Kerry Washington
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 31, 1977 (age 49)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. She was included in Time's 100 list of most influential people in 2014, and Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018. Washington gained wide recognition for starring as crisis management expert Olivia Pope in the ABC drama series Scandal (2012–2018). For her role, she was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and once for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She was further Emmy-nominated for her roles as Anita Hill in the HBO political film Confirmation (2016) and a troubled mother in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). Washington made her feature film debut acting in the drama Our Song (2000). She played Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and has taken roles in diverse films such as Ray (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), I Think I Love My Wife (2007), Mother and Child (2009), For Colored Girls (2010), and Django Unchained (2012). In 2024, she portrayed Major Charity Adams in the war film The Six Triple Eight. On stage, she made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's play Race (2009). She returned to the Broadway stage starring in the Christopher Demos-Brown play American Son and reprised her role in the 2019 television adaptation on Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
Movie
24-7
Movie
An Innocent Girl
Movie
Black Women in America: The Road to 2024
Movie · as Self
What Remains
TV · as Detective Elise Sutton · 1 ep
Animals
Movie · as Abigail Kimball
Imperfect Women
TV · as Eleanor · 8 eps
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Vera Draven, Esq.
Shadow Force
Movie · as Kyrah
Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie · as Self
Escape Room
Movie
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Six Triple Eight
Movie · as Charity Adams
UnPrisoned
TV · as Paige Alexander · 16 eps
The School for Good and Evil
Movie · as Professor Dovey
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Movie · as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
The Prom
Movie · as Mrs. Greene
One World: Together at Home
Movie · as Self
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Movie · as Self - Host
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Movie · as Self
Little Fires Everywhere
TV · as Mia Warren · 8 eps
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie · as Helen Willis
American Son
Movie · as Kendra Ellis-Connor
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Red Table Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cars 3
Movie · as Natalie Certain (voice)
The Words That Built America
Movie · as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Confirmation
Movie · as Anita Hill
Misty Copeland
Movie · as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as Olivia Pope · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Peeples
Movie · as Grace Peeples
Girl Rising
Movie · as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Clique
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Django Unchained
Movie · as Broomhilda von Shaft
A Thousand Words
Movie · as Caroline McCall
Wide-Awake
Movie · as The Homeowner
The Details
Movie · as Rebecca Mazzoni
Scandal
TV · as Olivia Pope · 124 eps
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
Movie · as Narrator
For Colored Girls
Movie · as Kelly / Blue
Night Catches Us
Movie · as Patricia Wilson
Black Panther
Movie · as Princess Shuri
Black Panther
TV · as Princess Shuri (voice) · 6 eps
Good Hair
Movie · as Self
Mother and Child
Movie · as Lucy
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Movie · as Marybeth
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as Zana Wilder
Lakeview Terrace
Movie · as Lisa Mattson
Woman In Burka
Movie · as Kerry
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Movie · as Alicia Masters
I Think I Love My Wife
Movie · as Nikki Tru
Put It in a Book
Movie · as Sheila
The Last King of Scotland
Movie · as Kay Amin
Little Man
Movie · as Vanessa
The Dead Girl
Movie · as Rosetta
Psych
TV · as Mira Gaffney · 1 ep
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie · as Jasmine
Fantastic Four
Movie · as Alicia Masters
Wait
Movie · as Maggie
Sexual Life
Movie · as Rosalie
Ray
Movie · as Della Bea Robinson
She Hate Me
Movie · as Fatima Goodrich
Against the Ropes
Movie · as Renee
Strip Search
Movie
Boston Legal
TV · as Chelina Hall · 5 eps
Project Runway
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 3 eps
The United States of Leland
Movie · as Ayesha
The Human Stain
Movie · as Ellie
Sin
Movie · as Kassie
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 9 eps
Bad Company
Movie · as Julie
Save the Last Dance
Movie · as Chenille Reynolds
Lift
Movie · as Niecy
The Guardian
TV · as Drea Westbrook · 1 ep
100 Centre Street
TV · 4 eps
Our Song
Movie · as Lanisha Brown
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
Movie · as Actor
Deadline
TV · as Tina Johnson · 1 ep
Standard Deviants TV
TV · as Self (voice, uncredited), Herself · 1 ep
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
Movie · as Herself
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
Movie · as Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
Movie · as Actor
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 7 eps
Magical Make-Over
Movie · as Heather
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Allie Lawrence · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Rayshelle Peyton (voice) · 9 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep