Grey's Anatomy star Sarah Drew credits faith for long marriage

Actress Sarah Drew has opened up about meeting her husband, Peter Lanfer, nearly three decades ago while leading worship at a Christian youth camp, Fox News reported. The Grey's Anatomy star explained that meeting Lanfer long before achieving Hollywood fame provided her with a grounding force against the pressures of the entertainment industry. [1]

Drew and Lanfer married in 2002 and share two children, according to Fox News. The actress credited their shared faith and strong partnership with guiding her through the highs and lows of her acting career, calling her husband a steady rock and safe haven since before she achieved industry success. [1]

Drew began acting at a young age, voicing Stacy Rowe on the MTV animated series Daria from 1997 to 2001 while still in high school, and later earned a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Virginia in 2002. She achieved her television breakthrough as Hannah Rogers on the series Everwood between 2004 and 2006, and later portrayed Dr. April Kepner on the long-running ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. [3][5]

Grey's Anatomy premiered on ABC in March 2005 and became the longest-running American primetime medical drama in television history, surpassing 450 episodes. Drew currently stars as Emily Lane in the Hallmark Christmas mystery series Mistletoe Murders. [2][3][4]