Kerry Washington
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.
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Known for
Shadow Force
Kyrah
The Simpsons
Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
Law & Order
Allie Lawrence
Scandal
Olivia Pope
How to Get Away with Murder
Olivia Pope
The Guardian
100 Centre Street
Psych
Mira Gaffney
Boston Legal
Chelina Hall
Black Panther
Princess Shuri (voice)
Standard Deviants TV
Herself (voice, uncredited)
Standard Deviants TV
Herself
Django Unchained
Broomhilda von Shaft
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jasmine
Fantastic Four
Alicia Masters
Cars 3
Natalie Certain (voice)
Little Fires Everywhere
Mia Warren
Little Man
Vanessa
The School for Good and Evil
Professor Dovey
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Alicia Masters
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Vera Draven
UnPrisoned
Paige Alexander
The Six Triple Eight
Charity Adams
Ray
Della Bea Robinson
Deadline
The Last King of Scotland
Kay Amin
Save the Last Dance
Chenille Reynolds
A Thousand Words
Caroline McCall
One World: Together at Home
Self
Bad Company
Julie
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Prom
Mrs. Greene
The Dead Girl
Rosetta
For Colored Girls
Kelly / Blue
Against the Ropes
Renee
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
The Human Stain
Ellie
Mother and Child
Lucy
Black Panther
Princess Shuri
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Helen Willis
She Hate Me
Fatima Goodrich
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Marybeth
Sin
Kassie
Peeples
Grace Peeples
Confirmation
Anita Hill
Sexual Life
Rosalie
The United States of Leland
Ayesha
The People Speak
Self
Good Hair
Self
Lakeview Terrace
Lisa Mattson
Night Catches Us
Patricia Wilson
Miracle at St. Anna
Zana Wilder
I Think I Love My Wife
Nikki Tru
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Self
Animals
Our Song
Lanisha Brown
American Son
Kendra Ellis-Connor
Wide-Awake
The Homeowner
Strip Search
The Details
Rebecca Mazzoni
Imperfect Women
Lift
Niecy
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
Self
Put It in a Book
Sheila
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
Actor
Girl Rising
Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Wait
Maggie
Teen Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
Woman In Burka
Kerry
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
Actor
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
Actor
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
Herself
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
Self
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Self - Host
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
Self
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
Narrator
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
Herself
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
Self
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
24-7
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Sherri
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Magical Make-Over
Heather
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Red Table Talk
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Clique
Self - Guest
The Alec Baldwin Show
Self