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Kerry Washington

Acting
Known For

48 Years Old

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.

Born

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA on 31st January 1977

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