‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Casts Piper Perabo In Recurring Role

Piper Perabo (Yellowstone) has been tapped for a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy in Season 21, Deadline has confirmed.

Perabo will appear in a multi-episode arc portraying Jenna Gatlin, a fierce mother to 9-year-old Dylan. Jenna will do anything for her daughter, who is at Grey Sloan as candidate for a high-risk surgery.

She’ll first appear in the May 1st episode titled “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone. Per the logline, Amelia undertakes a high-risk brain surgery on a young patient, while Winston and Jules disagree over how to handle their trauma patient’s family. Jo and Link struggle with wedding planning.

She’ll follow that with appearances in the May 8 and May 15 episodes. On the May 8 episode, Jo and Link’s wedding day arrives, along with some visitors. Meanwhile, Teddy and Owen are met with a familiar face seeking treatment, and Lucas disagrees with Simone on how to approach a patient’s worsened condition, according to the logline. In the May 15 episode, titled “How Do I Live”, an ordinary day at Grey Sloan takes an unexpected turn when a medical emergency unfolds in the operating room, endangering lives inside the hospital.

Her recent television credits include the role of Summer Higgins on Yellowstone, as well as Showtime’s Billions and Fox’s The Big Leap. She recurred on Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, opposite Natalie Dormer and Rory Kinnear, and she also was seen in Netflix’s Turn Up Charlie. Her breakout role was in the 2000 dramedy Coyote Ugly.

Variety was first to report Perabo’s casting.