Shonda Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Shonda Lynn Rhimes. She is a writer and producer, known for 实习医生格蕾 第一季 (2005), Scandal (2012) and 穿越乡间路 (2002).
She is the youngest in her family and has three sisters and two brothers.
She has a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth (1991) and a master of fine arts (MFA) from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television.
Rhimes is the youngest of six children of a PhD teacher/mother and a father who is now chief information officer at the University of Southern California.
After graduating from Dartmouth, she read a news article that claimed that getting into USC's film school was harder than getting into Harvard Law School, so she elected to take on the more competitive challenge.
Maintains two rooms across from her studio for her two children.
Worked for few years as a film-development assistant before selling her first script.
On the first day in September 2001 that she moved into a rental house in Vermont as a quiet place to finish a movie script, the World Trade Center was attacked, which prompted Rhimes to reassess her future and her goals. She decided her top priority was to adopt a child and nine months later she did, with daughter Harper, and became a single mother. Emerson followed in 2012.
Has 3 daughters: two adopted daughters are named Harper Rhimes (b.2002) & Emerson Pearl Rhimes (b.February 1, 2012) and another one daughter named Beckett Rhimes (b.September 2013) who was born via surrogate mother.
In 2013, she and her Shondaland company partner Betsy Beers were named co-winners of the 2014 Directors Guild of America Diversity Award.
Suffers from fear of public speaking (glossophobia).
Is a big fan of 权力的游戏 (2011).
Shed 117lbs in a weight loss program. [2016]
Her professional output is responsible for an estimated 70 hours of television per season.