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Amy Madigan has been tapped for a recurring role on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."

She will appear in all five original post-strike episodes of the top medical drama, which returns with fresh episodes April 24. Madigan will play a psychiatrist at Seattle Grace Hospital.

Madigan, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Twice in a Lifetime," recently co-starred in "Gone Baby Gone." She is repped by Innovative Artists and Industry Entertainment.

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These stars were all born on March 26:

 Actor T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy ) is 35.

Actor and cycling enthusiast PATRICK DEMPSEY is abused by friends and members of the paparazzi whenever they spot him pedalling around Los Angeles wearing tight-fitting spandex.
The Grey's Anatomy star chooses the unfashionable outfit for comfort, but admits it doesn't win him any admirers.

He says, "I wear Spandex, but I get a lot of crap for it. In Hollywood circles, certainly, but also my wife laughing at me as I walk out in my garb.So I get it in the house, and then I go out and the paparazzi give me a hard time."

Actor Patrick Dempsey, who plays ''Dr. McDreamy'' on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and is a racing enthusiast, will make an appearance Saturday at Gainsco Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Saturday's 250 mile, 109-lap race starts at 3 p.m. with Dempsey and co-driver Joe Foster behind the wheel of a specially painted No. 40 Hyper Sport Mazda RX-8.

''The Mazda is phenomenal,'' Dempsey said in a prepared statement. This is the second race of the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex-Sports Car Series.

Last year, Dempsey tallied his best run of his Grand-Am career when he came in sixth at Homestead.

GREY'S ANATOMY star JUSTIN CHAMBERS blames BRITNEY SPEARS for shining the media spotlight on his private battle with exhaustion.

The actor checked himself into UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for a break just days before Spears was admitted into the same hospital in a media frenzy.
And Chambers insists only his family and close friends would have known about his health issues if the hospital hadn't become a hotspot for reporters and the paparazzi.

The 37-year-old tells the new issue of Life & Style magazine, "I only got attention because Britney came. Otherwise, it would've been private." Even Chambers' Grey's Anatomy castmates didn't know about the actor's hospital stay - until the media alerted them.