Kerry Washington
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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
Credits
Animals (2026)
as Abigail Kimball
Django Unchained (2012)
as Broomhilda von Shaft
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Vera Draven, Esq.
Cars 3 (2017)
as Natalie Certain (voice)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
as Jasmine
Fantastic Four (2005)
as Alicia Masters
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
as Alicia Masters
Little Man (2006)
as Vanessa
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
as Professor Dovey
The Six Triple Eight (2024)
as Charity Adams
Shadow Force (2025)
as Kyrah
Sexual Life (2005)
as Rosalie
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
as Kay Amin
Ray (2004)
as Della Bea Robinson
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Caroline McCall
Escape Room (2025)
Actor
Save the Last Dance (2001)
as Chenille Reynolds
She Hate Me (2004)
as Fatima Goodrich
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
as Lisa Mattson
Peeples (2013)
as Grace Peeples
Bad Company (2002)
as Julie
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
as Nikki Tru
Mother and Child (2009)
as Lucy
Good Hair (2009)
as Self
The United States of Leland (2003)
as Ayesha
Wide-Awake (2012)
as The Homeowner
The Human Stain (2003)
as Ellie
Confirmation (2016)
as Anita Hill
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
One World: Together at Home (2020)
as Self
The Prom (2020)
as Mrs. Greene
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes (2009)
as Self
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
as Zana Wilder
Wait (2005)
as Maggie
Sin (2003)
as Kassie
The Dead Girl (2006)
as Rosetta
For Colored Girls (2010)
as Kelly / Blue
Our Song (2000)
as Lanisha Brown
The Details (2012)
as Rebecca Mazzoni
Night Catches Us (2010)
as Patricia Wilson
Against the Ropes (2004)
as Renee
Netflix Tudum 2025 (2025)
as Self
An Innocent Girl (—)
Actor
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
as Self
Strip Search (2004)
Actor
The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
American Son (2019)
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
as Helen Willis
Girl Rising (2013)
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
The Disney Holiday Singalong (2020)
as Self
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks (2011)
as Narrator
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil (2021)
as Self
Misty Copeland (2015)
as Self
Lift (2001)
as Niecy
Black Panther (2010)
as Princess Shuri
Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
as Marybeth
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1 (1997)
as Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2 (1997)
as Herself
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 (2000)
as Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2 (1997)
as Actor
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy (2020)
as Self - Host
Put It in a Book (2007)
as Sheila
24-7 (—)
Actor
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts (—)
Actor
Woman In Burka (2008)
as Kerry
Magical Make-Over (1994)
as Heather