Kerry Washington
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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Actor
as Kyrah
as Charity Adams
as Paige Alexander
as Professor Dovey
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Mrs. Greene
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
as Mia Warren
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
as Self
as Self
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Natalie Certain (voice)
as Anita Hill
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Olivia Pope
as Self
as Grace Peeples
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Broomhilda von Shaft
as The Homeowner
as Rebecca Mazzoni
as Caroline McCall
as Olivia Pope
as Narrator
as Patricia Wilson
as Kelly / Blue
as Princess Shuri
as Princess Shuri (voice)
as Self
as Lucy
as Self
as Marybeth
as Self - Guest
as Lisa Mattson
as Zana Wilder
as Kerry
as Alicia Masters
as Sheila
as Nikki Tru
as Rosetta
as Vanessa
as Kay Amin
as Mira Gaffney
as Maggie
as Alicia Masters
as Jasmine
as Rosalie
as Della Bea Robinson
as Fatima Goodrich
as Renee
as Self - Guest Judge
as Chelina Hall
as Ellie
as Ayesha
as Kassie
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Julie
as Niecy
as Chenille Reynolds
as Lanisha Brown
as Herself (voice, uncredited)
as Herself
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Allie Lawrence
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
Producer
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as Executive Producer
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Director
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Writer
as Writer