Kerry Washington

Kerry Marisa Washington born January 31 1977 is an American actress producer and director She gained wide public 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 Her portrayal of Anita Hill in the HBO television political thriller film Confirmation 2016 and her role as Mia Warren in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere 2020 both earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie In film Washington is known for her roles as Della Bea Robinson in Ray 2004 as Kay in The Last King of Scotland 2006 as Alicia Masters in the liveaction Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007 and as Broomhilda von Shaft in Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained 2012 She has also starred in the independent films Our Song 2000 The Dead Girl 2006 Mother and Child 2009 Night Catches Us 2010 and American Son 2019 Time magazine included Washington in its Time 100 list of most influential people in 2014 In 2018 Forbes named her the eighth highestpaid television actress Washington has won a Primetime Emmy Award and five NAACP Image Awards including The Presidents Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerry Washington licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia