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Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is an acclaimed screenwriter, producer and director who's best known for the creation of the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy. She's also responsible for it's spinoff, Private Practice, as well as the development of the hit ABC drama Scandal. A Golden Globe and NAACP Image award-winner, Rhimes has also been involved in the writing, producing and directing of several films, including Blossoms and Veils, Crossroads, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and Disney's The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. In 2007, her significant contributions to pop culture earned her a spot on Time's list of "100 People Who Help Shape the World."

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@shondarhimes: Totally loving me some @jasoncollins34 right now. Well done! (Photo: Nikki Nelson / WENN.com)

Shonda Rhimes

"Shonda Rhimes, creator of the must-see TV thriller Scandal, validates our story — the human story of faults and fears, loneliness and loss, triumphs and often short-lived joys. She gets us — all of us!" — Oprah Winfrey (Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmM...

Television's Innovator

In honor of women's history month, we take a look at some of the top female entertainers and executives in Hollywood. If you watch TV on Thursday night, you're probably tuning into one or all of Shonda Rhimes's hit shows. The creator, writer a...

Shonda Rhimes

After writing the Britney Spears movie Crossroads, Shonda Rhimes went on to create Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice before making the Kerry Washington drama Scandal. (Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

Kerry Washington: I Would Have Passed on Scandal if Show Had Black President

The actress talks to Ebony about her hit series.

Audra McDonald as Dr. Naomi Bennett

Audra McDonald's Naomi, of Shonda Rhimes' Private Practice, is one of the most complex characters to arrive on TV in a long time. She is a founding partner in a wellness clinic, but she has to balance working with her ex-husband (Taye Diggs), bein...

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