Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington strikes me as a model of how to build a career with intention. Olivia Pope in Scandal made her a household name, but what impresses me more is everything around the acting: producing her own projects, landing on Time's most influential list, and using her platform with real discipline. There is a precision to how she works; every role and every public appearance feels considered without feeling calculated. Going from the Bronx to becoming one of television's highest-paid actresses is a great story, but the better story is that she converted fame into lasting creative control. That is rarer in Hollywood than talent.

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Name (English)

Kerry Washington

Name (Japanese)

ケリー・ワシントン

Reading

けりー・わしんとん

Born

January 31, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / television producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Snake

University

George Washington University

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Lucy Award
• 2016 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
• 2022 Women of the Year
• 2015 GLAAD Vanguard Award
• 2024 Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award

• Official sitehttp://www.kerrywashington.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kerrywashington/
• Xhttps://x.com/kerrywashington
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry%20Washington
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232104

Tags

• New York
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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