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