Kerry Washington
b. 1977 (age 49)
Bronx, New York, USA
Actress
Director
Kerry Washington is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Idi Amin's wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007. She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song and The Dead Girl, and is the lead actress in the 2012 ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which Washington plays Olivia Pope, a former crisis management expert to the President. Her most recent role was the voice of Natalie Certain in Cars 3.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.4
Imperfect Women
2026 Actress
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★ 7.3
Wake Up Dead Man
2025 Actress
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★ 4.7
Shadow Force
2025 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Six Triple Eight
2024 Actress
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★ 7.4
55th NAACP Image Awards
2024 Self
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Black Women in America: The Road to 2024
2024 Self
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★ 7.0
Unprisoned
2023 Actress
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★ 5.1
54th NAACP Image Awards
2023 Self
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★ 6.5
Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
2023 Self
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★ 6.7
Reasonable Doubt
2022 Director
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★ 3.9
53rd NAACP Image Awards
2022 Self
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★ 6.3
Celebrating America: An Inauguration Night Special
2021 Self
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★ 7.6
Little Fires Everywhere
2020 Actress
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★ 5.9
The Prom
2020 Actress
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★ 6.4
Bright Minded
2020 Self
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Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020 Self
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25th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame
2020 Self
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★ 5.9
American Son
2019 Actress
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★ 7.7
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'
2019 Actress
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★ 4.0
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018 Self
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SCANDAL: Retrospective
2018 Self
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★ 6.8
SMILF
2017 Director
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★ 8.1
Insecure
2016 Director
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★ 6.8
Confirmation
2016 Actress
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★ 5.7
TV Land Icon Awards 2016
2016 Self
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★ 6.6
Oscars Opening Ceremony: Live from the Red Carpet
2015 Self
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Black Women in Hollywood Awards
2015 Self
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★ 7.7
The Oscars
2014 Self
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Thank God It's Thursday on ABC
2014 Self
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The 38th Annual Women in Film Crystal & Lucy Awards
2014 Self
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★ 5.4
Peeples
2013 Actress
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★ 6.6
The Oscars Red Carpet Live
2013 Self
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★ 8.5
Django Unchained
2012 Actress
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★ 7.7
Scandal
2012 Actress
Director
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★ 5.9
A Thousand Words
2012 Actress
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★ 6.6
BET Awards 2012
2012 Self
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★ 4.0
Huff Post's BV 365
2012 Self
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★ 6.1
The Details
2011 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Olmsted Legacy: America's Urban Parks
2011 Actress
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★ 6.3
For Colored Girls
2010 Actress
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★ 6.2
Night Catches Us
2010 Actress
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★ 7.1
Black Panther
2010 Actress
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MTV Movie Night
2010 Self
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★ 7.2
Mother and Child
2009 Actress
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★ 7.2
The People Speak
2009 Self
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★ 6.2
Lakeview Terrace
2008 Actress
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★ 6.0
Woman in Burka
2008 Actress
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★ 6.6
From the Mouthpiece on Back
2008 Actress
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★ 5.6
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007 Actress
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★ 5.5
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 Actress
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★ 5.2
Put It in a Book
2007 Actress
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★ 7.6
The Last King of Scotland
2006 Actress
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★ 4.6
Little Man
2006 Actress
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★ 6.7
Capturing Idi Amin
2006 Actress
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★ 6.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005 Actress
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★ 5.7
Fantastic Four
2005 Actress
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★ 6.1
Wait
2005 Actress
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★ 7.7
Ray
2004 Actress
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★ 5.3
She Hate Me
2004 Actress
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★ 5.3
Against the Ropes
2004 Actress
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★ 6.9
The United States of Leland
2003 Actress
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★ 4.5
Sin
2003 Actress
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★ 5.6
Bad Company
2002 Actress
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★ 5.8
Take the A Train
2002 Actress
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★ 6.2
Save the Last Dance
2001 Actress
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★ 6.3
Lift
2001 Actress
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★ 6.8
Our Song
2000 Actress
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★ 5.3
3D
2000 Actress
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★ 6.1
Standard Deviants
1996 Actress
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Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for the Family - With Peter Jennings
1992 Actress
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★ 4.6
BET News
1986 Self
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24-7
Actress
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An Innocent Girl
Actress
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The Perfect Mother
Actress
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Animals
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What Remains
Actress
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Rockaway
Actress