The Resume

(January 13, 1970- )
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Head of ShondaLand Production Company
Producer and writer for 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Private Practice' and 'Scandal'

Why she might be annoying:

She went to a Catholic high school.
She wrote the much-maligned Britney Spears film, 'Crossroads.'
Her company was slapped with a lawsuit by technicians complaining of a hostile work environment at 'Grey's Anatomy.'
She received death threats on Twitter after killing off Eric Dane's 'Grey's Anatomy' character, Mark Sloan.
She complained about the lack of diversity on other television shows.

Why she might not be annoying:

She graduated Dartmouth and earned her master's at USC.
Time Magazine selected her as one of their 100 Most Influential People (2007).
She won several NAACP Image Awards.
'Scandal' was the first major network show in almost 40 years to center around an African-American female lead character.
She adopted two children.

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BET’s Black Girls Rock! Honorees (Ranked: 2016)
• Cosmopolitan’s Celebrity Feud Everyone Was Talking About the Year You Were Born (Ranked: 2010)
• D's Profiles [Series 10]
• Finding Your Roots
• Forbes' 25 Highest Paid Entertainers [February 2022] (Ranked: 18)
• Glamour Women of the Year - 18th Annual [2007]
• Grey's Anatomy
• Harper’s Bazaar 50 Most Influential Moms [2017] (Ranked: 12)
• Hollywood Reporter's 17th Power 100 Women [2008] (Ranked: 56)
• I Attended Dartmouth
• I Attended University of Southern California
• I Gave a TED Talk
• I Had a Peek-a-Boo Hairstyle [Veronica Lake Style]
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Members of the Television Hall of Fame (Ranked: 24)
• Mo'Nique Doesn't Like Me
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [2014]
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [2015]
• Profiles 33501-33750 (Ranked: 33579)
• Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 [September 2021]
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2007 [May 2007]
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2013 [April 2013]
• United Against Hate
• W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Recipients (Ranked: 2014)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 41.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 42 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 13.64% Annoying