Kerry Washington
Acting
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
Acting104
tvImperfect Women
2026
Eleanor
movieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
Vera Draven, Esq.
movieThe Six Triple Eight
2024
Charity Adams
tvUnPrisoned
2023
Paige Alexander
movieThe School for Good and Evil
2022
Professor Dovey
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieThe Prom
2020
Mrs. Greene
tvLittle Fires Everywhere
2020
Mia Warren
movieAmerican Son
2019
Kendra Ellis-Connor
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
Helen Willis
movieThe Words That Built America
2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
movieCars 3
2017
Natalie Certain (voice)
movieConfirmation
2016
Anita Hill
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
tvThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
Olivia Pope
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self / Self - Guest
tvClique
2013
Self - Guest
moviePeeples
2013
Grace Peeples
movieGirl Rising
2013
Narrator - Nepal (voice)
movieDjango Unchained
2012
Broomhilda von Shaft
movieWide-Awake
2012
The Homeowner
movieThe Details
2012
Rebecca Mazzoni
tvScandal
2012
Olivia Pope
movieA Thousand Words
2012
Caroline McCall
movieNight Catches Us
2010
Patricia Wilson
movieFor Colored Girls
2010
Kelly / Blue
movieBlack Panther
2010
Princess Shuri
tvBlack Panther
2010
Princess Shuri (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieLakeview Terrace
2008
Lisa Mattson
movieMiracle at St. Anna
2008
Zana Wilder
movieFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
Alicia Masters
movieI Think I Love My Wife
2007
Nikki Tru
movieThe Dead Girl
2006
Rosetta
movieLittle Man
2006
Vanessa
tvPsych
2006
Mira Gaffney
movieWait
2005
Maggie
movieFantastic Four
2005
Alicia Masters
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Jasmine
movieSexual Life
2005
Rosalie
tvProject Runway
2004
Self - Guest Judge
movieRay
2004
Della Bea Robinson
tvBoston Legal
2004
Chelina Hall
movieShe Hate Me
2004
Fatima Goodrich
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest / Self - Guest Host
movieSin
2003
Kassie
movieBad Company
2002
Julie
tvThe Guardian
2001
Drea Westbrook
movieLift
2001
Niecy
movieSave the Last Dance
2001
Chenille Reynolds
tvDeadline
2000
Tina Johnson
tvStandard Deviants TV
2000
Self (voice, uncredited) / Herself
movieOur Song
2000
Lanisha Brown
tvTeen Choice Awards
1999
Self - Presenter
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvLaw & Order
1990
Allie Lawrence
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter
Production17
tvImperfect Women
2026
Executive Producer
movieShadow Force
2025
Producer
movieThe Six Triple Eight
2024
Executive Producer
movieDaughters
2024
Executive Producer
tvUnPrisoned
2023
Executive Producer
tvReasonable Doubt
2022
Executive Producer
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe Fight
2020
Producer
tvLittle Fires Everywhere
2020
Executive Producer
tvFive Points
2018
Executive Producer
Man of the House
2018
Executive Producer
movieConfirmation
2016
Executive Producer
The Mothers
Producer
24-7
Producer
An Innocent Girl
Executive Producer
Directing2
tvReasonable Doubt
2022
Director
tvInsecure
2016
Director
Writing1
tvFive Points
2018
Writer