Kerry Washington

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 Times 100 list of most influential people in 2014 and Forbes named her the eighth highestpaid television actress in 2018 Washington gained wide recognition for starring as crisis management expert Olivia Pope in the ABC drama series Scandal 20122018 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 Emmynominated 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 Washington made her feature film debut acting in the drama Our Song 2000 She played Alicia Masters in the liveaction Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007 and has taken roles in diverse films such as Ray 2004 Mr Mrs Smith 2005 The Last King of Scotland 2006 I Think I Love My Wife 2007 Mother and Child 2009 For Colored Girls 2010 and Django Unchained 2012 In 2024 she portrayed Major Charity Adams in the war film The Six Triple Eight On stage she made her Broadway debut in David Mamets play Race 2009 She returned to the Broadway stage starring in the Christopher DemosBrown play American Son and reprised her role in the 2019 television adaptation on Netflix Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia