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His mother attended college while raising six children and earned a PhD in educational administration in 1991; her father, who holds an MBA, is currently the chief information officer at the University of Southern California.

Rhimes lived in Park Forest South (now University Park, Illinois), with two older brothers and three older sisters. She has said she exhibited an early affinity for storytelling and that her time spent as a hospital volunteer while in high school sparked an interest in hospital environments.

She wrote for the college newspaper. After college, she relocated to San Francisco with an older sibling and worked in advertising at McCann Erickson. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California to study screenwriting. While at USC, Debra Martin Chase hired her as an intern and Rhimes credits her early success in part to mentors like a prominent African-American producer, who hired her as an intern at Denzel Washington's production company Mundy Lane Entertainment.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credited as
		Director	Writer	Producer
1995	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream	No	No	No
1998	Blossoms and Veils	Yes	Yes	No
1999	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	No	Yes	No
2002	Crossroads	No	Yes	No
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	No	Yes	No
2005–present	Grey's Anatomy	No	Yes	Yes
2007–13	Private Practice	No	Yes	Yes
2009	Inside the Box	No	No	Yes
2009	Seattle Grace: On Call	No	No	Yes
2009	Seattle Grace: Message of Hope	No	No	Yes
2011	Off the Map	No	No	Yes
2012	Gilded Lilys	No	No	Yes
2012–present	Scandal	No	Yes	Yes
2014–present	How to Get Away with Murder	No	No	Yes