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Kerry Washington

Name in Native Language: "Kerry Marisa Washington" (English/EN)
Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress / Television Producer | * 01/31/1977 (47) | The Bronx, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. 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 ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chen ...

Save the Last Dance

PG-13

2001 | 3.3/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Kids & Family, Romance / Love, Music
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Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behi ...

Ray

PG-13

2004 | 3.7/5 | 2h 32min
Drama, Music
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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ...

Django Unchained

R

2012 | 4.1/5 | 2h 45min
Drama, Western
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Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their g ...

Scandal

TV-14

2012 | 3.6/5 | 43min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Kerry Washington

Lucy Award Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Women of The Year GLAAD Vanguard Award
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Movies with Kerry Washington as Actress(49)

2023 Shadow Force
2023 24-7
as Professor Dovey2022 The School for Good and Evil
as herself2021 Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
as herself2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as herself2020 The Disney Holiday Singalong
as herself2020 One World: Together at Home
as Mrs. Greene2020 The Prom
as Kendra Ellis-Connor2019 American Son
as Helen Willis2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Natalie Certain (voice)2017 Cars 3
as Reader - Declaration of Independence2017 The Words That Built America
as Anita Hill2016 Confirmation
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)2013 Girl Rising
as Grace Peeples2013 Peeples
as Caroline McCall2012 A Thousand Words
as Broomhilda von Shaft2012 Django Unchained
as Rebecca Mazzoni2011 The Details
as Kelly / Blue2010 For Colored Girls
as Patricia Wilson2010 Night Catches Us
as herself2009 The People Speak
as herself2009 Good Hair
as Marybeth2009 Life Is Hot in Cracktown
as Lucy2009 Mother and Child
as Zana Wilder2008 Miracle at St. Anna
as Lisa Mattson2008 Lakeview Terrace
as Nikki Tru2007 I Think I Love My Wife
as Alicia Masters2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as The Debutante2007 Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
as Actor2007 Astronomy, Part 1: The Standard Deviants
as Sheila2007 Put It in a Book
as Rosetta2006 The Dead Girl
as Vanessa2006 Little Man
as Kay Amin2006 The Last King of Scotland
as Jasmine2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Alicia Masters2005 Fantastic Four
as Rosalie2005 Sexual Life
as Renee2004 Against the Ropes
2004 Strip Search
as Della Bea Robinson2004 Ray
as Fatima Goodrich2004 She Hate Me
as Kassie2003 Sin
as Ellie2003 The Human Stain
as Ayesha2003 The United States of Leland
as Julie2002 Bad Company
as Niecy2001 Lift
as Chenille Reynolds2001 Save the Last Dance
as Lanisha Brown2000 Our Song
1997 Habla Espanol: Beyond the Basics: The Standard Deviants

TV Shows/Series with Kerry Washington as Actress(25)

as Paige Alexander2023 UnPrisoned
as Mia Warren2020 Little Fires Everywhere
as herself2018 Red Table Talk
as herself2018 The Alec Baldwin Show
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Olivia Pope2014 How to Get Away with Murder
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as herself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Olivia Pope2012 Scandal
as Princess Shuri (voice)2010 Black Panther
as Mira Gaffney2006 Psych
as Self - Guest Judge2004 Project Runway
as Chelina Hall2004 Boston Legal
as herself2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
2001 The Guardian
2000 Deadline
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Allie Lawrence1990 Law & Order
as Rachelle Peyton (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as herself??? Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host??? Saturday Night Live

Movies with Kerry Washington as Crew(8)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Daughters
Production/Producer2023 Shadow Force
Production/Producer2023 24-7
Production/Executive Producer2023 From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Production/Executive Producer2021 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Production/Producer2020 The Fight
Production/Executive Producer2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Production/Executive Producer2016 Confirmation

TV Shows/Series with Kerry Washington as Crew(7)

Production/Executive Producer2023 UnPrisoned
Production/Executive Producer2022 Reasonable Doubt
Directing/Director2022 Reasonable Doubt
Production/Executive Producer2020 Little Fires Everywhere
Writing/Writer2018 Five Points
Production/Executive Producer2018 Five Points
Directing/Director2016 Insecure

Additional Information

Born: Monday, 01/31 1977 (January) in The Bronx, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 47 years + 87 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: George Washington University, Corcoran College of Art and Design
Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Spouses (current/former): Nnamdi Asomugha
Other names for Kerry Washington (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Κέρι Ουάσινγκτον"
Kerry Washington frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Andy Samberg (33x, Actor)
Bill Hader (27x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (24x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (24x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (21x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (18x, Actor)
Will Forte (18x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Albert Brooks (15x, Actor)
Chris Rock (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1895, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024