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Margaret Pierce
Grey's Anatomy character
The flavor thirteen promotional photograph of Kelly McCreary every bit Dr. Maggie Pierce
First appearance	"Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Plough Out Right" (10.23) May eight, 2014 (as guest star) "All I Could Do Was Cry" (xi.11) February 12, 2015 (as series regular)
Created by	Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by	Kelly McCreary
In-universe information
Full proper noun	Margaret Pierce
Gender	Female
Title	Co-Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery M.D. F.A.C.Due south.
Occupation	Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Grayness Sloan Memorial Hospital
Family unit	Diane Pierce (adoptive mother, deceased) Bill Pierce (adoptive father) Ellis Grey (biological mother, deceased) Richard Webber (biological male parent) Meredith Grey (maternal half-sister) Amelia Shepherd (declared sister) Zola Shepherd (niece) Derek Bailey Shepherd (nephew) Ellis Shepherd (niece) Derek Shepherd (brother-in-law, deceased) Scout Derek Shepherd Lincoln (nephew, via Amelia Shepherd)
Spouse	Winston Ndugu ​ (thou. 2021)​
Pregnant other	Dean (ex-fiancé) Ethan Boyd Andrew DeLuca (deceased) Jackson Avery
Nationality	American

Margaret Pierce, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a fictional character from the American television medical drama Grey's Beefcake, which airs on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United states of america. The grapheme was created by serial producer Shonda Rhimes and is portrayed past actress Kelly McCreary from the 10th season'due south penultimate episode onwards. It is revealed in the flavor ten finale, Maggie's biological parents are Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), making her Meredith'south half-sister. McCreary was upgraded to a series regular in the eleventh episode of the eleventh flavour.

Pierce has been described as "perky" and "chatty",^[ane] also as focusing mostly on her academic career rather than social life. She graduated from medical school at 19 and became the head of her department at the immature historic period of 27 years quondam.

Storylines [edit]

Maggie is first introduced in the penultimate episode of the 10th season. Cristina Yang interviews various different candidates to replace the head of her section in Cardiothoracic surgery. Maggie, having finished high school and medical school early at 19, becomes head of her department at 27 years quondam. Information technology is revealed in the season 10 finale "Fear (of the Unknown)" that Maggie's biological mother was Ellis Grey.^[ii] Richard Webber is shocked past this, knowing he is her biological male parent. Throughout the eleventh season, Webber struggles to deal with the revelation and keeps it from Maggie. Maggie explains that 2 years prior, she looked for her birth mom and needed to get to the courtroom for the records. She found out that she was dead, but got her proper noun, and discovered that she was an amazing surgeon that worked at the Seattle Grace Infirmary. She stated that that'due south non why she took the chore, just it'south "a little bit" why she took the interview.

When Maggie identifies Meredith Grayness, her one-half-sister, she attempts to bail with her. However, Meredith attempts to have charge and conflicts with her on a case. After several arguments, Maggie tells Meredith that she is her half-sister. Meredith, in disbelief, points out that she would know that her female parent would be pregnant when she was 5 years old, as Maggie is five years younger than her. Meredith works with Alex Karev to determine whether Maggie is lying or if she is wrong. They discover she is right. Meredith gets flashes back to the time of her female parent's crisis at five years old, and remembers existence at a infirmary and hearing a screaming baby. After several weeks, Webber admits to Maggie that he is her father. Maggie is angry at him. Afterward, when he comes to apologize for not beingness there as a male parent, Maggie corrects him and says he is not her father, she has adoptive parents she loves, and that she is only aroused considering of his dishonesty and making her expect foolish and naive for weeks. Derek and Meredith decide to have Maggie come up over to their house for dinner, to get to know Maggie better. Afterward Maggie says yes, Derek decides information technology is a good idea to ask Richard as well. Richard reluctantly agrees. The nighttime of the dinner, Maggie and Richard show up, but no-one answers. Maggie leaves him after that. Maggie develops a relationship with radiologist, Ethan Boyd. She admits her awkwardness in relationships, having ended her previous engagement to Dean, who she was unable to slumber in the same bed with. Meredith ends up in a bind with no one to sentinel her kids, and then Maggie offers to watch them. Richard and Maggie eventually come to good terms, and Maggie's helping with Meredith's kids help her integrate into her family abode more than. Maggie learns about the histories of Meredith, Alex and Callie Torres equally they commemorate their expressionless friend, George O'Malley.

