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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 31, 1977
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Kerry Marisa Washington
- Керрі Вашингтон
Kerry Washington
2.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Imperfect Women
2026
7.2
Vera Draven, Esq.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
10.0
Escape Room
2025
5.9
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
6.4
Kyrah
Shadow Force
2025
7.5
Charity Adams
The Six Triple Eight
2024
6.8
Paige Alexander
UnPrisoned
2023
7.0
Professor Dovey
The School for Good and Evil
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Credits
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Imperfect Women
2026
0.0
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Vera Draven, Esq.
2025
7.2
Escape Room
2025
10.0
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
2025
5.9
Shadow Force
as Kyrah
2025
6.4
The Six Triple Eight
as Charity Adams
2024
7.5
UnPrisoned
as Paige Alexander
2023
6.8
The School for Good and Evil
as Professor Dovey
2022
7.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
as Self
2021
8.0
The Prom
as Mrs. Greene
2020
6.1
The Disney Holiday Singalong
as Self
2020
7.2
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
as Self - Host
2020
3.0
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
Little Fires Everywhere
as Mia Warren
2020
7.5
American Son
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
2019
6.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Helen Willis
2019
6.6
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
2018
1.0
Red Table Talk
as Self
2018
6.4
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
6.0
Cars 3
as Natalie Certain (voice)
2017
6.9
Confirmation
as Anita Hill
2016
6.9
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
How to Get Away with Murder
as Olivia Pope
2014
7.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Clique
as Self - Guest
2013
4.5
Peeples
as Grace Peeples
2013
5.6
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
2013
7.0
Django Unchained
as Broomhilda von Shaft
2012
8.2
Wide-Awake
as The Homeowner
2012
5.8
The Details
as Rebecca Mazzoni
2012
6.0
Scandal
as Olivia Pope
2012
7.2
A Thousand Words
as Caroline McCall
2012
6.1
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
as Narrator
2011
0.0
Night Catches Us
as Patricia Wilson
2010
5.3
For Colored Girls
as Kelly / Blue
2010
6.6
Black Panther
as Princess Shuri
2010
6.2
Black Panther
as Princess Shuri (voice)
2010
6.8
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
Mother and Child
as Lucy
2009
6.6
Good Hair
as Self
2009
6.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
as Marybeth
2009
5.9
Lakeview Terrace
as Lisa Mattson
2008
6.0
Miracle at St. Anna
as Zana Wilder
2008
6.1
Woman In Burka
as Kerry
2008
0.0
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
as Self
2007
0.0
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Alicia Masters
2007
5.6
Put It in a Book
as Sheila
2007
0.0
I Think I Love My Wife
as Nikki Tru
2007
5.3
The Dead Girl
as Rosetta
2006
6.0
The Last King of Scotland
as Kay Amin
2006
7.4
Little Man
as Vanessa
2006
5.9
Psych
as Mira Gaffney
2006
7.9
Wait
as Maggie
2005
0.0
Fantastic Four
as Alicia Masters
2005
5.8
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Jasmine
2005
6.7
Sexual Life
as Rosalie
2005
4.6
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
2004
6.2
Ray
as Della Bea Robinson
2004
7.4
Boston Legal
as Chelina Hall
2004
7.9
She Hate Me
as Fatima Goodrich
2004
5.1
Strip Search
2004
6.2
Against the Ropes
as Renee
2004
5.0
The Human Stain
as Ellie
2003
6.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
The United States of Leland
as Ayesha
2003
6.5
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Sin
as Kassie
2003
4.8
Bad Company
as Julie
2002
5.5
The Guardian
as Drea Westbrook
2001
6.9
Lift
as Niecy
2001
7.8
100 Centre Street
2001
7.7
Save the Last Dance
as Chenille Reynolds
2001
6.5
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
as Actor
2000
0.0
Deadline
2000
0.0
Standard Deviants TV
as Herself (voice, uncredited)
2000
0.0
Standard Deviants TV
as Herself
2000
0.0
Our Song
as Lanisha Brown
2000
6.9
Teen Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1999
9.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
as Actor
1997
0.0
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
as Actor
1997
0.0
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
as Herself
1997
0.0
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Magical Make-Over
as Heather
1994
0.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Law & Order
as Allie Lawrence
1990
7.4
The Simpsons
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
1989
8.0
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Animals
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0.0
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24-7
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The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
as Self
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The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
as Self
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The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
as Self
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The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
as Herself
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0.0
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
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