Kerry Washington

Career timeline

1. 1977 · Born

   Born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1989 · Screen debut

   The Simpsons (TV)

3. 1990 · Breakthrough

   Law & Order (TV)

4. 2016 · Directing debut

   Insecure (TV)

5. 2018 · Writing debut

   Five Points (TV)

6. 2020 · First production

   The Fight (Movie)

7. 2026 · Latest release

   Animals (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1980s

2 1990s

30 2000s

22 2010s

14 2020s

• Drama41
• Comedy24
• Crime11
• Thriller8
• Romance8
• Action6

Highest-rated title Django Unchained 2012 8.2 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Kerry Washington in our catalogue.

Omari Hardwick

2 titles together

Michael Chiklis

2 titles together

Josh Brolin

2 titles together

1. — An Innocent Girl Upcoming Movie
2. 2026 Animals as Abigail Kimball 6.9 Movie
3. 2026 Imperfect Women as Eleanor 6.2 TV
4. 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Vera Draven, Esq. 7.2 Movie
5. 2025 Escape Room Movie
6. 2025 Shadow Force as Kyrah 6.3 Movie
7. 2024 The Six Triple Eight as Charity Adams 7.6 Movie
8. 2023 UnPrisoned as Paige Alexander 6.9 TV
9. 2022 The School for Good and Evil as Professor Dovey 7.0 Movie
10. 2020 The Prom as Mrs. Greene 6.1 Movie
11. 2020 Little Fires Everywhere as Mia Warren 7.5 TV
12. 2019 American Son as Kendra Ellis-Connor 6.0 Movie
13. 2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Helen Willis 6.6 Movie
14. 2017 Cars 3 as Natalie Certain (voice) 6.9 Movie
15. 2016 Confirmation as Anita Hill 6.9 Movie
16. 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1 TV
17. 2014 How to Get Away with Murder as Olivia Pope 7.8 TV
18. 2013 Peeples as Grace Peeples 5.6 Movie
19. 2013 Girl Rising as Narrator - Nepal (voice) 7.0 Movie
20. 2012 Django Unchained as Broomhilda von Shaft 8.2 Movie
21. 2012 Wide-Awake as The Homeowner Movie
22. 2012 The Details as Rebecca Mazzoni 6.0 Movie
23. 2012 Scandal as Olivia Pope 7.2 TV
24. 2012 A Thousand Words as Caroline McCall 6.1 Movie
25. 2011 Olmsted and America's Urban Parks as Narrator Movie
26. 2010 Night Catches Us as Patricia Wilson 5.4 Movie
27. 2010 For Colored Girls as Kelly / Blue 6.7 Movie
28. 2010 Black Panther as Princess Shuri 6.2 Movie
29. 2010 Black Panther as Princess Shuri (voice) 6.9 TV
30. 2009 Mother and Child as Lucy 6.6 Movie
31. 2009 Life Is Hot in Cracktown as Marybeth Movie
32. 2008 Lakeview Terrace as Lisa Mattson 6.0 Movie
33. 2008 Miracle at St. Anna as Zana Wilder 6.1 Movie
34. 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Alicia Masters 5.6 Movie
35. 2007 Put It in a Book as Sheila Movie
36. 2007 I Think I Love My Wife as Nikki Tru 5.3 Movie
37. 2006 The Dead Girl as Rosetta 6.0 Movie
38. 2006 The Last King of Scotland as Kay Amin 7.4 Movie
39. 2006 Little Man as Vanessa 5.9 Movie
40. 2006 Psych as Mira Gaffney 7.9 TV
41. 2005 Fantastic Four as Alicia Masters 5.8 Movie
42. 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Jasmine 6.7 Movie
43. 2005 Sexual Life as Rosalie Movie
44. 2004 Ray as Della Bea Robinson 7.5 Movie
45. 2004 Boston Legal as Chelina Hall 8.0 TV
46. 2004 She Hate Me as Fatima Goodrich 5.2 Movie
47. 2004 Strip Search 6.2 Movie
48. 2004 Against the Ropes as Renee 5.1 Movie
49. 2003 The Human Stain as Ellie 6.0 Movie
50. 2003 The United States of Leland as Ayesha 6.5 Movie
51. 2003 Sin as Kassie 4.7 Movie
52. 2002 Bad Company as Julie 5.5 Movie
53. 2001 The Guardian as Drea Westbrook 7.0 TV
54. 2001 Lift as Niecy Movie
55. 2001 100 Centre Street TV
56. 2001 Save the Last Dance as Chenille Reynolds 6.6 Movie
57. 2000 The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 as Actor Movie
58. 2000 Deadline as Tina Johnson TV
59. 2000 Our Song as Lanisha Brown Movie
60. 1997 The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1 as Actor Movie
61. 1990 Law & Order as Allie Lawrence 7.3 TV
62. 1989 The Simpsons as Rayshelle Peyton (voice) 8.0 TV

1. — An Innocent Girl Upcoming Movie
2. 2026 Imperfect Women 6.2 TV
3. 2024 The Six Triple Eight 7.6 Movie
4. 2024 Daughters 7.0 Movie
5. 2023 UnPrisoned 6.9 TV
6. 2022 Reasonable Doubt 6.2 TV
7. 2021 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes Movie
8. 2020 Little Fires Everywhere 7.5 TV
9. 2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Movie
10. 2019 American Son 6.0 Movie
11. 2018 Five Points TV
12. 2018 Man of the House Movie
13. 2016 Confirmation 6.9 Movie

1. 2022 Reasonable Doubt 6.2 TV
2. 2016 Insecure 7.2 TV

1. 2025 Shadow Force 6.3 Movie
2. 2020 The Fight Movie

1. 2018 Five Points TV

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