Why I want to return to Grey's Anatomy, by Katherine Heigl



She hung up her white coat and left the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital two years ago.

But Katherine Heigl could well return to the television drama, Grey’s Anatomy, if she has her way.

The star who played Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC drama up until January 2010, has asked the show’s creator, Shona Rhimes, to re-introduce her character.

Eager to return: Katherine Heigl could come back to our TV screens as Izzie in Grey's Anatomy



‘I've told them I want to,’ she told E! ‘I don't know... being a showrunner and being a writer of a TV series like that is so complicated that I mean she's got how many characters are there now?

‘There's a lot and so she's balancing about 40 different storylines, so I don't know if it fits in to their sort of vision for this season or next or however many seasons it goes.’

‘I really, really, really want to see where [Izzie] is. I just want to know what happened to her and where she went and what she's doing now. My idea is that she actually like figures it out, and finds some success and does really well in a different hospital.



Going back on her word: The actress says that she has asked for her role back and wants to see her former character do well at another hospital



‘She was always floundering you know, and so she was always one step behind the eight ball and I want to see that girl take some power back.’

The 33-year-old Knocked Up actress claimed she quit the series to focus on bringing up her adopted daughter, Nancy Leigh Kelley.

But her departure followed an apparent swipe at the show's writers.



She pulled out of the running for an Emmy Award in 2010 because she felt the role didn't deserve it.

In December, she told Elle magazine, 'I look at some of what I had to say, and I’m like, "Oh my God, I would tell myself to shut up too."'

Wanting more: Heigl claimed she was leaving the hospital drama to focus on bringing up her daughter but told the press she wasn't happy with her character



Meanwhile, the star recently confessed that she loves motherhood so much that she wants to adopt another baby.

The blonde shows off her devotion to her three-year-old in the music video for her husband, Josh Kelley’s new track Naliegh Moon, which she directed.

The musician penned the track especially for their child together and features pictures of their early life together.