Kerry Washington

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

110

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-01-31 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Kerry Washington

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

    Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Psych

    Psych

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

  • Project Runway

    Project Runway

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • How to Get Away with Murder

    How to Get Away with Murder

  • The Guardian

    The Guardian

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Cars 3

    Cars 3

  • Little Man

    Little Man

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • Shadow Force

    Shadow Force

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Fantastic Four

    Fantastic Four

  • Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

    Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

  • The School for Good and Evil

    The School for Good and Evil

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

  • The Details

    The Details

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • American Son

    American Son

  • Ray

    Ray

  • Sin

    Sin

  • Clique

    Clique

  • Animals

    Animals

  • The Six Triple Eight

    The Six Triple Eight

  • Lakeview Terrace

    Lakeview Terrace

  • Girl Rising

    Girl Rising

  • The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1

    The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1

  • Escape Room

    Escape Room

  • Red Table Talk

    Red Table Talk

  • Little Fires Everywhere

    Little Fires Everywhere

  • Netflix Tudum 2025

    Netflix Tudum 2025

  • Lift

    Lift

  • The Human Stain

    The Human Stain

  • 100 Centre Street

    100 Centre Street

  • Deadline

    Deadline

  • Good Hair

    Good Hair

  • UnPrisoned

    UnPrisoned

  • Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance

  • The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2

    The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2

  • A Thousand Words

    A Thousand Words

  • The Last King of Scotland

    The Last King of Scotland

  • Put It in a Book

    Put It in a Book

  • Sexual Life

    Sexual Life

  • Our Song

    Our Song

  • Wait

    Wait

  • The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2

    The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2

  • Miracle at St. Anna

    Miracle at St. Anna

  • The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1

    The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1

  • Peeples

    Peeples

  • Wide-Awake

    Wide-Awake

  • The Dead Girl

    The Dead Girl

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

  • The Words That Built America

    The Words That Built America

  • Life Is Hot in Cracktown

    Life Is Hot in Cracktown

  • The Alec Baldwin Show

    The Alec Baldwin Show

  • She Hate Me

    She Hate Me

  • Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil

    Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil

  • Against the Ropes

    Against the Ropes

  • For Colored Girls

    For Colored Girls

  • The United States of Leland

    The United States of Leland

  • One World: Together at Home

    One World: Together at Home

  • Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

  • The Prom

    The Prom

  • Black Panther

    Black Panther

  • Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy

    Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy

  • Night Catches Us

    Night Catches Us

  • I Think I Love My Wife

    I Think I Love My Wife

  • The People Speak

    The People Speak

  • The Disney Holiday Singalong

    The Disney Holiday Singalong

  • Standard Deviants TV

    Standard Deviants TV

  • Standard Deviants TV

    Standard Deviants TV

  • The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3

    The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3

  • The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2

    The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • Magical Make-Over

    Magical Make-Over

  • Confirmation

    Confirmation

  • The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2

    The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2

  • Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts

    Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts

  • Imperfect Women

    Imperfect Women

  • 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

  • The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1

    The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • Olmsted and America's Urban Parks

    Olmsted and America's Urban Parks

  • The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition

    The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition

  • Woman In Burka

    Woman In Burka

  • 24-7

    24-7