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Claire Donald

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

She worked in advertising briefly, but she...

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

hated it so she took a big risk and she ends up moving to los angeles to attend the university of southern california and majored in screenwriting or studied in screenwriting she did grad school at usc she did grad school at usc a good program that's so hard to get into i know and while she's at usc she was hired to be an intern for deborah martin chase

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

And I was like, I know that name.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Yeah, wait, same?

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

So Tess, Deborah Martin Chase was the first black female producer to have a deal at any major studio, which is crazy because this is the 90s.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Oh my God, yeah.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

She is also one of the first black filmmakers to produce a film that grossed over $100 million.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

And do you know what that film was?

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

This is later on.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

She will do this.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

This is early 2000s though.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

100 million.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

The Princess Diaries.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Like a meeting emotional.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Wow.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

So that's not all that Debra Martin Chase has produced.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Okay.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

So we have The Princess Diaries.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

She also did Cinderella with Whitney Houston and Brandy.

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Shonda Rhimes: The Woman Who Changed Television

Don't even.