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Kerry Washington
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn January 31, 1977 (47 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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 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 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 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 | Peeples · as Grace Peeples |
| 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) |
| 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 |