Acting
Kerry Washington
EN, DE cinema · 73 credits
Born
31 January 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Kerry Marisa 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
Filmography
24-7
24-7
Actor, Producer
An Innocent Girl
An Innocent Girl
Actor, Executive Producer
Animals
as Abigail Kimball
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Vera Draven, Esq.
Shadow Force
as Kyrah, Producer
The Six Triple Eight
as Charity Adams, Executive Producer
Daughters
Executive Producer
The School for Good and Evil
as Professor Dovey
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Executive Producer
The Prom
as Mrs. Greene
The Fight
Producer
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Helen Willis
American Son
as Kendra Ellis-Connor, Executive Producer
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Executive Producer
Man of the House
2018
Man of the House
Executive Producer
Cars 3
as Natalie Certain (voice)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Confirmation
as Anita Hill, Executive Producer
Peeples
as Grace Peeples
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Django Unchained
as Broomhilda von Shaft
A Thousand Words
as Caroline McCall
Wide-Awake
as The Homeowner
The Details
as Rebecca Mazzoni
For Colored Girls
as Kelly / Blue
Night Catches Us
as Patricia Wilson
Black Panther
as Princess Shuri
Good Hair
as Self
Mother and Child
as Lucy
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
as Marybeth
The People Speak
as Self
Miracle at St. Anna
as Zana Wilder
Lakeview Terrace
as Lisa Mattson
Woman In Burka
as Kerry
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Alicia Masters
I Think I Love My Wife
as Nikki Tru
Put It in a Book
as Sheila
The Last King of Scotland
as Kay Amin
Little Man
as Vanessa
The Dead Girl
as Rosetta
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Jasmine
Fantastic Four
as Alicia Masters
Wait
as Maggie
Sexual Life
as Rosalie
Ray
as Della Bea Robinson
She Hate Me
as Fatima Goodrich
Against the Ropes
as Renee
The Human Stain
as Ellie
Sin
as Kassie
Bad Company
as Julie
Save the Last Dance
as Chenille Reynolds
Lift
as Niecy
Our Song
as Lanisha Brown
