Kerry Washington
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1977-01-31
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sep 27, 2006
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jun 07, 2005
Ray
Oct 29, 2004
Bad Company
Jun 07, 2002
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Jun 13, 2007
She Hate Me
Jul 30, 2004
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Oct 02, 2021
Good Hair
Oct 09, 2009
Against the Ropes
Feb 20, 2004
Little Man
Aug 31, 2006
Miracle at St. Anna
Sep 15, 2008
Fantastic Four
Jun 29, 2005
Save the Last Dance
Jan 12, 2001
Lakeview Terrace
Sep 19, 2008
The Dead Girl
Nov 07, 2006
The United States of Leland
May 15, 2003
I Think I Love My Wife
Mar 07, 2007
Mother and Child
Nov 07, 2009
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Nov 20, 2021
For Colored Girls
Nov 05, 2010
Our Song
Jan 21, 2000
Django Unchained
Dec 25, 2012
Night Catches Us
Dec 03, 2010
A Thousand Words
Mar 07, 2012
Peeples
May 09, 2013
Lift
Jan 20, 2001
Girl Rising
Mar 07, 2013
Put It in a Book
Jun 09, 2007
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
Woman In Burka
Jan 01, 2008
Wait
Oct 06, 2005
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Jun 26, 2009
The Six Triple Eight
Dec 06, 2024
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
Sexual Life
Jan 05, 2005
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
Aug 28, 2007
The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
The People Speak
Dec 13, 2009
Confirmation
Apr 16, 2016
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Nov 26, 2025
The Human Stain
Oct 29, 2003
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
Apr 17, 2011
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
Jan 01, 1997
Cars 3
Jun 15, 2017
Sin
Jan 01, 2003
The Words That Built America
Jul 04, 2017
Black Panther
Jan 18, 2010
Wide-Awake
Dec 07, 2012
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
May 22, 2019
American Son
Sep 12, 2019
24-7
The Prom
Dec 02, 2020
One World: Together at Home
Apr 18, 2020
Shadow Force
May 01, 2025
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Oct 29, 2020
Strip Search
Apr 27, 2004
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Nov 30, 2020
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
Jan 20, 1997
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
Dec 12, 2000
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
Jan 20, 1997
The School for Good and Evil
Oct 19, 2022
The Details
Nov 02, 2012
Animals
Magical Make-Over
Dec 08, 1994
Netflix Tudum 2025
May 30, 2025
Escape Room
Aug 22, 2025
The Guardian
Sep 25, 2001
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Deadline
Oct 02, 2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Boston Legal
Oct 03, 2004
Black Panther
Jan 16, 2010
Scandal
Apr 05, 2012
The Alec Baldwin Show
Oct 14, 2018
Psych
Jul 07, 2006
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Red Table Talk
May 07, 2018
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
Project Runway
Dec 01, 2004
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
UnPrisoned
Mar 10, 2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
Imperfect Women
Mar 17, 2026
Little Fires Everywhere
Mar 18, 2020
Entertainment Tonight
Sep 15, 1981
How to Get Away with Murder
Sep 25, 2014
Standard Deviants TV
Sep 08, 2000
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
100 Centre Street
Jan 15, 2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
Clique
Sep 01, 2013
Standard Deviants TV
Sep 08, 2000
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014