the cast of Gray's Anatomy is growing Supergirl actor floriana Lima will join the staff at gray Sloan Memorial Hospital in a recurring role when the show returns for season 21 per The Hollywood Reporter Lima will play Norah a childhood friend of Owen Kevin McKidd and Megan hunt Abigail Spencer she arrives at grce slan after a routine procedure at another hospital leads to serious complications Nora is described as a dedicated mother as a newly divorced woman she is determined to do whatever it takes to survive so she can be there for her kids and embrace the next chapter of her life Lima will make her series debut in the second episode which airs on ABC on October 3rd Lima previously played Maggie saer in the Greg berlan superhero series Supergirl Maggie is a detective in the National City Police Department and specializes in cases involving aliens she is introduced in season 2 and quickly strikes up a relationship with Cara's sister Alex Danvers played by Kyler Lee their romance becomes an important storyline as Alex slowly comes to terms with her sexuality this Arc helped bring more lgbtq plus representation to the series Gray's Anatomy adds to Lima's impressive list of credits after Supergirl Lima went on to Star as Darcy Cooper in the ABC highly popular family drama a million little things the actor appeared in the series opposite James rode Rodriguez's Gary for three seasons she previously appeared alongside John Bernthal in Netflix and Marvel's The Punisher and was featured in ABC's Thriller the family her upcoming project is Joe carnahan's adaptation of not without hope which also Stars Zachary Levi and Josh D Hamill gry's Anatomy season 21 was announced on April 2nd the upcoming installment will be the first without Jake belli and Midori Francis as series regulars since they joined the medical drama during season 16 and season 19 respectively Jason George has been promoted to series regular following the end of station 19 Ellen Pompeo is expected to reprise her role as Meredith gray in seven of The Season's 18 episodes with that number likely to increase although Pompeo took a step back from the medical drama to work on her Hulu series Natalia she continued working as the show's main narrator the season 20 finale ended on a high note for Meredith Pompeo and Nick Scott Speedman after resolving a potential issue with her and Amelia's Katarina scorsone Alzheimer's research Meredith tells Nick she has made an offer on a house near Boston for their family hinting at pompeo's increased involvement in the series gry's Anatomy season 21 will premiere on September 26th on ABC with new episodes airing weekly each episode will also be streaming on Hulu the next day