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Kerry Washington
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn January 31, 1977 (48 years)
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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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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| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man · as Vera Draven |
| 2025 | Shadow Force · as Kyrah |
| 2024 | The Six Triple Eight · as Charity Adams |
| 2023 | UnPrisoned (TV Series) · as Paige Alexander |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as Professor Dovey |
| 2020 | The Prom · as Mrs. Greene |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere (TV Series) · as Mia Warren |
| 2019 | American Son · as Kendra Ellis-Connor |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | Cars 3 · as Natalie Certain (voice) |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Confirmation · as Anita Hill |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) · as Olivia Pope |
| 2013 | Scandal: The Secret Is Out · as Olivia Pope |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Girl Rising · as Narrator - Nepal (voice) |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Broomhilda Von Shaft |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake · as The Homeowner |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as Olivia Pope |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Caroline Mccall |
| 2011 | The Details · as Rebecca Mazzoni |
| 2010 | Night Catches Us · as Patricia Wilson |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Kelly / Blue |
| 2010 | Black Panther · as Princess Shuri |
| 2010 | Black Panther (TV Series) · as Princess Shuri (voice) |
| 2009 | Mother and Child · as Lucy |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown · as Marybeth |
| 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 | Little Man · as Vanessa |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Mira Gaffney |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl · as Rosetta |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland · as Kay Amin |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four · as Alicia Masters |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Jasmine |
| 2004 | Sexual Life · as Rosalie |
| 2004 | Ray · as Della Bea Robinson |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Chelina Hall |
| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Fatima Goodrich |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls (TV Series) · as Mahandra Mcginty |
| 2004 | Against the Ropes · as Renee |
| 2003 | The Human Stain · as Ellie |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland · as Ayesha |
| 2003 | Sin · as Kassie |
| 2002 | Bad Company · as Julie |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) · as Drea Westbrook |
| 2001 | Lift · as Niecy |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance · as Chenille Reynolds |
| 2000 | Deadline (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Our Song · as Lanisha Brown |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Maya Young |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Allie Lawrence |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Rayshelle Peyton (voice) |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Heather |