This week on ABC's Grey's Anatomy (Thursday, 9 pm/ET), as if cancer-stricken Izzie didn't have enough to contend with, her mother, Robbie, makes tracks from the trailer park to Seattle Grace — and unannounced, at that. NYPD Blue alumna Sharon Lawrence shared a look at her, um, "colorful" guest-starring turn.
TVGuide.com: I want to start off by saying that I for one did not buy you as someone old enough to be Katherine Heigl's mother.
Sharon Lawrence: [Laughs] Well, think about it the way I did when they offered me the role. Like Izzie, she got knocked up when she was 16! Like mother, like daughter — there's absolute legitimacy in that.
TVGuide.com: Plus, Robbie doesn't fancy herself as being old enough either.
Lawrence: Well, no, she's an eternal child down deep ... and right there on the surface too!
TVGuide.com: Is Izzie happy to get this surprise visit from her mom?
Lawrence: No, she has no idea that ...read more
On the heels of Tyne Daly paying Seattle a visit as Derek's mother, Grey's Anatomy fans are about to meet another main character's mom.
Sharon Lawrence, who is best known for her run on NYPD Blue and who most recently played parent to Privileged's JoAnna Garcia, has been tapped to guest-star as ...read more
