This is a list of awards and nominations received by American television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes.
Showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), she received three nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, winning once for Best Television Series – Drama, and three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. She has also won five NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, a Producers Guild of America Award, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series. She also created the Grey's Anatomy'''s spin-off Private Practice (2007–2013), for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series.
She produced Scandal (2012–2018) and since 2020, she has been executive producer and writer of the historical fiction-romance series Bridgerton, earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for the latter. She then produced its spin-off Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023), for which she won a Black Reel Award.
She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame. In 2016, Rhimes was honored with the International Emmy Founders Award and with a British Academy Television Special Award. Thanks to her production company Shondaland, she was awarded with a Peabody Award and won a Daytime Emmy Award for the documentary Black Barbie: A Documentary'' (2023).
Major associations BAFTA Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. British Academy Television Awards2023Special Award Herself
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Work Result Ref.2006Best Television Series – DramaGrey's Anatomy20072008
Emmy Award Year Category Work Result Ref. Daytime Emmy Awards 2025 Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program Black Barbie: A Documentary International Emmy Awards2016Founders AwardHerself Primetime Emmy Awards2006Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's AnatomyOutstanding Writing for a Drama SeriesGrey's Anatomy (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It")2007Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's Anatomy2021Outstanding Drama SeriesBridgerton2021 Outstanding Limited Or Anthology SeriesInventing Anna Television Hall of Fame2017Hall of Fame Herself
Other awards and nominations
American Film Institute Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. 2005 Television Program of the Year Grey's Anatomy
Banff Television Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2011Best Continuing SeriesGrey's Anatomy
Black Reel Award Year Category Work Result Ref.2005Best Screenplay, Adapted or OriginalThe Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement2005 Black Reel Awards2023 Outstanding Drama SeriesQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series2024 Diahann Carroll Executive Award Herself
Costume Designers Guild Awards Year Category Work Result Ref. 2021 Distinguished Collaborator Award Herself
Directors Guild of America Award Year Category Work Result Ref.2014DGA Diversity AwardShonda Rhimes
GLAAD Media Awards Year Category Work Result Ref.2012Golden Gate AwardShonda Rhimes
ICG Publicists Awards Year Category Work Result Ref.2014 Diversity AwardHerself
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame YearWorkResultRef.2015Herself
NAACP Image Award Year Category Work Result Ref.2006Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's Anatomy2007Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's AnatomyOutstanding Writing in a Dramatic SeriesGrey's Anatomy 2008Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's AnatomyOutstanding Writing in a Dramatic SeriesGrey's Anatomy Private Practice 2009Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's AnatomyOutstanding Writing in a Dramatic SeriesGrey's Anatomy 2010Outstanding Drama SeriesGrey's Anatomy2011Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic SeriesPrivate Practice 2013Grey's Anatomy Scandal 2015Entertainer of the YearShonda Rhimes2016 2024 Outstanding Drama Series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Peabody Awards YearWorkCategoryResultRef.2020ShondalandPeabody Award
Producers Guild of America Awards Year Category Work Result Ref.2005 Television Series - DramaGrey's Anatomy200620072017Norman Lear Achievement AwardHerself2021 Television Series - DramaBridgerton
Writers Guild of America Award Year Category Work Result Ref.2005New SeriesGrey's AnatomyDramatic Series20062015Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Herself2023Episodic DramaQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Note
External links