
Kerry Washington
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1977-01-31 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Kerry Marisa 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.
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Known For

Law & Order
1990
as Allie Lawrence

The Simpsons
1989
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest / Self- Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (38)

Law & Order
1990
as Allie Lawrence

The Simpsons
1989
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest / Self- Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

Psych
2006
as Mira Gaffney

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest

The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Boston Legal
2004
as Chelina Hall

Scandal
2012
as Olivia Pope

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest Host

Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge

How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Olivia Pope

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

The Guardian
2001
as Drea Westbrook

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self

Imperfect Women
2026
as Eleanor

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self

Red Table Talk
2018
as Self

100 Centre Street
2001

Clique
2013
as Self - Guest

Deadline
2000
as Tina Johnson

Little Fires Everywhere
2020
as Mia Warren

UnPrisoned
2023
as Paige Alexander

Standard Deviants TV
2000
as Self (voice, uncredited) / Herself
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
as Self

Black Panther
2010
as Princess Shuri (voice)

The Alec Baldwin Show
2018
as Self

Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
Movies (64)

Django Unchained
2012
as Broomhilda von Shaft

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Vera Draven, Esq.

Cars 3
2017
as Natalie Certain (voice)

Little Man
2006
as Vanessa

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Jasmine

Fantastic Four
2005
as Alicia Masters

Shadow Force
2025
as Kyrah

The School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Dovey

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Alicia Masters

Ray
2004
as Della Bea Robinson

The Six Triple Eight
2024
as Charity Adams

The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Kay Amin

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self

A Thousand Words
2012
as Caroline McCall

Lakeview Terrace
2008
as Lisa Mattson

The Prom
2020
as Mrs. Greene

Save the Last Dance
2001
as Chenille Reynolds

Bad Company
2002
as Julie

The United States of Leland
2003
as Ayesha

One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self

The Human Stain
2003
as Ellie

The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

Mother and Child
2009
as Lucy

Sexual Life
2005
as Rosalie

Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Zana Wilder

Strip Search
2004

She Hate Me
2004
as Fatima Goodrich

The Dead Girl
2006
as Rosetta

The People Speak
2009
as Self

For Colored Girls
2010
as Kelly / Blue

Girl Rising
2013
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)

Sin
2003
as Kassie

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self

The Details
2012
as Rebecca Mazzoni

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Helen Willis

Good Hair
2009
as Self

Against the Ropes
2004
as Renee

Confirmation
2016
as Anita Hill

I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Nikki Tru

Black Panther
2010
as Princess Shuri

Wide-Awake
2012
as The Homeowner

Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
as Marybeth

Peeples
2013
as Grace Peeples

American Son
2019
as Kendra Ellis-Connor

Our Song
2000
as Lanisha Brown

Animals

Wait
2005
as Maggie

Night Catches Us
2010
as Patricia Wilson

Lift
2001
as Niecy

Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
2011
as Narrator

Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021
as Self
24-7

Escape Room
2025

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
2000
as Actor

The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020
as Self

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020
as Self - Host
An Innocent Girl

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997
as Actor

Woman In Burka
2008
as Kerry

The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
1997
as Herself
Magical Make-Over
1994
as Heather

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
1997
as Actor

Put It in a Book
2007
as Sheila

Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
About 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 f… With 102 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Kerry Washington has appeared in 64 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Django Unchained (2012) — as Broomhilda von Shaft
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) — as Vera Draven, Esq.
- Cars 3 (2017) — as Natalie Certain (voice)
- Little Man (2006) — as Vanessa
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) — as Jasmine
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