List of awards and nominations received by Shonda Rhimes
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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).
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Television Awards | ||||
| 2023 | Special Award | Herself | Won | [1] |
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Television Series – Drama | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Won | |||
| 2008 | Nominated | |||
Emmy Award
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2025 | Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program | Black Barbie: A Documentary | Won | [2] |
| International Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2016 | Founders Award | Herself | Honoree | [3] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2006 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | [4] |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy (for "It's the End of the World" / "As We Know It") | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Outstanding Drama Series | Bridgerton | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series | Inventing Anna | Nominated | |
| Television Hall of Fame | ||||
| 2017 | Hall of Fame | Herself | Honoree | [5] |
Other awards and nominations
American Film Institute Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Television Program of the Year | Grey's Anatomy | Won |
Banff Television Festival
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Continuing Series | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | [6] |
Black Reel Award
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Nominated | [7] |
| 2023 | Outstanding Drama Series | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Nominated | [8] |
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Won | |||
| 2024 | Diahann Carroll Executive Award | Herself | Honoree | [9] |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Distinguished Collaborator Award | Herself | Won | [10] |
Directors Guild of America Award
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | DGA Diversity Award | Shonda Rhimes | Won | [11] |
GLAAD Media Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Golden Gate Award | Shonda Rhimes | Won | [12] |
ICG Publicists Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Diversity Award | Herself | Won | [13] |
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
| Year | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Herself | Honoree | [14] |
NAACP Image Award
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Won | [15] |
| 2007 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Won | [16] |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Grey's Anatomy (for "It's the End of the World") | Won | ||
| 2008 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Won | [17] |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Grey's Anatomy (for "A Change is Gonna Come") | Won | ||
| Private Practice (for "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else") | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Won | [18] |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Grey's Anatomy (for "Freedom") | Won | ||
| 2010 | Outstanding Drama Series | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | [19] |
| 2011 | Won | [20] | ||
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Private Practice (for "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?") | Won | ||
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy (for "Flight") | Nominated | [21] | |
| Scandal (for "Sweet Baby") | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Entertainer of the Year | Shonda Rhimes | Nominated | [22] |
| 2016 | Nominated | [23] | ||
| 2024 | Outstanding Drama Series | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Won | [24] |
Peabody Awards
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Shondaland | Peabody Award | Honoree | [25] |
Producers Guild of America Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Television Series - Drama | Grey's Anatomy | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Won | |||
| 2007 | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Norman Lear Achievement Award | Herself | Won | [26] |
| 2021 | Television Series - Drama | Bridgerton | Nominated | [27] |
Writers Guild of America Award
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | New Series | Grey's Anatomy | Won | |
| Dramatic Series | Nominated | |||
| 2006 | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement | Herself | Won | |
| 2023 | Episodic Drama | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (for "Crown Jewels") | Nominated | [28] |
Note
- ↑ "BAFTA Honours Shonda Rhimes with Special Award". www.bafta.org. May 8, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "52nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards WINNERS" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. October 18, 2025. p. 5. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
- ↑ "SHONDA RHIMES TO RECEIVE 2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOUNDERS AWARD". International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. April 4, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Shonda Rhimes". Television Academy. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Huver, Scott (November 16, 2017). "Oprah Winfrey Honors Shonda Rhimes at Television Academy Hall of Fame". Variety. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Shonda Rhimes". IMDb.
- ↑ 2005 Black Reel Awards
- ↑ Jackson, Angelique (July 18, 2023). "Black Reel Awards to Combine Film & TV Honors, Ceremony Rescheduled for January". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ↑ Complex, Valerie (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Honorees include Samuel L. Jackson, Colman Domingo, Shonda Rhimes and Ruth E. Carter". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (April 12, 2021). "Shonda Rhimes & Betsy Beers Set For Costume Designers Guild Awards Honor". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "Shonda Rhimes And Betsy Beers To Receive DGA Diversity Award". Deadline Hollywood. December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards: Spanish Language Nominees". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "Shonda Rhimes To Receive ICG Publicists TV Showmanship Award". Deadline Hollywood. January 7, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (April 14, 2015). "NAB: Shonda Rhimes Inducted Into Broadcasting Hall of Fame". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "The 37th NAACP Image Awards Winners" (PDF). NAACP Image Awards. February 25, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ↑ "2007 Image Award nominees and winners". The Hollywood Reporter. March 1, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ "The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations". Variety. January 8, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Lyons, Margaret (February 13, 2009). "NAACP Image Awards: Winners list". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ↑ "41st NAACP Image Award Winners". Deadline Hollywood. 2010-02-27. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03.
- ↑ Frankel, Daniel (March 6, 2011). "The 42nd NAACP Image Awards: Complete Winners List". TheWrap. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ↑ "46th NAACP Image Awards: The Winners List | Entertainment Tonight". ET Online. February 6, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ↑ "47th NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 4, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ↑ Jackson, Angelique (January 25, 2024). "Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét and Usher Lead NAACP Image Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ↑ Plowman, Katherine (January 1, 2014). "Celebrating Female Creatives, from the First Woman Film Director to Dolly Parton and Shonda Rhimes". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
- ↑ Lewis, Hilary. "'Spotlight,' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Among Producers Guild Film Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (March 8, 2021). "PGA Awards Nominations: 'Borat', 'Ma Rainey', 'Chicago 7', 'Nomadland', 'Mank' & 'Minari' Among Pics Vying For Marquee Prize". Deadline. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (February 21, 2024). "Strike-Delayed Writers Guild Awards Nominations Revealed". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 21, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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