Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersSundance Film FestivalIndependent Spirit AwardsBlack History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Samantha Sloyan

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
IMDbProStarmeter
Top 5,000274
Samantha Sloyan
The Midnight Club follows a group of five terminally ill patients at Brightcliffe Hospice, who begin to gather together at midnight to share scary stories.
Play trailer0:46
The Midnight Club (2022)
6 Videos
21 Photos
Samantha Sloyan (born January 4, 1979) is an American actress. Sloyan is best known for her roles in In the Key of Eli and Scandal. Samantha was also seen playing Sarah in the 2016 film Hush as well as Dr. Penelope Blake in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

Samantha Sloyan was born in 1979 in California. She is the daughter of the American actor James Sloyan and actress Deirdre Lenihan, and has one brother named Dan Sloyan.

Sloyan first appeared the 2003 Independent feature film My Life With Morrissey as a florist. She continued to appear in a few short films such as No Shoulder, Shamelove and Autodoc. In 2009 she produced and starred in the short film Plus One. Sloyan has also guest starred in several television series such as The Beast, The Forgotten, Law & Order: LA and NCIS. She played a recurring role as a White House employee named Jeannine Locke in the first three seasons of Scandal. She also guest starred in another ShondaLand produced show named Private Practice in 2010. Sloyan continued to appear in smaller films including In the Key of Eli, Tape 407, and in the television movie Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story.

In 2014, Sloyan guest starred in four television series including, Castle, Parks and Recreation, Hawaii Five-0 and Rizzoli & Isles. She began a recurring role in the ShondaLand produced show Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Penelope Blake. She first appeared in the eleventh season highly critical episode "How to Save a Life", which included the death of lead character, Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey who had starred on the series since the beginning. She appeared again in the twelfth season, including the show's 250th episode "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" which was mostly focused on Sloyan's character.
BornJanuary 4, 1979
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornJanuary 4, 1979
IMDbProStarmeter
Top 5,000274
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
  • Awards

Photos21

Samantha Sloyan and Matt Biedel in Midnight Mass (2021)
Samantha Sloyan in Midnight Mass (2021)
Annabeth Gish, Hamish Linklater, and Samantha Sloyan in Midnight Mass (2021)
Freddie Highmore, Michael Muhney, Samantha Sloyan, and Dylan Kingwell in The Good Doctor (2017)
Michael Muhney and Samantha Sloyan in The Good Doctor (2017)
Michael Muhney, Samantha Sloyan, and Dylan Kingwell in The Good Doctor (2017)
Freddie Highmore, Michael Muhney, Samantha Sloyan, and Dylan Kingwell in The Good Doctor (2017)
Samantha Sloyan in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Samantha Sloyan in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Sarah Drew, Kevin McKidd, and Samantha Sloyan in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Sarah Drew, Chandra Wilson, and Samantha Sloyan in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Samantha Sloyan in Grey's Anatomy (2005)

Known for

Hamish Linklater, Zach Gilford, and Kate Siegel in Midnight Mass (2021)
Midnight Mass
7.7
TV Mini Series
  • Bev Keane
James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
  • Dr. Penelope Blake
John Gallagher Jr. and Kate Siegel in Hush (2016)
Hush
6.6
  • Sarah
  • 2016

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • Everyone Together
  • The Fall of the House of Usher
    • Post-production
  • Ruth Codd, Annarah Cymone, Sauriyan Sapkota, Adia, Aya Furukawa, Iman Benson, William Chris Sumpter, and Igby Rigney in The Midnight Club (2022)
    The Midnight Club
  • Hamish Linklater, Zach Gilford, and Kate Siegel in Midnight Mass (2021)
    Midnight Mass
  • Helstrom (2020)
    Helstrom
  • Kate Hudson and Octavia Spencer in Truth Be Told (2019)
    Truth Be Told
  • Nathan Fillion, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O'Neil, and Mekia Cox in The Rookie (2018)
    The Rookie
  • Miss Virginia (2019)
    Miss Virginia
  • Pappy Hour (2019)
    Pappy Hour
  • Animal Kingdom (2016)
    Animal Kingdom
  • Kelsey Grammer, Russell Hornsby, and Rachelle Lefevre in Proven Innocent (2019)
    Proven Innocent
  • David Boreanaz in SEAL Team (2017)
    SEAL Team
  • Lulu Wilson, Victoria Pedretti, Julian Hilliard, Paxton Singleton, and Violet McGraw in The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
    The Haunting of Hill House
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
  • Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton, Raymond Lee, and Daniel Zovatto in Here and Now (2018)
    Here and Now
  • Faye Viviana in I'm Not Here (2017)
    I'm Not Here
  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor

Producer

  • Plus One (2009)
    Plus One

Additional Crew

  • Paper Cuts (2013)
    Paper Cuts

Videos6

The "Midnight Mass" Cast Had No Idea What They Were Getting Into
Clip 2:43
The "Midnight Mass" Cast Had No Idea What They Were Getting Into
Autodoc
Clip 2:50
Autodoc
Official Teaser
Trailer 0:46
Official Teaser
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:49
Official Trailer
Official Teaser
Trailer 1:00
Official Teaser
Autodoc
Trailer 1:29
Autodoc

Personal details

Edit
    • Instagram
    • Official Site
    • January 4, 1979
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Her parents, James Sloyan and Dierdre Linehan, both acted. She has a brother named Dan.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.