Acting · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA · Born January 31, 1977
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.
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TVVariety & CNN Actors on Actors
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MovieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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MovieEscape Room
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MovieNetflix Tudum 2025
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MovieShadow Force
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as Kyrah
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MovieThe Six Triple Eight
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as Charity Adams
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as Paige Alexander
MovieThe School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Dovey
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
TVSherri
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Movie2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
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MovieChristoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
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MovieThe Prom
2020
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2020
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MovieEvery Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020
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MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
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TVLittle Fires Everywhere
2020
as Mia Warren
MovieAmerican Son
2019
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TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
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MovieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
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TVThe Alec Baldwin Show
2018
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TVRed Table Talk
2018
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MovieThe Words That Built America
2017
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MovieCars 3
2017
as Natalie Certain (voice)
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2016
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TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
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TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
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TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
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TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Olivia Pope
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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TVClique
2013
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2013
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2013
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2012
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2012
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MovieThe Details
2012
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2012
as Olivia Pope
MovieA Thousand Words
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2011
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MovieNight Catches Us
2010
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MovieFor Colored Girls
2010
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2010
as Princess Shuri (voice)
MovieThe People Speak
2009
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2009
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2009
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MovieLife Is Hot in Cracktown
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MovieWelcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
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MovieLakeview Terrace
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MovieMiracle at St. Anna
2008
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MovieWoman In Burka
2008
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MovieFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Alicia Masters
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2007
as Sheila
MovieI Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Nikki Tru
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2006
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2006
as Kay Amin
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2006
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2005
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MovieFantastic Four
2005
as Alicia Masters
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2005
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2005
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TVProject Runway
2004
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MovieRay
2004
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2004
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MovieShe Hate Me
2004
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2004
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2001
MovieSave the Last Dance
2001
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2000
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2000
as Tina Johnson
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2000
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MovieOur Song
2000
as Lanisha Brown
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
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TVThe View
1997
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MovieThe Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997
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1997
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1997
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1994
as Heather
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
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TVLaw & Order
1990
as Allie Lawrence
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
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TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieKerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
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