It’s been over a decade since Grey’s Anatomy fans saw Izzie, but that doesn’t mean that fans have forgotten about the former Seattle Grace doc — or her portrayer, Katherine Heigl.“I felt very protective of Izzie,” Heigl told USA Today in 2010. “I really loved her.
I felt she was an admirable woman who certainly made mistakes. But I was starting to not like her, and that bothered me.”The Firefly star appeared as Izzie Stevens for more than 100 episodes of the ABC medical drama, but she left the series halfway through shooting season six in 2010.
Her departure came after Heigl publicly feuded with creator Shonda Rhimes.“There was a resolution to Izzie’s story.
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