Later Derek's death, Meredith abandons Seattle for a year, leaving Maggie a note. Maggie is shocked by this, and admits she felt abandoned by Meredith correct when they were starting to become a family. She invites Webber to a Christmas party, noticing his loneliness. Meredith eventually returns home, hugging Maggie and re-integrating into her old family home. While Maggie and her colleagues are busy dealing with Keith Gardner later on a tunnel collapse, Maggie gets a phone telephone call that her parents are getting a divorce. Her mother confesses to her that she'd been having an affair with their car serviceman for 11 years and they had only stayed together for her sake, simply were getting a divorce now that she was out on her own. Maggie is emotional nearly this, merely she doesn't want to bother her colleagues near it. Later, she confides in Meredith over the effect, but feels it is silly in comparison to her husband's death. Meredith, notwithstanding, says she can tell her annihilation and she should come up to her whenever she is having a trouble. Afterward Meredith buys her business firm back from Alex, she invites Maggie and Amelia Shepherd to move in with her. They assist Meredith in caring for her kids. Maggie also oft mediates between Meredith and Amelia, who often become into fights over footling things. She often helps with Meredith'south three kids, with each "sister" in charge of getting 1 kid fix for the day.

In the twelfth season, Maggie develops a human relationship with intern Andrew DeLuca. Maggie and DeLuca keep their relationship private to avoid difficulties at work. DeLuca grows frustrated with their secrecy, then Maggie abruptly decides to go public. When this happens, DeLuca becomes uncomfortable with the way he is viewed past others because he is dating an attending, and doesn't desire others to think he is getting special treatment. He also feels intimidated by her authority and ultimately ends things with her. Maggie attempts to move on and develops an involvement in Nathan Riggs. However, she is unaware that Meredith has a sexual relationship with Nathan. She confides in Meredith about her feelings at Amelia'southward wedding to Owen Chase. In the thirteenth season, Maggie is hurt when she discovers that Meredith had been lying to her nigh Alex'southward actions assaulting DeLuca. She tells her to never lie to her over again, but Meredith continues to hide her relationship with Riggs. Riggs tells Meredith that she needs to tell Maggie and Maggie works upwards the courage to inquire Riggs out, but Meredith told him to say no. Maggie'south female parent Diane likewise comes to the hospital and is treated by Jackson Avery for what turns out to be cancer. Before Diane succumbs to her illness, she encourages Maggie to live a fuller life exterior of her career. Jackson is there for Maggie as she grieves, and the two abound closer. It isn't until Jackson's ex-wife April Kepner points out their bail that Jackson and Maggie realize their feelings for ane another. In the fourteenth flavour, Maggie and Jackson initially attempt to coffin their feelings, simply Jackson decides to pursue her. They somewhen brainstorm a romantic relationship and attend Alex and Jo Wilson's nuptials together.

Throughout the fifteenth flavor, Jackson and Maggie's relationship continues to deepen, and the two oftentimes spend time with Catherine and Richard in the form of family outings and weekly dinners. During Catherine's cancer surgery, Maggie acts equally a source of comfort for Jackson, having lost her own mom from chest cancer just a few years before. Jackson and Maggie somewhen make up one's mind to move into together, but they have a falling out during a camping trip and instead cease their relationship. Following her break upwards with Jackson, Maggie focuses on surgery and operates on her cousin, Sabi. When the procedure goes wrong and Sabi dies, Maggie experiences intense depression, steps back from medicine, and quits her chore at Grey Sloan. Things worsen when Sabi'southward family sues Maggie for medical malpractice. Maggie settles out of court at Richard's urging and accepts his offer of a job at Pac North. Eventually, Maggie rejoins Grey Sloan after Catherine Fox buys Pac North to win her back.

