Biography
Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained wide public 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. Her portrayal of Anita Hill in the HBO television political thriller film Confirmation (2016), and her role as Mia Warren in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020), both earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.
In film, Washington is known for her roles as Della Bea Robinson in Ray (2004), as Kay in The Last King of Scotland (2006), as Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and as Broomhilda von Shaft in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012). She has also starred in the independent films Our Song (2000), The Dead Girl (2006), Mother and Child (2009), Night Catches Us (2010), and American Son (2019).
Time magazine included Washington in its Time 100 list of most influential people in 2014. In 2018, Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress. Washington has won a Primetime Emmy Award and five NAACP Image Awards, including The President's Award.
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Filmography
all 105
Movies 71
TV Shows 34
self 32
Producer 9
Voice 3
Director 1
Narrator 1
Daughters (2024)
UnPrisoned (2023)
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Reasonable Doubt (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil (2021)
Celebrating America (2021)
The Prom (2020)
The Disney Holiday Singalong (2020)
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy (2020)
The Fight (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2019)
American Son (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
Five Points (2018)
Red Table Talk (2018)
The Words That Built America (2017)
Cars 3 (2017)
Insecure (2016)
Confirmation (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Peeples (2013)
Girl Rising (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
Wide-Awake (2012)
The Details (2012)
Scandal (2012)
A Thousand Words (2012)
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks (2011)
Night Catches Us (2010)
For Colored Girls (2010)
Black Panther (2010)
Black Panther (2010)
The People Speak (2009)
Mother and Child (2009)
Good Hair (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Woman In Burka (2008)
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1 (2007)
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2 (2007)
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1 (2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Put It in a Book (2007)
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
The Dead Girl (2006)
Little Man (2006)
Psych (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Wait (2005)
Fantastic Four (2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Sexual Life (2005)
Project Runway (2004)
Ray (2004)
Boston Legal (2004)
She Hate Me (2004)
Strip Search (2004)
Against the Ropes (2004)
The Human Stain (2003)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Sin (2003)
Bad Company (2002)
The Guardian (2001)
Lift (2001)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 (2000)
Deadline (2000)
Standard Deviants TV (2000)
Our Song (2000)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
The View (1997)
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2 (1997)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Law & Order (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Imperfect Women
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
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The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
Six Triple Eight
24-7
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
Shadow Force
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
The Mothers
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1977-01-31 (47 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SpouseNnamdi Asomugha
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsΚέρι Ουάσινγκτον, Kerry Marisa Washington
AwardsLucy Award
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