Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author.
She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, its spin-o
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Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author.
She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, its spin-off Private Practice, and the political thriller series Scandal. Rhimes has also served as the executive producer of the ABC television series Off the Map, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, and Station 19.
In 2007 and 2021, Rhimes was named by Time on the Time 100, their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
In 2015, she published her first book, a memoir, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person. In 2017, Netflix said that it had entered into a multi-year development deal with Rhimes, by which all of her future productions will be Netflix Original series. Netflix had already purchased the streaming rights to past episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.
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