In Season 16, Maggie begins a relationship with Winston Ndugu, who she had worked with during her residency and reconnected with at a medical conference in the previous season. Because Winston is employed at a hospital in Boston, he and Maggie proceed their long-distance relationship alive through frequent video chats and phone calls. As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, Winston travels to Seattle to surprise Maggie and help out at the hospital and their relationship grows deeper. Winston soon after proposes to Maggie, and she accepts; they ally in the Flavor 17 finale.

Development [edit]

Casting and creation [edit]

McCreary on the role

When I auditioned, all they told me was that the grapheme might recur a little bit into Flavor xi; they did non tell me it was Meredith's sis and there was long-term potential. I had no idea the scope of information technology in terms of how [she] fit into the mythology of the serial. Her grapheme ties into a lot of things that have already occurred in these people'southward lives.

Benjamin Lindsay, Backstage 2015^[3]

On Apr v, 2014, TVLine reported that Kelly McCreary best known for her series regular office on The CW's brusque lived medical drama Emily Owens, M.D. and recent guest appearances on Scandal had been cast in a guest star role. McCreary was slated to debut on the May eight, 2014 episode.^[iv] On October 23, 2014, it was appear that McCreary was promoted to series regular after being credited as invitee-starring until the eleventh episode.^{[5] [6] [vii] [8]} It was a couple of months after McCreary wrapped her stint on Scandal that she was invited to audition for Grey's.^[9] McCreary revealed that she originally auditioned for the character of "Claudette" with dummy sides, unbeknownst to her. The only data McCreary had about the character was "that she was adopted, that she would recur, and she was going to be a very important storyline." Simply before the script reading for the season 10 finale, Rhimes summoned McCreary to inform her of Maggie'southward true identity.^[ten] "I was really psyched" McCreary revealed when Rhimes informed her of Maggie'southward lineage. "I felt really honored to be the one to accept the challenge."^[11] Nonetheless, it wasn't until McCreary experienced the reactions to Maggie'south being from her fellow cast mates that McCreary realized just how big of a deal the grapheme would exist.^[12]

The character'south potential being was first referenced in the press in Feb 2009 when Michael Ausiello hinted at the possibility of Meredith having a one-half-sibling, the production of her female parent'south affair with Richard.^[13] Initial speculation pointed to Jesse Williams' Jackson Avery every bit the child, merely the actor refuted those rumors.^[fourteen] Shonda Rhimes revealed that the graphic symbol had ever been a part of the original story plans, simply the character'south existence was not set in stone until season 4.^[15]

Characterization [edit]

Kelly McCreary expressed her excitement near how special Maggie in an interview with BuddyTV. "I just feel like it's a rare opportunity to be able to play somebody that is so complex and fully realized and smart and fierce and compassionate and bad-mannered and the whole thing."^[16] Maggie is very adept at her task and then she tin discover a place in a professional person capacity, only in her personal life, she "gets more than she bargained for" McCreary said.^[17] "I retrieve she's a actually adept doctor" McCreary said of Maggie. "She's obviously super-brilliant. She's very young to be as high in her field as she is." McCreary further described Maggie as a "really great problem-solver." Maggie is "very compassionate" and at the same fourth dimension can "proceed a articulate head and practise the correct affair medically all the fourth dimension."^[sixteen] McCreary further described Maggie as "so dynamic."^[11] While Maggie initially "came across every bit all business," Kelly McCreary relishes in playing "Maggie's neurotic, existential, meltdown side."^[3] "Maggie also won't actually back down from a fight; she'due south very decisive."^[12]

Introduction [edit]

Kate Aurthur noted that until Maggie's introduction, Grey's was not "known for dropping in stories that it planted seasons earlier -- it'southward never been filled with twisty mythology."^[10] Rhimes insisted that the timing wasn't right for Maggie's introduction in previous seasons. In flavor 3, the series introduced Meredith's paternal half-sister Lexie Grayness (Chyler Leigh) and it was at that time that Maggie became a serious topic of discussion. Though Lexie was killed off in the flavour 8 finale, "Flying," Rhimes felt it was withal likewise soon for Maggie's inflow.^{[9] [eighteen]} The scribe fifty-fifty thought the show might end without the character always beingness introduced. "Then we hitting this moment in time and I remember walking into the writers' room and going, 'You guys, information technology's time.'"^[15]

