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Aliases: Κέρι Ουάσινγκτον , Kerry Marisa Washington , Керрі Вашингтон

Gender: Female

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, United States

Homepage: https://kerrywashington.com/

Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
Average
7

Law & Order

(1990) Allie Lawrence
Project Runway
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6

Project Runway

(2004) Self - Guest Judge
Scandal
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7

Scandal

(2012) Olivia Pope
How to Get Away with Murder
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8

How to Get Away with Murder

(2014) Olivia Pope
Entertainment Tonight
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4

Entertainment Tonight

(1981) Self
Django Unchained
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8

Django Unchained

(2012) Broomhilda von Shaft
Fantastic Four
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6

Fantastic Four

(2005) Alicia Masters
Ray
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7

Ray

(2004) Della Bea Robinson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Paige Alexander
2022 Professor Dovey
N/A
Self
2021 Self
Self
2020 Mrs. Greene
Self
Self - Host
Self
Mia Warren
2019 Kendra Ellis-Connor
N/A
Helen Willis
2018 Self
Self
2017 Reader - Declaration of Independence
Natalie Certain (voice)
2016 Anita Hill
2015 Self
N/A
Self
Self - Guest
Self / Dr. Julianne Richards
2014 Self
Olivia Pope
Self
N/A
2013 Grace Peeples
Narrator - Nepal (voice)
2012 Broomhilda von Shaft
The Homeowner
Rebecca Mazzoni
Olivia Pope
Caroline McCall
2011 Narrator
2010 Patricia Wilson
Kelly / Blue
Princess Shuri
Princess Shuri (voice)
2009 Self
Lucy
Herself
Self - Guest
Marybeth
2008 Lisa Mattson
Zana Wilder
2007 Actor
Actor
Self
Alicia Masters
Sheila
Nikki Tru
2006 Rosetta
Vanessa
Mira Gaffney
Kay Amin
Alicia Masters
Jasmine
Rosalie
2004 Self - Guest Judge
Della Bea Robinson
Chelina Hall
Fatima Goodrich
N/A
Renee
2003 Ellie
Ayesha
Self
Kassie
2002 Julie
2001 N/A
Niecy
Chenille Reynolds
2000 Actor
N/A
Herself (voice, uncredited)
Lanisha Brown
1999 Self - Presenter
1997 Self
Self - Guest
Herself
1993 Self - Guest
1990 Allie Lawrence
1989 Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
1981 Self
1975 Self
Self - Host
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kyrah
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Director
2016 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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