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Kerry Washington
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born January 31, 1977 (45 years)
Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained wide public 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. Her portrayal of Anita Hill in the HBO television political thriller film Confirmation (2016), and her role as Mia Warren in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020), both earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.
In film, Washington is known for her roles as Della Bea Robinson in Ray (2004), as Kay in The Last King of Scotland (2006), as Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and as Broomhilda von Shaft in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012). She has also starred in the independent films Our Song (2000), The Dead Girl (2006), Mother and Child (2009), Night Catches Us (2010), and American Son (2019).
Time magazine included Washington in its Time 100 list of most influential people in 2014. In 2018, Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress. Washington has won a Primetime Emmy Award and five NAACP Image Awards, including The President's Award.
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Filmography
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as Professor Dovey |
| 2021 | The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Unknown |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere (TV Series) · as Mia Warren |
| 2020 | The Prom · as Mrs. Greene |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | American Son · as Kendra Ellis-Connor |
| 2017 | Cars 3 · as Natalie Certain (voice) |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Reader - Declaration of Independence |
| 2017 | Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama · as actor |
| 2016 | Confirmation · as Anita Hill |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) · as Olivia Pope |
| 2013 | Peeples · as Grace Peeples |
| 2013 | Girl Rising · as Narrator - Nepal (voice) |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Broomhilda von Shaft |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Caroline McCall |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as Olivia Pope |
| 2011 | The Details · as Rebecca Mazzoni |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Kelly / Blue |
| 2010 | Night Catches Us · as Patricia Wilson |
| 2010 | Black Panther (TV Series) · as Princess Shuri (voice) |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown · as Marybeth |
| 2009 | Mother and Child · as Lucy |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna · as Zana Wilder |
| 2008 | Lakeview Terrace · as Lisa Mattson |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer · as Alicia Masters |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife · as Nikki Tru |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland · as Kay Amin |
| 2006 | Little Man · as Vanessa |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Mira Gaffney |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl · as Rosetta |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Jasmine |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four · as Alicia Masters |
| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Fatima Goodrich |
| 2004 | Strip Search · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Sexual Life · as Rosalie |
| 2004 | Ray · as Della Bea Robinson |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Chelina Hall |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls (TV Series) · as Mahandra McGinty |
| 2004 | Against the Ropes · as Renee |
| 2003 | The Human Stain · as Ellie |
| 2003 | Sin · as Kassie |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland · as Ayesha |
| 2002 | Bad Company · as Julie |
| 2001 | Lift · as Niecy |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance · as Chenille Reynolds |
| 2000 | Our Song · as Lanisha Brown |
| 2000 | Deadline (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Maya Young |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Allie Lawrence |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Rachelle Peyton (voice) |