Shonda Rhimes

	Shonda Rhimes   Producer who, in landing yet another TV series with ABC, has brought her total number of current projects with the network to four.
Influence: 97.8 Reach:13.6 Substance: 7.2 Media: 468 Internet: 776000	Job: TV producer Sector: Entertainment/Media Location: Los Angeles Age: 41

Shonda Rhimes is the first African American to create and executive produce a one-hour TV show, Grey’s Anatomy, that has aired more than one season. Her three other current ABC projects are Private Practice, Gilded Lillys and Scandal. After a childhood habit of tape-recording and transcribing her own stories, Rhimes surged to prominence after screenwriting the 1999 HBO movie Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, which earned Halle Berry Emmy and Golden Globe best actress awards.