Kerry Washington Biography
Kerry Washington is an American actress best known for her appearances in Scandal, Confirmation, and Little Fires Everywhere. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her roles as Olivia Pope, Anita Hill, and Mia Warren.
How old is Kerry Washington? – Age
She is 46 years old as of 31 January 2023. She was born in 1977 in The Bronx, New York, United States. Her real name is Kerry Marisa Washington.
Kerry Washington Family
She was born to Valerie and Earl Washington. Her father is of African descent, and her mother is from Manhattan. Washington is of English, Scottish, Native American, and Caribbean enslaved African ancestry. She is a cousin of Colin Powell, the former Secretary of State of the United States. In 2018, she was conceived with the help of a sperm donor.
Did Kerry Washington graduate from college? – Education
Washington attended Spence School in Manhattan and performed in the TADA! Youth Theater teen company. She was 13 when she saw Nelson Mandela speak at Yankee Stadium. She earned a Phi Beta Kappa degree in anthropology and sociology from George Washington University in 1998. In New York City, she attended Michael Howard Studios.
Kerry Washington Husband
From October 2004 to March 2007, Washington was engaged to actor David Moscow. On June 24, 2013, Washington married NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha in Hailey, Idaho. They have a son and a daughter. She is also the stepmother to Asomugha’s previous relationship’s daughter.
Kerry Washington Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $50 million.
Kerry Washington Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.626 m).
Kerry Washington Unprisoned
She appeared as Paige Alexander, a family and marriage therapist with a large Instagram following in the 2023 comedy television series Unprisoned. Despite her profession, she has difficulties in her personal connections. She was in and out of foster homes as a result of her father’s recurrent imprisonment. From the age of eight until eighteen, she lived with her father’s girlfriend, Nadine. She frequently imagines herself conversing with her “inner child” during stressful moments.
Kerry Washington Little Fires Everywhere
She appeared as Mia Warren, a talented artist who works part time as a waitress, and is Pearl’s mother in the American drama television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere. “The intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives” are the focus of Little Fires Everywhere. The novel delves into the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the violent pull of motherhood – and the peril of believing that according to the rules can save you.”
Kerry Washington Black Panther
She appeared as Princess Shuri in the American motion comic and television series Black Panther. T’Challa, after becoming the new Black Panther following his father T’Chaka’s assassination, contends with envy in the Wakandan royal court while searching for the man who killed his father. Unbeknownst to Black Panther, Klaw (the man who assassinated T’Chaka) has gathered a posse of villains, including Batroc the Leaper, Juggernaut, the Vatican Black Knight, and the Russian Radioactive Man, to aid him in his takeover of Wakanda.
Kerry Washington Scandal
She appeared as Olivia Pope, the protagonist of Scandal. She also acts as the show’s producer and directed the season seven episode “The People v. Olivia Pope.” Olivia Carolyn Pope, a former White House communications director, formed Olivia Pope & Associates, which is now Quinn Perkins and Associates. She was President Mellie Grant’s Chief of Staff and Command of B613. Olivia is renowned as the best fixer in Washington, D.C., having earned the reputation by electing an underdog candidate to the presidency.
She is recognized for helping individuals in their worst hours, and she takes on the era’s biggest controversies while remaining anonymous. Her prohibited love affair with President of the United States Fitzgerald Grant is a prominent example of her role in the controversies.
Kerry Washington Movies
♦ 2022 – The School for Good and Evil
♦ 2020 – The Fight
♦ 2020 – The Prom
♦ 2019 – American Son
♦ 2017 – Cars 3
♦ 2013 – Peeples
♦ 2012 – A Thousand Words
♦ 2012 – Django Unchained
♦ 2011 – The Details
♦ 2010 – Night Catches Us
♦ 2010 – For Colored Girls
♦ 2009 – Life Is Hot in Cracktown
♦ 2009 – Mother and Child
♦ 2008 – Woman in Burka
♦ 2008 – Miracle at St. Anna
♦ 2008 – Lakeview Terrace
♦ 2007 – I Think I Love My Wife
Kerry Washington TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Unprisoned
♦ 2022–present – The Simpsons
♦ 2020 – Little Fires Everywhere
♦ 2019 – Live in Front of a Studio Audience
♦ 2018 – How to Get Away with Murder
♦ 2016 – Confirmation
♦ 2013 – Jimmy Kimmel Live
♦ 2013 – Saturday Night Live
♦ 2012–2018 – Scandal
♦ 2010 – Black Panther
♦ 2009–2013 – Project Runway
♦ 2008 – Psych
♦ 2005–2006 – Boston Legal
♦ 2004 – Wonderfalls
♦ 2004 – Strip Search
♦ 2002 – The Guardian
♦ 2001 – NYPD Blue
♦ 2001 – Deadline