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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.6248 |
| Birthday | 1977-01-31 |
| Place of Birth | The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Kerry Marisa Washington, |
2006
The Last King of Scotland
7.409/2444
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2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
6.695/11480
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2004
Ray
7.456/2293
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2002
Bad Company
5.505/885
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2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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2004
She Hate Me
5.148/128
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2021
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
7.5/6
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Good Hair
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2004
Against the Ropes
5.078/135
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2006
Little Man
5.947/1951
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2008
Miracle at St. Anna
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2005
Fantastic Four
5.81/10196
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2001
Save the Last Dance
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2008
Lakeview Terrace
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2006
The Dead Girl
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I Think I Love My Wife
5.329/213
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2009
Mother and Child
6.59/167
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2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
4/2
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2010
For Colored Girls
6.735/85
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For Colored Girls
2000
Our Song
7.063/16
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2010
Night Catches Us
5.365/26
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2012
Django Unchained
8.193/28567
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A Thousand Words
6.128/1446
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2013
Peeples
5.5/74
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Lift
7.8/9
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2013
Girl Rising
7.041/49
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2007
Put It in a Book
0/0
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Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
0/0
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2008
Woman In Burka
0/0
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2005
Wait
8/1
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2009
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
5.861/18
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2024
The Six Triple Eight
7.578/725
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2005
Sexual Life
4.867/15
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2009
The People Speak
7.2/11
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
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2016
Confirmation
6.925/159
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2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
7.21/2846
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The Human Stain
5.997/518
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2011
Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
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The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
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Cars 3
6.865/6564
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2003
Sin
4.775/40
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The Words That Built America
6/15
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2010
Black Panther
6.192/39
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2012
Wide-Awake
5.8/9
Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
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2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
6.583/36
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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American Son
6.042/238
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24-7
0/0
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2020
The Prom
6.084/722
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2020
One World: Together at Home
7.1/36
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2025
Shadow Force
6.318/325
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Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
3/1
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Strip Search
6.157/51
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2020
The Disney Holiday Singalong
7.182/11
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The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
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The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
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The School for Good and Evil
7.016/1425
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2012
The Details
6/198
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2026
Animals
0/0
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Magical Make-Over
9/1
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Netflix Tudum 2025
5.5/17
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Escape Room
8.2/3
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0/0
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Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
0/0
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Misty Copeland
0/0
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