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Shonda Rhimes

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  • Birth Place: Chicago, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/13/1970, Capricorn
  • Profession: Executive producer; writer
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Shonda Rhimes Fast Facts:
  • The youngest of six children.
  • While an undergrad at Dartmouth, she was the director of the Black Underground Theatre and Arts Association.
  • Worked in advertising before enrolling in film school.
  • Received the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship while earning her MFA at USC.
  • Before creating the hit show Grey's Anatomy, she penned the screenplays for a number of projects, including the TV biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (which earned Halle Berry an Emmy) and the films Crossroads and The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement.
  • Shonda Rhimes Relationships:
  • Harper - Daughter
  • Shonda Rhimes Awards:
  • 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee
  • 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series - Nominee
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (BA English Literature, 1991); University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (MFA, 1994)
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