The latest news and comment on actor Kerry Washington
October 2023
Kerry Washington on uncovering a family secret: ‘It’s exhausting to put on a mask to maintain appearances’
She went from straight-A student to the star of Scandal, but always had a nagging doubt about her place in the world. Then the actor agreed to go on a US genealogy show - and discovered her own story wasn’t quite as it seemed …
October 2022
The School for Good and Evil review – Netflix’s Harry Potter rip-off is a disaster
Little Fires Everywhere author Celeste Ng: ‘Elena and Mia constantly butt heads with each other inside me’
February 2022
Netflix’s 2022 preview trailer is a ghoulish nightmare of coerced A-listers
Stuart Heritage
The streamer’s frenzied look at the year ahead breaks the fourth wall mid-scenes to turn major stars into reticent marketing tools
November 2020
The G2 interview
Scandal’s Kerry Washington: ‘My mother’s nightmare was for me to be a starving actress’
She hit the big time playing the high-powered political fixer Olivia Pope. In real life, she has spent years campaigning for Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats. So what’s someone who lives and breathes politics doing in Ryan Murphy’s musical The Prom?
July 2020
'We just keep fighting': behind an urgent, inspiring film about the ACLU
In The Fight, produced by Kerry Washington, the nation’s civil rights lawyers wage years-long battle on the Trump administration
September 2019
First look review
American Son review – Kerry Washington can't save Netflix misfire
A well-intentioned adaptation of the Broadway show about race in America suffers from unconvincing characters and risible dialogue
November 2018
American Son review – excruciatingly relevant race drama
Kerry Washington plays a mother whose son goes missing in a tough, timely play about the dangers of being young and black in America
October 2018
Jump the shark
It’s a Scandal! How Kerry Washington’s political drama turned into a bloody mess
After two seasons, the thriller started to fall apart with an increase of stabbings, shootings, wild tonal swings and ridiculous plot twists
April 2018
The end of Scandal: in praise of Olivia Pope, TV's most glamorous antihero
As the final episode of Shonda Rhimes’ political drama airs, the complex legacy of an unusual, flawed character is left behind
January 2018
From Veep to House of Cards: what to expect from TV shows ending in 2018
It’s a big year of small-screen goodbyes but what do fans want to see from the final episodes of their favorite shows?
March 2016
Death by boldness: has Scandal got itself in a crisis even Olivia Pope couldn't fix?
Hillary Clinton gets big celebrity boost with new Shonda Rhimes ad
February 2016
Hillary Clinton takes to the set of Scandal to continue her TV takeover
She’s photobombed the political show and is starring in the cult comedy Broad City. Here’s how Clinton’s #imwithher campaign took hold in television
Four stars, one cover, 1,000 stylists: why EW's Beyond Beautiful photo is beyond belief
Entertainment Weekly’s new front photo tries to make us think that four perfectly lit, beautiful women are like you and me because they eat crisps
Oscars 2016: expect five minute diversity speech as Quincy Jones confirmed as presenter
Producers for the ceremony have named the music producer – who had said he would accept only on the condition of being allowed to speak out – among a raft of new presenters aimed at redressing the lack of diversity among the nominees
January 2016
Game of Thrones to return in April as HBO unveils new shows
The sixth season of Game of Thrones is back on 24 April – and Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger discuss their new show Vinyl
December 2015
TV review
Scandal review: One of the more bizarre stories in this hyperreal night-time soap
A British princess dies in a limo crash in a tunnel – and intrigue, romance and conspiracy theory collide for Kerry Washington’s White House uber-fixer
June 2015
The crush
Crush of the week: Kerry Washington
‘There is a thrilling core of steel in Kerry Washington. She radiates capability alongside ethereal beauty’
March 2015
Scandal's police brutality episode was TV wish fulfillment writ large
The Lawn Chair focused on a racially charged shooting and managed to create a gripping if slightly unbelievable slice of TV as timely as it was hard-hitting
The G2 interviewScandal’s Kerry Washington: ‘My mother’s nightmare was for me to be a starving actress’She hit the big time playing the high-powered political fixer Olivia Pope. In real life, she has spent years campaigning for Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats. So what’s someone who lives and breathes politics doing in Ryan Murphy’s musical The Prom?
