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 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 Emmy-nominated 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 live-action 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 Mamet's play Race (2009). She returned to the Broadway stage starring in the Christopher Demos-Brown play American Son and reprised her role in the 2019 television adaptation on Netflix.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow Force (2025) | Kyrah | - | - |
| 2 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) | Vera Draven | - | - |
| 3 | The Six Triple Eight (2024) | Charity Adams | 7.3 | |
| 4 | Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil (2021) | Self | - | - |
| 5 | The Prom (2020) | Mrs. Greene | 5.2 | |
| 6 | One World: Together at Home (2020) | Self | 8 | |
| 7 | The Disney Holiday Singalong (2020) | Self | 7 | |
| 8 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019) | Helen Willis | 7 | |
| 9 | American Son (2019) | Kendra Ellis-Connor | 7.7 | |
| 10 | Cars 3 (2017) | Natalie Certain (voice) | 7 | |
| 11 | Confirmation (2016) | Anita Hill | 8 | |
| 12 | Girl Rising (2013) | Narrator - Nepal (voice) | 7 | |
| 13 | Peeples (2013) | Grace Peeples | 6.5 | |
| 14 | Django Unchained (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator | Broomhilda von Shaft | 8.6 | |
| 15 | A Thousand Words (2012) | Caroline McCall | 6.3 | |
| 16 | The Details (2012) | Rebecca Mazzoni | 6.5 | |
| 17 | Night Catches Us (2010) | Patricia Wilson | 6 | |
| 18 | For Colored Girls (2010) | Kelly / Blue | 8 | |
| 19 | The People Speak (2009) | Self | 7 | |
| 20 | Good Hair (2009) | Self | 8 | |
| 21 | Mother and Child (2009) | Lucy | 6 | |
| 22 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) | Marybeth | - | - |
| 23 | Lakeview Terrace (2008) | Lisa Mattson | 6.3 | |
| 24 | Miracle at St. Anna (2008) | Zana Wilder | 6.2 | |
| 25 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) | Alicia Masters | 5.9 | |
| 26 | I Think I Love My Wife (2007) | Nikki Tru | 5.8 | |
| 27 | The Last King of Scotland (2006) Oscars 2007 | Kay Amin | 7.3 | |
| 28 | The Dead Girl (2006) | Rosetta | 4.8 | |
| 29 | Little Man (2006) | Vanessa | 5.8 | |
| 30 | Fantastic Four (2005) | Alicia Masters | 5.9 | |
| 31 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) | Jasmine | 6.5 | |
| 32 | Sexual Life (2005) | Rosalie | - | - |
| 33 | Ray (2004) Oscars 2005 | Della Bea Robinson | 7.5 | |
| 34 | She Hate Me (2004) | Fatima Goodrich | 5 | |
| 35 | Strip Search (2004) | - | - | - |
| 36 | The Human Stain (2003) | Ellie | 6.3 | |
| 37 | Sin (2003) | Kassie | - | - |
| 38 | The United States of Leland (2003) | Ayesha | 7.4 | |
| 39 | Bad Company (2002) | Julie | 6 | |
| 40 | Lift (2001) | Niecy | 7 | |
| 41 | Save the Last Dance (2001) | Chenille Reynolds | 6.3 | |
| 42 | Our Song (2000) | Lanisha Brown | - | - |

