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A DECADE after arriving in Hollywood, Melissa George has landed a role in top-rating medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

The former Home And Away star plays a bisexual surgical intern, Sadie, the potential love interest for lesbian medic Callie Torres. Her first episode aired in the US on Thursday and will be seen on Channel Seven in Australia around Easter.

While the gay lobby group, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, has condemned the introduction of George's character, she is happy to have a regular gig after her action series, Alias, was cancelled in 2005.

For years George was regarded as the Australian actress who couldn't get a break in Hollywood, filming a number of pilot programs which were never picked up. It took a small role on hit sitcom Friends, as a lesbian nanny, for her to receive wider attention from casting directors.

Grey's Anatomy is her biggest US television series to date but she also has a film role on the go - the thriller Triangle, with former McLeod's Daughters star Rachael Carpani and American actress Holly Marie Combs.

"[Grey's Anatomy] is such a big break for me," George told The Sun-Herald. "I played a lesbian nanny in Friends so I'm very comfortable with it."