Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is the creator and frequent writer of the ABC medical dramas Grey's Anatomy which stars Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey and its spin off, Private Practice which stars Kate Walsh.

In December of 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that actor T.R. Knight (who plays George Biailey) asked Rhimes to be released from his Grey's Anatomy contract.Entertainment Weekly: T.R. Knight Negotiating Grey's Anatomy Exit (December 9, 2008)

• "In real life, she's a rather shy, private person who prefers living in her head to dealing with the myriad producers and studio executives and associations who all want something from her—to write for them, to sell for them, to speak for them."—Sandra OhTime Magazine: The Time 100-Shonda Rhimes(2007)

• "I was a candy striper at a hospital in Chicago Heights for years. I definitely think that affected my view of hospitals. Not in the sense of gorgeous interns racing around having sexual relations [laughs]. But my comfort level with medical environments really came from that job. I loved volunteering there."—Shonda RhimesChicago Tribune: Shonda Rhimes, Creator of 'Grey's Anatomy' (December 21, 2005)

1. ABC: Official Grey's Anatomy Podcasts

• CNN: What Comes After 'Happily Ever After'? (September 25, 2008)
• People: Katherine Heigl's Izzie Won't Have a Brain Tumor (August 1, 2008)
• Time: The Time 100-Shonda Rhimes (2007)
• The Chicago Tribune: Shonda Rhimes, Creator of Grey's Anatomy (December 21, 2005)