april kepner married jackson in grey's anatomy.
who does april kepner marry in grey's anatomy?
jackson
april kepner was born in columbus, ohio, on april 23, 1982. her mother karen is a teacher, and her father joe is a farmer. she is the second of four daughters; her sisters are libby, kimmie, and alice. kepner is initially a surgical resident at mercy west hospital. she joins the staff at seattle grace mercy west after the merger of the two hospitals, alongside jackson avery (jesse williams), reed adamson (nora zehetner), and charles percy (robert baker). kepner is first shown to possess a red diary, in which she writes all her feelings and thoughts which is stolen by lexie grey (chyler leigh). grey uses the personal information written in the notebook to unnerve and blackmail kepner but later apologizes. after she made a mistake that led to a patient's death, she is fired. however, derek shepherd (patrick dempsey) rehires her when he becomes the new chief of surgery. as she is not confident anymore, she spends her time doing errands for shepherd and develops a crush on him, earning her the nickname "shepherd's flunky". in the season six finale, she discovers the body of her best friend reed adamson, who has been shot. she later runs into the shooter, gary clark, who lets her go after she tells him about her life after remembering a technique she says she learned from oprah. following the shooting, kepner and avery move into meredith grey's (ellen pompeo) house.
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kepner entertained several relationships throughout her time on "grey's anatomy". in her early appearances, she is introduced as the best friend and roommate of her fellow mercy west resident, reed adamson. in the season six finale, when reed is tragically murdered by gary clark during the shooting, april is the first to find her when she trips over her dead body. in season seven april forms a friendship with meredith grey and she eventually moves into her house. ellen pompeo offered regarding their bond: "meredith will accept april in order to get the audience to accept her," and drew further explained: "she's being plugged into the community. meredith has really taken her under her wing, is really looking out for her. having meredith come around to april helps the audience come around to april."
april kepner