TV maven Shonda Rhimes achieved unprecedented success in Hollywood in the typically male realms of TV show creation. Rhimes began her career as a writer, slowly evolving in Hollywood until her breakout success as the showrunner and creator of the hit TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Along with her achievement as a showrunner, Rhimes helped Kerry Washington become only the second Black woman to star in a prime-time television TV show after Diahann Carroll, and helped Viola Davis become the first to win a primetime Emmy in the Best Actress in a Drama category.
