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SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO GUEST STARS ON ABC�S HIT DRAMA SERIES �GREY�S ANATOMY�

Academy Award�-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (�House of Sand and Fog�) will guest star in the hit drama series �Grey�s Anatomy� in an episode entitled �Scars and Souvenirs,� airing THURSDAY, MARCH 15 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. Aghdashloo will portray patient Helen Crawford.

Aghdashloo, who recently appeared in the films �The Nativity Story,� �X-Men: The Last Stand� and �The Lake House,� first gained international recognition for her work in �House of Sand and Fog.� She not only garnered an Academy-Award� nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but won the Supporting Actress categories at the Independent Spirit Awards, New York Film Critics Association and Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

�Grey�s Anatomy� stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Isaiah Washington as Preston Burke, Katherine Heigl as Isobel �Izzie� Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O�Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Kate Walsh as Addison Shepherd, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres and Eric Dane as Mark Sloan.

Shonda Rhimes (�Introducing Dorothy Dandridge�) is creator and executive producer. Betsy Beers (�Casanova�), Mark Gordon (�Saving Private Ryan�) and Krista Vernoff (�Law & Order�) are executive producers. �Grey�s Anatomy� is an ABC Television Studio production.