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Shonda Rhimes

  • Birthplace: University Park, Illinois
  • Birthday: January 13, 1970

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- ).

Born Jan. 13, 1970, Rhimes’ mother and father were a university professor and…more

Credits

Consultants & Advisors
Producer
Writer

Career Milestones

  • 2006

    Signed a lucrative development deal with Touchstone Television, to resurrect an old project, a series about female news correspondents

  • 2005 to 0000

    Creator and executive producer of the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy"; also scripted several episodes

  • 2004

    Scripted the Disney feature "Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement," starring Julie Andrews

  • 2002

    Wrote the original script for the film "Crossroads," starring Britney Spears

  • 1999

    Wrote the screenplay "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," starring Halle Berry and produced by HBO

Awards

  • 2007

    Golden Globe: Best Comedy Series

  • 2007

    Producers Guild of America: The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television (Drama)

Upcoming Appearances

In Grey's Anatomy

Tomorrow at 09:00 pm ABC

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