Sarah Drew

Sarah White Drew (born October 1, 1980) is an American actress and director.[1] She played Hannah Rogers in The WB family drama series Everwood (2004–2006) and Dr. April Kepner in the ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy (2009–2018, 2021).

Drew was born and raised in Stony Brook, New York, where she attended The Stony Brook School.[2] 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.