology at an
independent private school for girls in Manhattan. Her father, Rev.
Charles Drew, is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in
New York City. Her brother, Allen Drew, is a pastor at Mt. Airy
Community Church in Philadelphia and director of an a cappella group
at Germantown Friends School. She received a bachelor's degree in
drama from the University of Virginia in 2002.In 1997, while still in
high school, Drew voiced Stacy Rowe on the animated series Daria. She
also voiced that character in the Daria television films Is It Fall
Yet? and Is It College Yet?. In 2001, she made her professional stage
debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the McCarter Theatre in
Princeton, New Jersey. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 in Vincent
in Brixton, which later took her to London's West End. She made the
move to television with a guest role in the series Wonderfalls, and
was in the film Radio. She appeared as Katie Burrell, the daughter of
a Japanese relocation camp sergeant, in the 2007 film American
Pastime.[citation needed]
director. She is known for playing Hannah Rogers in The WB family
drama series Everwood (2004â€"2006) and Dr. April Kepner in the ABC
medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2009â€"2018).Drew was born and
raised in Stony Brook, New York, where she attended The Stony Brook
School. Her mother, Dr. Jeannie Drew, is now teaching biology at an
independent private school for girls in Manhattan. Her father, Rev.
Charles Drew, is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in
New York City. Her brother, Allen Drew, is a pastor at Mt. Airy
Community Church in Philadelphia and director of an a cappella group
at Germantown Friends School. She received a bachelor's degree in
drama from the University of Virginia in 2002.In 1997, while still in
high school, Drew voiced Stacy Rowe on the animated series Daria. She
also voiced that character in the Daria television films Is It Fall
Yet? and Is It College Yet?. In 2001, she made her professional stage
debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the McCarter Theatre in
Princeton, New Jersey. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 in Vincent
in Brixton, which later took her to London's West End. She made the
move to television with a guest role in the series Wonderfalls, and
was in the film Radio. She appeared as Katie Burrell, the daughter of
a Japanese relocation camp sergeant, in the 2007 film American
Pastime.[citation needed]
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