Kerry Washington
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1977-01-31 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, 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.
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Acting
(2025)
Shadow Force
as Kyrah
(2024)
The Six Triple Eight
as Charity Adams
(2022)
The School for Good and Evil
as Professor Dovey
(2021)
(2021)
(2020)
The Prom
as Mrs. Greene
(2020)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020)
The Disney Holiday Singalong
as Self
(2020)
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
as Self - Host
(2019)
American Son
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
(2019)
(2017)
Cars 3
as Natalie Certain (voice)
(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)
Django Unchained
as Broomhilda von Shaft
(2012)
A Thousand Words
as Caroline McCall
(2012)
The Details
as Rebecca Mazzoni
(2012)
Wide-Awake
as The Homeowner
(2011)
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
as Narrator
(2010)
For Colored Girls
as Kelly / Blue
(2010)
Black Panther
as Princess Shuri
(2010)
Night Catches Us
as Patricia Wilson
(2009)
Mother and Child
as Lucy
(2009)
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
as Marybeth
(2009)
The People Speak
as Self
(2009)
Good Hair
as Self
(2008)
Lakeview Terrace
as Lisa Mattson
(2008)
Miracle at St. Anna
as Zana Wilder
(2008)
Woman In Burka
as Kerry
(2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Alicia Masters
(2007)
I Think I Love My Wife
as Nikki Tru
(2007)
Put It in a Book
as Sheila
(2007)
(2006)
Little Man
as Vanessa
(2006)
The Last King of Scotland
as Kay Amin
(2006)
The Dead Girl
as Rosetta
(2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Jasmine
(2005)
Fantastic Four
as Alicia Masters
(2005)
Sexual Life
as Rosalie
(2005)
Wait
as Maggie
(2004)
Ray
as Della Bea Robinson
(2004)
She Hate Me
as Fatima Goodrich
(2004)
Against the Ropes
as Renee
(2004)
(2003)
The Human Stain
as Ellie
(2003)
The United States of Leland
as Ayesha
(2003)
Sin
as Kassie
(2002)
Bad Company
as Julie
(2001)
Save the Last Dance
as Chenille Reynolds
(2001)
Lift
as Niecy
(2000)
Our Song
as Lanisha Brown
(2000)
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
Crew
The Mothers
Producer
Rules of Engagement
Producer
24-7
Producer
(2025)
Shadow Force
Producer
(2024)
Daughters
Executive Producer
(2024)
The Six Triple Eight
Executive Producer
(2021)
(2020)
The Fight
Producer
(2019)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Executive Producer
(2016)
Confirmation
Executive Producer