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Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes

Highest Rated: 88% This Changes Everything (2018)

Lowest Rated: 15% Crossroads (2002)

Birthday: Jan 13, 1970

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Storytelling was in Shonda Rhimes' blood since she was a child growing up with her parents and five siblings in the Chicago, IL suburb of Forest Park South. And that love for the written word and the compelling story would go on to serve her well - not only as a successful feature film writer, but as the creator and executive producer of one of the most popular television series of the new millennium, the medical drama, "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 2004- ). The success of that series and its spinoff "Private Practice" (ABC 2007-2013) made Rhimes one of Hollywood's most prominent TV executives, leading to the explosive success of her hit series "Scandal" (ABC 2012-18) and "How To Get Away With Murder" (ABC 2014- ). When those two series and "Grey's Anatomy" constituted the entirety of ABC's Thursday prime time lineup, the network became affectionately dubbed "Shondaland" in some circles.

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Shonda Rhimes The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Shonda Rhimes, 09/08/2015, ©CBS Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, 04/05/2012, ©ABC Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes, 09/26/2007, ©ABC The Writers' Room, Kerry Washington (L), Shonda Rhimes (R), 'Scandal', Season 2, Ep. #1, 04/18/2014, ©SC The Writers' Room, Jenna Bans (L), Mark Wilding (C), Shonda Rhimes (R), 'Scandal', Season 2, Ep. #1, 04/18/2014, ©SC How To Get Away With Murder, Shonda Rhimes (L), Karla Souza (R), 09/25/2014, ©ABC Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes, 09/26/2007, ©ABC Private Practice, Shonda Rhimes (L), James Pickens Jr. (R), 09/26/2007, ©ABC THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, SHONDA RIMES, 2018. © GOOD DEED ENTERTAINMENT Private Practice, Richard Roundtree (L), Shonda Rhimes (C), Diahann Carroll (R), 09/26/2007, ©ABC Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, 04/05/2012, ©ABC Shonda Rhimes in the press room for 44th International Emmy Awards 2016 - Press Room, Mercury Ballroom at the New York Hilton, New York, NY November 21, 2016. Photo By: Lev Radin/Everett Collection Shonda Rhimes (wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress) at arrivals for SCANDAL 100th Episode Celebration, Fig & Olive in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA April 8, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant Shonda Rhimes at arrivals for Entertainment Weekly and People Upfronts Party, The High Line Hotel, New York, NY May 11, 2015. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Shonda Rhimes at arrivals for Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2014, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 10, 2014. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Shonda Rhimes at arrivals for Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2014, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY November 10, 2014. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Shonda Rhimes at arrivals for NAACP Image Awards, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA February 1, 2013. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 100% This Changes Everything Self - 2018
26% 59% The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Writer $95.1M 2004
15% 40% Crossroads Writer $37.2M 2002
83% 81% Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Writer - 1999

TV

Credit
84% 73% Grey's Anatomy Creator,
Executive Producer,
Writer 		2005-2024
84% 73% Bridgerton Executive Producer 2020 2022 2024
No Score Yet 93% Station 19 Executive Producer 2018-2024
No Score Yet 23% The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 47% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015 2023
95% 73% Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Executive Producer 2023
64% 37% Inventing Anna Executive Producer,
Creator 		2022
88% 85% How to Get Away With Murder Executive Producer 2014-2020
69% 91% For the People Executive Producer 2018-2019
93% 72% Scandal Writer,
Executive Producer 		2012-2018
No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2014-2016 2018
52% 88% Still Star-Crossed Executive Producer 2017
74% 70% The Catch Executive Producer 2016-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2015
86% 83% The Mindy Project Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 81% Private Practice Writer,
Executive Producer 		2007-2013
18% 67% Off the Map Executive Producer 2011