Kerry Marisa Washington\u00a0(born January 31, 1977)\u00a0is an American actress. She has received\u00a0several accolades, including a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Tony Award. She was included in\u00a0Time’s\u00a0100 list of most influential people\u00a0in 2014, and\u00a0Forbes\u00a0named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018.<\/p>\n
Washington gained wide recognition for starring as\u00a0crisis management expert\u00a0Olivia Pope\u00a0in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0drama series\u00a0Scandal\u00a0(2012\u20132018).\u00a0For her role, she was twice nominated for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series\u00a0and once for the\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Actress \u2013 Television Series Drama. She was further Emmy-nominated for her roles as\u00a0Anita Hill\u00a0in the\u00a0HBO political film\u00a0Confirmation\u00a0(2016) and a troubled mother in the\u00a0Hulu\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Little Fires Everywhere\u00a0(2020).<\/p>\n
Washington made her feature film debut acting in the drama\u00a0Our Song\u00a0(2000). She played\u00a0Alicia Masters\u00a0in the live-action\u00a0Fantastic Four\u00a0films of\u00a02005\u00a0and\u00a02007, and has taken roles in diverse films such as\u00a0Ray\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Mr. & Mrs. Smith\u00a0(2005),\u00a0The Last King of Scotland\u00a0(2006),\u00a0I Think I Love My Wife\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Mother and Child\u00a0(2009),\u00a0For Colored Girls\u00a0(2010), and\u00a0Django Unchained\u00a0(2012). In 2024, she portrayed\u00a0Major Charity Adams\u00a0in the war film\u00a0The Six Triple Eight.<\/p>\n
On stage, she made her\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut in\u00a0David Mamet’s play\u00a0Race\u00a0(2009). She returned to the Broadway stage starring in the\u00a0Christopher Demos-Brown\u00a0play\u00a0American Son\u00a0and reprised her role in the\u00a02019 television adaptation\u00a0on\u00a0Netflix.<\/p>\n
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Kerry Marisa Washington\u00a0(born January 31, 1977)\u00a0is an American actress. She has received\u00a0several accolades, including a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Tony Award. She was included in\u00a0Time’s\u00a0100 list of most influential people\u00a0in 2014, and\u00a0Forbes\u00a0named her the eighth highest-paid television actress in 2018. Washington gained wide recognition for starring as\u00a0crisis management expert\u00a0Olivia Pope\u00a0in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0drama […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26571","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n