SUCCESS STORY

Grey’s Anatomy

When the medical drama premiered in 2005, it became an instant hit and since has enjoyed incredible staying power. The show's now in its 19th season, making it the sixth longest-running primetime show in television history.

Scandal

Kerry Washington became the first Black woman to lead a primetime television network drama since the 1970s with her role as crisis management maven Olivia Pope. The program helped pave the way for other Black actresses to land starring gigs, like Viola Davis in Rhimes’ next big hit, How to Get Away with Murder.

Bridgerton

Rhimes signed a multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix in 2017 and her first project broke records when Season 1 of the Regency-era period piece debuted with 625 million hours viewed in its first 28 days. The second season of Bridgerton made history again as the streamer’s mostwatched English-language show in its first week.

Inventing Anna

Shondaland’s most recent hit for Netflix followed convicted fraudster Anna Delvey and racked up major accolades, including an Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series nomination and Best Actress nod to its star, Julia Garner, at the 2022 Emmys.

important to sort of expose that to everybody and to let everybody know that it doesn't matter who you are or what you're doing, you can find power in yourself and own it and elevate yourself.”

For women on the path to owning their power, her advice is simple: Believe in what you can accomplish. “You know more than you think you know—we all know more than we think we know,” Rhimes insists. “We're conditioned to feel like we know less. We’re conditioned to feel like we have to sort of sit behind somebody else and the reality of it is we all have the right instincts going for us and everybody should really just embrace those.”

The mom of three understands women prioritizing and taking care of themselves can be “an incredibly difficult thing to do,” and when she needs a quick boost, she simply wears something she loves. “I feel better when I look better,” she says. “I always say if I show up at work and I'm incredibly perfect looking, it's because I'm having a bad day and I'm trying to sort of pull myself up.”

No doubt, she’s dressed in St. John.