Kerry Washington
- Teen actor
Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and director. 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 Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and as Broomhilda von Shaft in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012). She has also starred in the independent films Our Song (2000), The Dead Girl (2006), Mother and Child (2009), Night Catches Us (2010), and American Son (2019).
Time magazine included Washington in its Time 100 list of most influential people in 2014. In 2018, Forbes named her the eighth highest-paid television actress. Washington has won a Primetime Emmy Award and five NAACP Image Awards, including The President's Award.
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Acted in
The Six Triple Eight
2024
as Charity Adams
UnPrisoned
2023
as Paige Alexander
The School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Dovey
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021
as Self
The Prom
2020
as Mrs. Greene
The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020
as Self
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020
as Self - Host
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
Little Fires Everywhere
2020
as Mia Warren
American Son
2019
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Helen Willis
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Cars 3
2017
as Natalie Certain (voice)
Confirmation
2016
as Anita Hill
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
2015
as Self / Dr. Julianne Richards
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Olivia Pope
Peeples
2013
as Grace Peeples
Girl Rising
2013
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Django Unchained
2012
as Broomhilda von Shaft
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Homeowner
The Details
2012
as Rebecca Mazzoni
Scandal
2012
as Olivia Pope
A Thousand Words
2012
as Caroline McCall
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
2011
as Narrator
Night Catches Us
2010
as Patricia Wilson
For Colored Girls
2010
as Kelly / Blue
Black Panther
2010
as Princess Shuri
Black Panther
2010
as Princess Shuri (voice)
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Mother and Child
2009
as Lucy
Good Hair
2009
as Self
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
as Marybeth
Lakeview Terrace
2008
as Lisa Mattson
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Zana Wilder
Woman In Burka
2008
as Kerry
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
2007
as Self
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
2007
as Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
2007
as Actor
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Alicia Masters
Put It in a Book
2007
as Sheila
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Nikki Tru
The Dead Girl
2006
as Rosetta
Little Man
2006
as Vanessa
Psych
2006
as Mira Gaffney
The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Kay Amin
Wait
2005
as Maggie
Fantastic Four
2005
as Alicia Masters
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Jasmine
Sexual Life
2005
as Rosalie
Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge
Ray
2004
as Della Bea Robinson
Boston Legal
2004
as Chelina Hall
She Hate Me
2004
as Fatima Goodrich
Strip Search
2004
Against the Ropes
2004
as Renee
The Human Stain
2003
as Ellie
The United States of Leland
2003
as Ayesha
Sin
2003
as Kassie
Bad Company
2002
as Julie
The Guardian
2001
Lift
2001
as Niecy
100 Centre Street
2001
Save the Last Dance
2001
as Chenille Reynolds
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
2000
as Actor
Deadline
2000
Standard Deviants TV
2000
as Herself (voice, uncredited)
Our Song
2000
as Lanisha Brown
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
1997
as Herself
Law & Order
1990
as Allie Lawrence
The Simpsons
1989
as Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
as Herself
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
as Self
The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
as Self
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
as Self
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
24-7
Shadow Force
as Kyrah