Claire Donald

What a woman.

Her accolades include that she is a five-time NAACP Image Award winner.

Planned Parenthood awarded Shonda Rhimes the first ever Champion of Change Award for her commitment to the issues of gender, sex, sexuality, and race.

In 2007, 2013, and 2021, Shonda was named by Time to the Time 100 of their 100 Most Influential People in the World.

As of 2023, she is one of the richest women entertainers in America with a net worth of $250 million.

She's won so many awards.

Like, it's just...

We don't have the time.

Look her up.

Yeah, literally.

So Shonda has said, quote, I hope there's space for women to feel like there are still trails to be blazed, but that the blazing of the trails doesn't feel like you're blazing them alone anymore.

I love that she's like, go out and get it.

Exactly.

Shonda Rhimes didn't just change television.

She changed who gets to be complicated, ambitious, and in control on television.

And once you've seen that, you can't unsee it.

and a culture that loves powerful women until they actually use their power.

Shonda Rhimes never apologized for hers.

Shonda understood something most people don't.

The stories we watch teach us what's possible.