
Kerry Washington
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1977
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…
Known for

Our Song
2000

Lift
2001

Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts

Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009

The Six Triple Eight
2024

Confirmation
2016

American Son
2019
24-7

Shadow Force
2025

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997
An Innocent Girl

Ray
2004

She Hate Me
2004

Night Catches Us
2010

A Thousand Words
2012

Peeples
2013

Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
2011

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
1997

Little Man
2006

Save the Last Dance
2001

Lakeview Terrace
2008

I Think I Love My Wife
2007

Mother and Child
2009

Put It in a Book
2007

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
2000

The School for Good and Evil
2022

The Details
2012

Animals

Django Unchained
2012

Sin
2003

Black Panther
2010

The Prom
2020

Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
2009

The Last King of Scotland
2006

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005

Wait
2005

Wide-Awake
2012

Misty Copeland
2015

Bad Company
2002

For Colored Girls
2010

Against the Ropes
2004

Fantastic Four
2005

The Dead Girl
2006

The People Speak
2009

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007

Girl Rising
2013

The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
1997
Magical Make-Over
1994

Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021

The United States of Leland
2003

Woman In Burka
2008

Escape Room
2025

Miracle at St. Anna
2008

The Human Stain
2003

Cars 3
2017

The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025

Sexual Life
2005

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019

Strip Search
2004

Good Hair
2009

The Words That Built America
2017

One World: Together at Home
2020

The Guardian
2001

The View
1997

Deadline
2000

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Boston Legal
2004

Black Panther
2010

Scandal
2012

The Alec Baldwin Show
2018

Psych
2006

Teen Choice Awards
1999

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015

Saturday Night Live
1975

Red Table Talk
2018

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015

Project Runway
2004

The Simpsons
1989

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

UnPrisoned
2023

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Law & Order
1990

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021

Imperfect Women
2026

Little Fires Everywhere
2020

Entertainment Tonight
1981

How to Get Away with Murder
2014

Standard Deviants TV
2000

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

100 Centre Street
2001

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Sherri
2022

Clique
2013

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025