Kerry Washington
Acting • Born 1977-01-31
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.
Filmography
107 credits
The Last King of Scotland
Movie • 2006
Kay Amin
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie • 2005
Jasmine
Ray
Movie • 2004
Della Bea Robinson
Bad Company
Movie • 2002
Julie
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Movie • 2007
Alicia Masters
She Hate Me
Movie • 2004
Fatima Goodrich
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
Movie • 2021
Self
Good Hair
Movie • 2009
Self
Against the Ropes
Movie • 2004
Renee
Little Man
Movie • 2006
Vanessa
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie • 2008
Zana Wilder
Fantastic Four
Movie • 2005
Alicia Masters
Save the Last Dance
Movie • 2001
Chenille Reynolds
Lakeview Terrace
Movie • 2008
Lisa Mattson
The Dead Girl
Movie • 2006
Rosetta
The United States of Leland
Movie • 2003
Ayesha
I Think I Love My Wife
Movie • 2007
Nikki Tru
Mother and Child
Movie • 2009
Lucy
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
For Colored Girls
Movie • 2010
Kelly / Blue
Our Song
Movie • 2000
Lanisha Brown
Night Catches Us
Movie • 2010
Patricia Wilson
Django Unchained
Movie • 2012
Broomhilda von Shaft
A Thousand Words
Movie • 2012
Caroline McCall
Peeples
Movie • 2013
Grace Peeples
Lift
Movie • 2001
Niecy
Girl Rising
Movie • 2013
Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Put It in a Book
Movie • 2007
Sheila
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
Movie
Woman In Burka
Movie • 2008
Kerry
Wait
Movie • 2005
Maggie
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Movie • 2009
Marybeth
The Six Triple Eight
Movie • 2024
Charity Adams
Sexual Life
Movie • 2005
Rosalie
The People Speak
Movie • 2009
Self
Confirmation
Movie • 2016
Anita Hill
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie • 2025
Vera Draven, Esq.
The Human Stain
Movie • 2003
Ellie
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
Movie • 2011
Narrator
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
Movie • 1997
Herself
Cars 3
Movie • 2017
Natalie Certain (voice)
Sin
Movie • 2003
Kassie
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Black Panther
Movie • 2010
Princess Shuri
Wide-Awake
Movie • 2012
The Homeowner
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie • 2019
Helen Willis
American Son
Movie • 2019
Kendra Ellis-Connor
24-7
Movie
The Prom
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Greene
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Shadow Force
Movie • 2025
Kyrah
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
Movie • 2020
Self - Host
Strip Search
Movie • 2004
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Movie • 2020
Self
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
Movie • 1997
Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
Movie • 2000
Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
Movie • 1997
Actor
The School for Good and Evil
Movie • 2022
Professor Dovey
The Details
Movie • 2012
Rebecca Mazzoni
Animals
Movie
Magical Make-Over
Movie • 1994
Heather
Netflix Tudum 2025
Movie • 2025
Self
Escape Room
Movie • 2025
An Innocent Girl
Movie
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Drea Westbrook
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Deadline
TV • 2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Chelina Hall
Black Panther
TV • 2010
Princess Shuri (voice)
Scandal
TV • 2012
Olivia Pope
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV • 2018
Self
Psych
TV • 2006
Mira Gaffney
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self - Presenter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Red Table Talk
TV • 2018
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Project Runway
TV • 2004
Self - Guest Judge
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
UnPrisoned
TV • 2023
Paige Alexander
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Allie Lawrence
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Imperfect Women
TV • 2026
Eleanor
Little Fires Everywhere
TV • 2020
Mia Warren
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Olivia Pope
Standard Deviants TV
TV • 2000
Self (voice, uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
100 Centre Street
TV • 2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Clique
TV • 2013
Self - Guest
Standard Deviants TV
TV • 2000
Herself
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest Host