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 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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Films (74)
Animaux
2026 · Abigail Kimball
Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés
2025 · Vera Draven, Esq.
Escape Room
2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025 · Self
Shadow Force: Sentencia de muerte
2025 · Kyrah, Producer
Messagères de guerre
2024 · Charity Adams, Executive Producer
Daughters
2024 · Executive Producer
L'École du bien et du mal
2022 · Professor Dovey
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021 · Executive Producer
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Self
Christoph Waltz - Un méchant bien charmant
2021 · Self
Le bal
2020 · Mrs. Greene
The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020 · Self
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020 · Self - Host
The Fight
2020 · Producer
Un Mundo: Juntos en Casa
2020 · Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019 · Executive Producer
American Son
2019 · Kendra Ellis-Connor, Executive Producer
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019 · Helen Willis
Man of the House
2018 · Executive Producer
Las Palabras Que Construyeron a Estados Unidos
2017 · Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Les bagnoles 3
2017 · Natalie Certain (voice)
Confirmation
2016 · Anita Hill, Executive Producer
Misty Copeland
2015 · Self
Peeples
2013 · Grace Peeples
Fille montante
2013 · Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Django déchaîné
2012 · Broomhilda von Shaft
Wide-Awake
2012 · The Homeowner
Los Pequeños Detalles
2012 · Rebecca Mazzoni
Mille mots
2012 · Caroline McCall
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
2011 · Narrator
Night Catches Us
2010 · Patricia Wilson
Les couleurs du destin
2010 · Kelly / Blue
Black Panther
2010 · Princess Shuri
The People Speak
2009 · Self
Destin de femmes
2009 · Lucy
Good Hair
2009 · Self
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009 · Marybeth
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
2009 · Self
Harcelés
2008 · Lisa Mattson
Miracle à Santa Anna
2008 · Zana Wilder
Woman In Burka
2008 · Kerry
Les 4 Fantastiques et le Surfer d'argent
2007 · Alicia Masters
Put It in a Book
2007 · Sheila
Je crois que j'aime ma femme
2007 · Nikki Tru
The Dead Girl
2006 · Rosetta
Le Dernier Roi d'Écosse
2006 · Kay Amin
Petit homme
2006 · Vanessa
Wait
2005 · Maggie
Les 4 Fantastiques
2005 · Alicia Masters
M. et Mme Smith
2005 · Jasmine
Sexual Life
2005 · Rosalie
Ray
2004 · Della Bea Robinson
She Hate Me
2004 · Fatima Goodrich
Mise à nu
2004
Dans les cordes
2004 · Renee
La Couleur du mensonge
2003 · Ellie
The United States of Leland
2003 · Ayesha
Péché Immortel
2003 · Kassie
Bad Company
2002 · Julie
Lift
2001 · Niecy
Save the Last Dance
2001 · Chenille Reynolds
The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
2000 · Actor
Our Song
2000 · Lanisha Brown
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997 · Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
1997 · Actor
The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
1997 · Herself
Magical Make-Over
1994 · Heather
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
24-7
· Producer
An Innocent Girl
· Executive Producer
Black Women in America: The Road to 2024
· Self
The Mothers
· Producer
Rules of Engagement
· Producer
Séries (43)
What Remains
2027 · Detective Elise Sutton
Femmes imparfaites
2026 · Eleanor, Executive Producer
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · Self - Guest
Fuera de prisión
2023 · Paige Alexander, Executive Producer
En busca de pruebas
2022 · Executive Producer, Director
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
La saison des feux
2020 · Mia Warren, Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018 · Self
Five Points
2018 · Writer, Executive Producer
Red Table Talk
2018 · Self
Insecure
2016 · Director
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Murder
2014 · Olivia Pope
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Le Tonight Show
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Clique
2013 · Self - Guest
Scandale
2012 · Olivia Pope
Pantera Negra
2010 · Princess Shuri (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Psych : Enquêteur malgré lui
2006 · Mira Gaffney
Project Runway
2004 · Self - Guest Judge
Boston Justice
2004 · Chelina Hall
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host
Le Protecteur
2001 · Drea Westbrook
100 Centre Street
2001
Deadline
2000 · Tina Johnson
Standard Deviants TV
2000 · Self (voice, uncredited), Herself
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self - Presenter
The View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Allie Lawrence
Les Simpson
1989 · Rayshelle Peyton (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter