Shonda Rhimes

Born

January 13, 1970 (age 56)

Known as

screenwriter, writer, film producer, showrunner, television producer, film director

Shonda Lynn Rhimes is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. 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 female showrunner to create three television dramas that have achieved the 100 episode milestone.

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