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Shonda Rhimes
b. 1970
American television producer and screenwriter (born 1970)
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Biography
Shonda Lynn Rhimes is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rhimes became known as the first showrunner–creator, head writer, and executive producer–of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), its spin-off Private Practice (2007–2013) and the political thriller Scandal (2012–2018), becoming the first African American woman to create three television dramas that have achieved the 100 episode milestone.
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Grey's Anatomy premiered on ABC. Rhimes created, wrote, and executive produced it. The medical drama became a cultural phenomenon and ran for more than 20 seasons, making it the longest-running primetime medical drama in TV history.
Launched Scandal, starring Kerry Washington as a D.C. crisis manager. Washington became the first Black woman to lead a network drama in nearly 40 years. Rhimes now had two hits running simultaneously on the same network.
Left ABC for a deal with Netflix reportedly worth $150 million. Produced Bridgerton, which became one of Netflix's most-watched series. Three times named to Time's 100 Most Influential People list.
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Queen Charlotte: Before Bridgerton Came a Love Story That Changed the Ton...
Go beyond the original Shondaland series on Netflix, Queen Charlotte, with this lushly romantic Bridgerton prequel novel written by New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes as...
Queen Charlotte: Before the Bridgertons Came the Love Story That Changed the Ton...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte and King George III's great love story...
Year of Yes (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition): Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, Be Your Own Person
In this 10th-anniversary edition of Shonda Rhimes' poignant, hilarious and confessional call-to-arms, Hollywood's most powerful woman - executive producer of Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Bridgerton, Queen...
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