Kerry Washington
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1977-01-31
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
The Last King of Scotland
2006
7.42
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
6.69
Ray
2004
7.45
Bad Company
2002
5.50
She Hate Me
2004
5.10
Good Hair
2009
6.60
Against the Ropes
2004
5.04
Little Man
2006
5.93
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
6.13
Fantastic Four
2005
5.80
Save the Last Dance
2001
6.54
Lakeview Terrace
2008
5.97
The Dead Girl
2006
6.00
The United States of Leland
2003
6.50
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
5.30
Mother and Child
2009
6.59
For Colored Girls
2010
6.64
Our Song
2000
6.90
Django Unchained
2012
8.19
Night Catches Us
2010
5.26
A Thousand Words
2012
6.10
Peeples
2013
5.60
Lift
2001
7.80
Girl Rising
2013
7.04
Put It in a Book
2007
0.00
Woman In Burka
2008
0.00
Wait
2005
0.00
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
5.85
The Six Triple Eight
2024
7.54
Sexual Life
2005
4.64
The People Speak
2009
7.20
Confirmation
2016
6.90
The Human Stain
2003
6.00
Cars 3
2017
6.85
Sin
2003
4.82
The Words That Built America
2017
6.00
Black Panther
2010
6.21
Wide-Awake
2012
5.80
American Son
2019
6.13
24-7
0.00
The Prom
2020
6.11
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.00
Shadow Force
2025
6.36
Strip Search
2004
6.16
The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020
7.20
The School for Good and Evil
2022
7.04
The Details
2012
5.97
Animals
0.00
Magical Make-Over
1994
0.00
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
5.93
Escape Room
2025
10.00