Shonda Rhimes writes boss lady TV characters like no other. From Meredith Grey, the emotionally confused (and totally whiny) surgeon, to Olivia Pope, the power lady with a thing for powerful men, to Annalise Keatton, the tough-as-nails law professor, she’s certainly written some ass-kicking ladies.
But sometimes, those successful heroines are not her best characters. Here are seven completely memorable, lovable, complicated characters Shonda has written…that aren’t members of the Meredith/Olivia/Annalise TGIT trifecta.