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Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Birthday: 1977-01-31 | Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Little Fires Everywhere

as    Mia Warren

2020
The Prom

as    Mrs. Greene

2019
American Son

as    Kendra Ellis-Connor

2017
Cars 3

as    Natalie Certain (voice)

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
Scandal

as    Olivia Pope

2012
The Details

as    Rebecca Mazzoni

2010
For Colored Girls

as    Kelly / Blue

2010
Night Catches Us

as    Patricia Wilson

2010
Black Panther

as    Princess Shuri (voice)

2009
Mother and Child

as    Lucy

2008
Lakeview Terrace

as    Lisa Mattson

2008
Miracle at St. Anna

as    Zana Wilder

2007
2007
I Think I Love My Wife

as    Nikki Tru

2006
The Last King of Scotland

as    Kay Amin

2006
Little Man

as    Vanessa

2005
Fantastic Four

as    Alicia Masters

2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as    Jasmine

2005
Sexual Life

as    Rosalie

2004
Ray

as    Della Bea Robinson