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