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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Vera Draven
World-renowned detective Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
Celebrate your favorite shows and movies at this star-studded, live global fan event with special performances and exclusive reveals.

Shadow Force
2025
as Kyrah
Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in ord...

Shadow Force
2025
Producer
Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in ord...

The Six Triple Eight
2024
as Charity Adams
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 mill...

The Six Triple Eight
2024
Executive Producer
During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 mill...

Daughters
2024
Executive Producer
Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, D...

The School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Dovey
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle betwee...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021
Executive Producer
The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carol...

Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil
2021
as Self
Christoph Waltz, the villain with the friendly face, has become an integral part of the international cinema landscape. His breakthrough came with his...

The Prom
2020
as Mrs. Greene
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try t...

The Disney Holiday Singalong
2020
as Self
Returning for a third iteration, “The Disney Holiday Singalong” features more music and magic just in time for the holidays. The one-hour festive musi...

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
2020
as Self - Host
A star-studded, bipartisan special featuring appearances and performances from a variety of entertainment luminaries. Co-hosted by America Ferrera, Al...

The Fight
2020
Producer
Inside the ACLU, five scrappy lawyers battle against the Trump administration’s historic assault on civil liberties - from separating families at the ...

One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Executive Producer
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

American Son
2019
as Kendra Ellis-Connor
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Helen Willis
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

Cars 3
2017
as Natalie Certain (voice)
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

Confirmation
2016
as Anita Hill
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had...

Confirmation
2016
Executive Producer
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had...

Peeples
2013
as Grace Peeples
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their...

Girl Rising
2013
as Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

Django Unchained
2012
as Broomhilda von Shaft
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Wide-Awake
2012
as The Homeowner
Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

The Details
2012
as Rebecca Mazzoni
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chai...

A Thousand Words
2012
as Caroline McCall
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...

Olmsted and America's Urban Parks
2011
as Narrator
Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York City's Central Park with Calvert Vaux over 150 years ago, and it remains an undisputed haven of tranquility am...

Night Catches Us
2010
as Patricia Wilson
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow o...

For Colored Girls
2010
as Kelly / Blue
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of tw...

Black Panther
2010
as Princess Shuri
Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect ...

The People Speak
2009
as Self
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

Mother and Child
2009
as Lucy
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for ado...

Good Hair
2009
as Self
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories an...

Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
as Marybeth
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".

Lakeview Terrace
2008
as Lisa Mattson
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of...

Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Zana Wilder
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tusca...

Woman In Burka
2008
as Kerry
A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post-9/11 culture. Sarita is up for the cove...

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 1
2007
as Self
This series also covers the essential concepts of astronomy: gravity, the light spectrum, Earth's magnetic field, the solar system, the sun, Kepler's ...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Alicia Masters
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...

Put It in a Book
2007
as Sheila
When one brother is killed as the result of gang violence, the other must choose between righteousness or revenge.

I Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Nikki Tru
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling r...

The Dead Girl
2006
as Rosetta
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

Little Man
2006
as Vanessa
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobs...

The Last King of Scotland
2006
as Kay Amin
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in U...

Wait
2005
as Maggie
A short film featured in Glamour Magazine’s short film series, “Reel Moments.”

Fantastic Four
2005
as Alicia Masters
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
as Jasmine
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignm...

Sexual Life
2005
as Rosalie
As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives — including a teenager, a wedding photographer and a hotel desk ...

Ray
2004
as Della Bea Robinson
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...

She Hate Me
2004
as Fatima Goodrich
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Strip Search
2004
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an...

Against the Ropes
2004
as Renee
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominat...

The Human Stain
2003
as Ellie
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about ...

The United States of Leland
2003
as Ayesha
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfrien...

Sin
2003
as Kassie
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burn...

Bad Company
2002
as Julie
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Lift
2001
as Niecy
This feature takes us into the world of "boosters" or shoplifters where a charismatic, intelligent young female booster from a dysfunctional family, n...

Save the Last Dance
2001
as Chenille Reynolds
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her li...

The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2
2000
as Actor
In Astronomy Part 2, you will learn all about the planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids, the layers of the sun, fusion, and more. The Standard Devian...

Our Song
2000
as Lanisha Brown
Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female, and a Latino American f...

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997
as Actor
This edition of Trigonometry includes such topics as radians, the special angles, right triangles, the Pythagorean Theorem, sine, cosine, tangent, law...

The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
1997
as Actor
Part 2 starts off with a quick review of graphing as well as sine, cosine and tangent. From there, this video charts new territory as we dive into amp...

The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2
1997
as Herself
The talented and lively Standard Deviants crew teaches viewers ways to understand the nature of language instead of guiding them by rote memorization....
Magical Make-Over
1994
as Heather
A teen girl desperately wants to be popular. When an angel grants her wish, she soon wishes to be herself again.

Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts
N/A
The actor, director and producer opens up about intimate details of her life, including her childhood, career, marriage, and a family secret that turn...

The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 1
N/A
as Herself
Learning how to speak Spanish is easy with The Standard Deviants. They'll begin by introducing you to the Spanish alphabet, vocabulary, and pronunciat...
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 3
N/A
as Self
The Standard Deviants cover everything you need to ace organic chemistry.

The Standard Deviants: The Wrinkle-Free World of English Composition
N/A
as Self
The Standard Deviants use comedy to help students grasp the skills needed to write a paper. They cover everything from stating and supporting a positi...
The Standard Deviants: The Deep-Fried World of Organic Chemistry, Part 2
N/A
as Self
Organic Chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals specifically with the structures, synthesis, and reactions of carbon-containing compounds. This ...
24-7
N/A
A group of women accountants in a firm who band together against a similar male group in order to solve a fraud case that will save their jobs.

Animals
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When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money ...
The Mothers
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Producer
The Mothers centers on three young adults in the congregation of a black church in Southern California. Nadia has been away from home for years, havin...
Rules of Engagement
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Producer
An operative for a top-secret intelligence organization knows that her undercover work has its risks. So she doesn't hesitate when asked to infiltrate...
24-7
N/A
Producer
A group of women accountants in a firm who band together against a similar male group in order to solve a fraud case that will save their jobs.