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Kerry Washington
Highest Rated: 99% The Fight (2020)
Lowest Rated: 0% A Thousand Words (2012)
Birthday: Jan 31, 1977
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
Best known for playing strong-willed crisis manager Olivia Pope for seven seasons of Shonda Rhimes' ground-breaking political thriller "Scandal" (ABC, 2012-18), Kerry Washington also achieved awards recognition for her roles in "Ray" (2005), "Django Unchained" (2012) and "Confirmation" (HBO, 2016). Born in The Bronx, NY in 1977 to a professor mother and real estate broker father, Kerry Washington attended her home state's TADA! Youth Theater company in her teens and after graduating from George Washington University with a degree in sociology and anthropology, she further honed her acting talents at New York's Michael Howard Studios. She made her screen debut in a 1996 episode of "ABC Afterschool Special" (ABC, 1972-1997) and graduated to the big screen four years later with a co-starring role in coming-of-age "Our Song" (2000). Washington also took center stage as a shoplifter in "Lift" (2001) before playing a single mother in teen flick "Save the Last Dance" (2001), Chris Rock's love interest in comedy "Bad Company" (2002) and Don Cheadle's mistress in legal drama "The United States of Leland" (2003) as well as enjoying a five-episode stint in the short-lived "100 Centre Street" (A&E Network, 2001-02). Minor roles in Philip Roth adaptation "The Human Stain" (2003) and post-9/11 tale "Strip Search" (2004) followed, as did the more substantial parts of Ving Rhames' rebellious sister in crime thriller "Sin" (2003), Omar Epps' girlfriend in boxing drama "Against the Ropes" (2003) and Ray Charles' second wife Della Bea Robinson in acclaimed biopic "Ray" (2005). Washington then impressed as Anthony Mackie's lesbian ex-fiancee Fatima in Spike Lee's "She Hate Me" (2004), appeared in interweaving relationship drama "Sexual Life" (2005) and joined the superhero world with the role of blind sculptor Alicia Masters in "Fantastic Four" (2005). Her prolific streak continued with turns as Angelina Jolie's best friend Jasmine in action comedy "Mr and Mrs Smith" (2005), mother figure Vanessa in the Wayans brothers' farce "Little Man" (2005) and dictator Idi Amin's spouse Kay in biopic "The Last King of Scotland" (2005) and a recurring gig as lawyer Chelina Hall in "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08). Inbetween reuniting with Rock in "I Think I Love My Wife" (2007), Lee in "Miracle at St. Anna" (2008) and Mackie in "Night Catches Us" (2010), Washington played a terrorized newlywed in "Lakeview Terrace" (2008), a transsexual prostitute in "Life Is Hot in Crackdown" (2009) and an aspiring adoptive parent in "Mother and Child" (2009). She then joined an all-star cast in Tyler Perry's "For Colored Girls" (2010), showed up in indie comedy "The Details" (2011) and portrayed house slave Broomhilda Von Schaft in Quentin Tarantino's revisionist western "Django Unchained" (2012). Washington's career then shifted to the small screen when she landed the role of powerful crisis manager Olivia Pope in "Scandal" (ABC, 2012-18). During her six-year stint in Shonda Rhimes' political thriller, for which she picked up multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nods, Washington also joined Craig Robinson in comedy "Peeples" (2013), voiced statistical analyst Natalie Certain in Pixar animations "Cars 3" (2017) and earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of Anita Hill, the lawyer who alleged she'd been sexually harassed by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, in TV movie "Confirmation" (HBO, 2016). Following the show's natural end, Washington played George's nemesis Helen in one-off revival "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons" (ABC, 2019), reprised her role as the mother of a missing teen in the adaptation of Broadway play "American Son" (2019), joined the star-studded cast of Ryan Murphy's musical comedy "The Prom" (2020) and co-starred as Reese Witherspoon's rival Mia in "Little Fires Everywhere" (Hulu, 2020-), a multigenerational drama which the pair also executive produced.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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37% |
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The School for Good and Evil | Professor Dovey (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Executive Producer | - | 2021 |
54% |
|
The Prom | Mrs. Greene (Character) | - | 2020 |
99% |
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The Fight | Producer | - | 2020 |
80% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
46% |
|
American Son | Kendra (Character) | - | 2019 |
88% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' | Helen Willis (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wyeth | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
69% |
|
Cars 3 | Natalie Certain (Voice) | $152.9M | 2017 |
84% |
|
Confirmation |
Anita Hill (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
80% |
|
Girl Rising | Narrator | - | 2013 |
40% |
|
Peeples | Grace Peeples (Character) | $9.1M | 2013 |
87% |
|
Django Unchained | Broomhilda von Shaft (Character) | $162.8M | 2012 |
0% |
|
A Thousand Words | Caroline McCall (Character) | $18.4M | 2012 |
47% |
|
The Details | Rebecca Mazzoni (Character) | $63.6K | 2011 |
80% |
|
Night Catches Us | Patricia (Character) | $75.8K | 2010 |
32% |
|
For Colored Girls |
Kelly/ |
$37.7M | 2010 |
79% |
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Mother and Child | Lucy (Character) | $1.1M | 2009 |
50% |
|
Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Marybeth (Character) | - | 2009 |
33% |
|
Miracle at St. Anna | Zana Wilder (Character) | $7.9M | 2008 |
45% |
|
Lakeview Terrace | Lisa Mattson (Character) | $39.3M | 2008 |
38% |
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Alicia Masters (Character) | $131.9M | 2007 |
19% |
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I Think I Love My Wife | Nikki (Character) | $12.5M | 2007 |
76% |
|
The Dead Girl | Rosetta (Character) | $17.3K | 2006 |
87% |
|
The Last King of Scotland | Kay Amin (Character) | $17.6M | 2006 |
12% |
|
Little Man | Vanessa (Character) | $58.3M | 2006 |
28% |
|
Fantastic Four | Alicia Masters (Character) | $154.7M | 2005 |
60% |
|
Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Jasmine (Character) | $186.3M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
|
Sexual Life | Rosalie (Character) | - | 2004 |
79% |
|
Ray | Della Bea Robinson (Character) | $75.3M | 2004 |
19% |
|
She Hate Me | Fatima (Character) | $365.1K | 2004 |
12% |
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Against the Ropes | Renee (Character) | $5.9M | 2004 |
34% |
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The United States of Leland | Ayesha (Character) | $343.8K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
|
Sin | Kassie (Character) | - | 2003 |
42% |
|
The Human Stain | Ellie (Character) | $5.4M | 2003 |
10% |
|
Bad Company | Julie (Character) | $30.2M | 2002 |
50% |
|
Lift | Niecy (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% |
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Save the Last Dance | Chenille Reynolds (Character) | $91.0M | 2001 |
91% |
|
Our Song | Lanisha Brown (Character) | $254.2K | 2000 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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100% | 76% | Reasonable Doubt |
Executive Producer, Director |
2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2013-2014 2017-2018 2020 2022-2024 |
93% | 93% | Unprisoned |
Paige Alexander (Character), Executive Producer |
2023-2024 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Miss Peyton (Guest Voice) | 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2015 2017-2018 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 2012-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012-2015 2017-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wilmore | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2012 2016 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2016 2020 |
79% | 61% | Little Fires Everywhere |
Mia Warren (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctors | Sandra Armstrong (Character) | 2019 |
0% | 12% | The Alec Baldwin Show | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2017-2018 |
93% | 72% | Scandal |
Olivia Pope (Character), Director |
2012-2018 |
88% | 85% | How to Get Away With Murder | Olivia Pope (Guest Star) | 2018 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mo'Nique Show |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2010 2013 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Runway | Guest | 2011 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2013 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012-2013 |
89% | 94% | Psych | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Chelina Hall (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Guardian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Maya Young (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starcade | Unknown (Character) | 1983 |