Shonda Lynn Rhimes

nickname

Shonda

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, United States

nationality

training

Rhimes graduated from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

She then enrolled at Dartmouth College to study English and Creative Writing, earning her BA in 1991.

After a brief stint in advertising, she enrolled in television and television program writing at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts , earning her Master of Fine Arts (MFA).

occupation

TV producer, TV writer, screenwriter

family

• Father – Vera P. Cain (was Chief Information Officer at the University of Southern California)
• Mutter – Even Rhimes, Jr. (High School Professor)
• Siblings – Sandie Rhimes (older sister), Carter Rhimes (older brother). Shonda has two older sisters and one older brother.

Manager

Judy Smith

To build

Big

Height

5 feet 6 inches or 168 cm

weight

74 kg or 163 pounds

friend/spouse

She has never dated anyone publicly. In fact, she doesn’t want to get married. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Rhimes made a firm statement: “Marriage is not for me.”

But she decided she wouldn’t wait for a man to fulfill her dreams and adopted two beautiful daughters in 2002 and February 2012.

She had her 3rd daughter in September 2013 through surrogacy.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

She is African American.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

Contagious smile

measurements

37-30-38 inches or 94-76-96.5 cm

dress size

14 (USA) or 44 (EU)

bra size

34C

shoe size

10.5 (USA) or 41 (EU)

brand promotion

She has endorsed the marks as Dove .

She has launched her own Shondaland Candles .

Shonda also promoted

• Carolina Herrera
• Foolie’s clothes
• Jimmy Choo
• America girl

She has appeared in print ads for Pilot Ballpoint Pen (G2 Premium Gel Pen).

Religion

She is a Protestant Christian.

Known for

• Rhimes is a critically acclaimed and award-winning creator and executive producer of the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy , Private Practice , and Scandal .
• Her entertainment company Shondaland, which won the 2014 Directors Guild of America Diversity Award.

directorial debut

Blossoms and Veils (1998)

First TV show

In 2005, Shonda appeared on the talk show, Tavis Smiley .

Personal trainer

Jeanette Jenkins is Rhime’s personal trainer who helped her lose a dramatic 117 pounds. During an ABC TGIT celebration in LA, Shonda unveiled her amazing weight loss program, which was a drastic change from her previous performances.

Shonda Rhime’s favorite things

• Food – fried chicken, apple pie
• Drinks – Dead Letter Office Shiraz, sidecar cocktail
• TV Shows – Orange is the New Black, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Game of Thrones
• Music – Duran Duran, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, John Lennon, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder
• Books – A Mockingbird, Columbine, the Child, Little Women, Killing the Booth
• Celebrities – Mohammed Ali, Prince, Donna Summer
• Filme – Star Wars, Argo
• Causes – Creative Arts, Domestic Violence, Women’s Empowerment, Health, Police Brutality
• Charities – Actors Fund of America, Allstate Foundation, Planned Parenthood

Shonda Rhimes facts

1. She was part of a championship marching band in high school.
2. She loves watching the national spelling bee and is known for live blogging the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
3. She has had the same best friend (Christina Yang) since she was ten years old. This friend is portrayed in Grey’s Anatomy as a confident and powerful woman.
4. She made a guest appearance on The Mindy Project as herself, a brilliant TV producer who also happens to be Dartmouth’s beer pong champion.
5. Rhimes was ranked top of the class and received the Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship.
6. She is the first African American woman to create and executive produce a Top 10 network series.
7. She pursued a prestigious MFA after hearing that attending film school at USC was actually harder than Harvard law school.
8. The idea for Grey’s Anatomy came to her from a random comment from a doctor in a hospital that seemed very irrelevant at the time.
9. Rhimes was named Times Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People Alive” in 2007.
10. She likes to listen to music when she writes. It’s no surprise that many of her favorite musicians make her TV episodes.
11. She suffers from glossophobia, which is the inability to speak in public.
12. Connect with Shonda on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.