Kerry Washington
Born: 1977-01-31 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Vera Draven, Esq.
- Shadow Force as Kyrah
- Netflix Tudum 2025 as Self
- Escape Room
2024
- The Six Triple Eight as Charity Adams
- Daughters ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- UnPrisoned as Paige Alexander
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- The School for Good and Evil as Professor Dovey
- Reasonable Doubt ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil as Self
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes ... (Executive Producer)
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2020
- The Fight ... (Producer)
- Little Fires Everywhere as Mia Warren
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- The Disney Holiday Singalong as Self
- Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy as Self - Host
- The Prom as Mrs. Greene
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- American Son as Kendra Ellis-Connor
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Helen Willis
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Red Table Talk as Self
- Five Points ... (Writer)
- The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
2017
- Cars 3 as Natalie Certain (voice)
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2016
- Insecure ... (Director)
- Confirmation as Anita Hill
2015
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- How to Get Away with Murder as Olivia Pope
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2013
- Girl Rising as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
- Clique as Self - Guest
- Peeples as Grace Peeples
2012
- Scandal as Olivia Pope
- Django Unchained as Broomhilda von Shaft
- The Details as Rebecca Mazzoni
- A Thousand Words as Caroline McCall
- Wide-Awake as The Homeowner
2011
- Olmsted and America's Urban Parks as Narrator
2010
- Black Panther as Princess Shuri
- For Colored Girls as Kelly / Blue
- Night Catches Us as Patricia Wilson
- Black Panther as Princess Shuri (voice)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Life Is Hot in Cracktown as Marybeth
- Mother and Child as Lucy
- Good Hair as Self
- The People Speak as Self
2008
- Lakeview Terrace as Lisa Mattson
- Miracle at St. Anna as Zana Wilder
- Woman In Burka as Kerry
2007
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Alicia Masters
- Put It in a Book as Sheila
- I Think I Love My Wife as Nikki Tru
- The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1 as Self
2006
- Psych as Mira Gaffney
- Little Man as Vanessa
- The Last King of Scotland as Kay Amin
- The Dead Girl as Rosetta
2005
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Jasmine
- Fantastic Four as Alicia Masters
- Wait as Maggie
- Sexual Life as Rosalie
2004
- Boston Legal as Chelina Hall
- Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
- Ray as Della Bea Robinson
- She Hate Me as Fatima Goodrich
- Against the Ropes as Renee
- Strip Search
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Sin as Kassie
- The Human Stain as Ellie
- The United States of Leland as Ayesha
2002
- Bad Company as Julie
2001
- The Guardian as Drea Westbrook
- Lift as Niecy
- Save the Last Dance as Chenille Reynolds
- 100 Centre Street
2000
- Deadline
- Our Song as Lanisha Brown
- The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 as Actor
- Standard Deviants TV as Herself (voice, uncredited)
1999
- Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1997
1994
- Magical Make-Over as Heather
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1990
- Law & Order as Allie Lawrence
1989
- The Simpsons as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter