Kerry Washington
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
- 2025 · Shadow Force as Kyrah
- 2024 · The Six Triple Eight as Charity Adams
- 2023 · UnPrisoned as Paige Alexander
- 2022 · The School for Good and Evil as Professor Dovey
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Little Fires Everywhere as Mia Warren
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2018 · The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
- 2018 · Red Table Talk as Self
- 2017 · Cars 3 as Natalie Certain (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as Olivia Pope
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Clique as Self - Guest
- 2012 · Django Unchained as Broomhilda von Shaft
- 2012 · Scandal as Olivia Pope
- 2012 · A Thousand Words as Caroline McCall
- 2010 · Black Panther as Princess Shuri (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Alicia Masters
- 2006 · Little Man as Vanessa
- 2006 · Psych as Mira Gaffney
- 2006 · The Last King of Scotland as Kay Amin
- 2005 · Fantastic Four as Alicia Masters
- 2005 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Jasmine
- 2004 · Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
- 2004 · Ray as Della Bea Robinson
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Chelina Hall
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · The Guardian as
- 2001 · 100 Centre Street as
- 2001 · Save the Last Dance as Chenille Reynolds
- 2000 · Deadline as
- 2000 · Standard Deviants TV as Herself (voice, uncredited)
- 2000 · Standard Deviants TV as Herself
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- Future · Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2021 · Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil as Self
- 2020 · The Prom as Mrs. Greene
- 2020 · The Disney Holiday Singalong as Self
- 2020 · Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy as Self - Host
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2019 · American Son as Kendra Ellis-Connor
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Helen Willis
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2016 · Confirmation as Anita Hill
- 2013 · Peeples as Grace Peeples
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Homeowner
- 2012 · The Details as Rebecca Mazzoni
- 2011 · Olmsted and America's Urban Parks as Narrator
- 2010 · Night Catches Us as Patricia Wilson
- 2010 · For Colored Girls as Kelly / Blue
- 2010 · Black Panther as Princess Shuri
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · Mother and Child as Lucy
- 2009 · Good Hair as Self
- 2009 · Life Is Hot in Cracktown as Marybeth
- 2008 · Lakeview Terrace as Lisa Mattson
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Zana Wilder
- 2008 · Woman In Burka as Kerry
- 2007 · The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1 as Self
- 2007 · Put It in a Book as Sheila
- 2007 · I Think I Love My Wife as Nikki Tru
- 2006 · The Dead Girl as Rosetta
- 2005 · Wait as Maggie
- 2005 · Sexual Life as Rosalie
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Fatima Goodrich
- 2004 · Strip Search as
- 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
- 2000 · The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 as Actor
- 2000 · Our Song as Lanisha Brown
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Animals as
- 2001 · Lift as Niecy
- Future · Imperfect Women as
- Future · 24-7 as
- 1997 · The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1 as Actor
- 1997 · The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2 as Actor
- 1997 · The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2 as Herself
- Future · The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3 as Self
- Future · The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1 as Herself
- Future · The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2 as Self
- Future · The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition as Self
- Future · Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts as