Acting credits
102
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kerry Washington
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 67Series: 42Crew credits: 14
TMDB ID: 11703
IMDb ID: nm0913488
Known for: Acting
Born: January 31, 1977
Age: 49
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.37
Wikidata: Q232104
Also known as
Kerry Marisa Washington
Other jobs
Executive Producer (10)Producer (2)Director (1)Writer (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kerry Washington.
In 6 days
Animals
as Abigail
2026 Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Vera Draven, Esq.
2025 Movie
Escape Room
2025 Movie
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
2025 Movie
Shadow Force
as Kyrah
2025 Movie
The Six Triple Eight
as Charity Adams
2024 Movie
Daughters
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
The School for Good and Evil
as Professor Dovey
2022 Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021 Movie
Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
as Self
2021 Movie
The Prom
as Mrs. Greene
2020 Movie
The Disney Holiday Singalong
as Self
2020 Movie
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
as Self - Host
2020 Movie
The Fight
Producer
2020 Movie
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020 Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
American Son
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
2019 Movie
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Helen Willis
2019 Movie
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017 Movie
Cars 3
as Natalie Certain (voice)
2017 Movie
Confirmation
as Anita Hill
2016 Movie
Misty Copeland
as Self
2015 Movie
Peeples
as Grace Peeples
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kerry Washington.
Imperfect Women
as Eleanor • 8 eps
2026 Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2025 Series
UnPrisoned
as Paige Alexander • 16 eps
2023 Series
Reasonable Doubt
Executive Producer • 29 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 4 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
Little Fires Everywhere
as Mia Warren • 8 eps
2020 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2019 Series
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Five Points
Writer • 20 eps
2018 Series
Red Table Talk
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Insecure
Director • 2 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 eps
2015 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
How to Get Away with Murder
as Olivia Pope • 2 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 4 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series
Clique
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2013 Series
Scandal
as Olivia Pope • 124 eps
2012 Series
Black Panther
as Princess Shuri (voice) • 6 eps
2010 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2009 Series