Kerry Washington
Age: N/A | From: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Kerry Marisa Washington , Керрі Вашингтон
Gender: Female
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Homepage: https://kerrywashington.com/
Movie Involvements: 52
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Allie Lawrence
Project Runway
(2004) Self - Guest Judge
Fantastic Four
(2005) Alicia Masters
Scandal
(2012) Olivia Pope
Shadow Force
(2025) Kyrah
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
(2007) Alicia Masters
How to Get Away with Murder
(2014) Olivia Pope
Django Unchained
(2012) Broomhilda von ShaftActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vera Draven | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Kyrah | ||
| 2024 | Charity Adams | |
| 2023 | Paige Alexander | |
| 2022 | Professor Dovey | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Mrs. Greene | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| Mia Warren | ||
| 2019 | Kendra Ellis-Connor | |
| Self | ||
| Helen Willis | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2017 | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | |
| Natalie Certain (voice) | ||
| 2016 | Anita Hill | |
| 2015 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Olivia Pope | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self - Guest | |
| 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 | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Marybeth | ||
| 2008 | Lisa Mattson | |
| Zana Wilder | ||
| Kerry | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Alicia Masters | ||
| Sheila | ||
| Nikki Tru | ||
| 2006 | Rosetta | |
| Kay Amin | ||
| Vanessa | ||
| Mira Gaffney | ||
| 2005 | Maggie | |
| Alicia Masters | ||
| Jasmine | ||
| Rosalie | ||
| 2004 | Self - Guest Judge | |
| Della Bea Robinson | ||
| Chelina Hall | ||
| Fatima Goodrich | ||
| N/A | ||
| Renee | ||
| 2003 | Ellie | |
| Self | ||
| Ayesha | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Kassie | ||
| 2002 | Julie | |
| 2001 | Drea Westbrook | |
| Niecy | ||
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| Chenille Reynolds | ||
| 2000 | Actor | |
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| Herself (voice, uncredited) | ||
| Herself | ||
| Lanisha Brown | ||
| 1999 | Self - Presenter | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Actor | ||
| Actor | ||
| Herself | ||
| 1994 | Heather | |
| 1993 | Self - Guest | |
| 1990 | Allie Lawrence | |
| 1989 | Rayshelle Peyton (voice) | |
| 1981 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| 1944 | Self - Presenter | |
| Herself | ||
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| Self | ||
| Self | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2025 | Producer | |
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Producer | |
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| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2018 | Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Executive Producer | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Writer | |
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