When Maggie makes the sudden revelation that she is Ellis' kid to Richard, viewers are left to wonder about her history. The 2d episode of the season puts Maggie front and center. The episode appropriately titled "Puzzle With a Piece Missing," focuses on Maggie'due south struggle to fit in throughout her life, even with her ain adoptive parents whom she is very dissimilar from.^[19] Though she is very shut with her parents, and they get along very well, she'southward grown upwardly "still feeling like something'due south missing." Kelly McCreary said "That's what'due south really compelling to me about Maggie: that sort of dark underbelly of this person who seems to actually have it all together."^[twenty] Maggie struggles to build relationships with her colleagues. She unknowingly shares confidential information nigh Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and she gets she also insults the hospital board when she tries to prop up Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson). Though she's got the "best intentions," things backfire.^[19] Maggie too serves as a "mentor" to Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington).^[21] As Maggie discovers she has several things in mutual with Richard, the stage is gear up for Maggie to acquire that Richard is her father.^{[20] [19]}

"I think people will relate to the awkwardness of being the new child at schoolhouse" McCreary said of the episode'due south comedic tone.^[20] Despite so many different interactions, the episode highlights "Maggie'southward loneliness."^[21] The Maggie-centric episode besides featured Kelly McCreary stepping into the coveted role of narrator for the episode, which was usually reserved for Ellen Pompeo's Meredith, and on occasion other veteran cast members.^{[22] [23]} "It was overwhelming and very surprising" McCreary said of being the center of attention so early into her Gray's tenure. She connected, "I felt terrified and too actually grateful that they trusted me with the institution about of Grey'due south Beefcake for a whole episode." McCreary relished in finally learning the graphic symbol'due south history. "[Information technology] was a huge gift to take 65 pages worth of material telling me exactly who she is. Information technology was great!"^[21]

Reception [edit]

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Critics responded positively to the development of Pierce in her axial episode "Puzzle With a Piece Missing". Fempop gave a largely positive review writing, "Puzzle With a Piece Missing is a funny and insightful look both into this latest interloper and the established characters of Grey's." praising the new add-on, "Thankfully she'due south (Pierce) her own person, confident and happy to bring the thunder and put everyone, from interns to the primary of surgery, into their places."^[24]

Entertainment Weekly lauded the episode stating, "Coming into the second week without Cristina Yang, Gray's was smart to focus all of its attention on the newcomer. With most other main characters only making occasional cameos, it made it more difficult to experience Yang'southward absence. And by showing Maggie'south side of the story, it fabricated her more relatable. It was a win-win." adding on McCreary'south character, " this episode is almost how Maggie is her ain, very likable person."^[25]

On her character TV Fanatic wrote, Overall, we got to know Maggie a footling improve and information technology's nice to see that she'southward made some friends. It was a off-white episode that showed Maggie'southward basically a work in progress. Peradventure she'll abound on us eventually."^[26]

For the thirteenth flavor, Vulture writer, Maggie Fremont spoke positively well-nigh the grapheme: "Information technology'south never like shooting fish in a barrel for a long-running serial to innovate a new character, specially when that character is meant to immediately fit in with the balance of the ensemble. But when Maggie Pierce arrived in flavor x, that's exactly what Gray's Anatomy did. It could've been easy to dislike her — she showed up to take over cardio as Cristina Yang was leaving, for chrissakes! She was all the same another one of Meredith's long-lost sisters. The cards were really stacked confronting Maggie Pierce. However, thanks to the writers and Kelly McCreary'southward terrific operation, Maggie was immediately endearing. She is weird and neurotic and cheerful. She is null like Cristina, but she fills a void that Meredith needs filled in gild to function. Can you really imagine Grey's without Maggie Pierce?"^[27]

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External links [edit]

• Maggie Piece at ABC.com
• Maggie Pierce on IMDb

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Pierce

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