Shonda Rhimes adopts baby girl Shonda Rhimes poses backstage with her award at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 4, 2011. LOS ANGELES, April 3 (UPI) -- Shonda Rhimes' publicist says the Hollywood writer-producer has adopted a baby girl named Emerson Pearl. Rhimes previously adopted daughter Harper in 2002. She told E! News Emerson is a "zen baby." "We're just doing a lot of bonding right now," she said. This is a happy time -- I feel so lucky. The "Grey's Anatomy" creator did not say how old the child is or where she was born.