Kerry Washington attends "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" world premiere.

Actress and Alumna Kerry Washington to Deliver Commencement Address at the George Washington University. Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Idi Amin's wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007. She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song and The Dead Girl, and is the lead actress in the 2012 ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which Washington plays Olivia Pope, a former crisis management expert to the President. Her most recent role was as Broomhilda von Schaft, Django's wife, in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained. More Photos At: www.glynlowephotoworks.com/Kerry-Washington/

Kerry Washington speaking with attendees at a "Black Voters for Harris-Walz Block Party" at Warehouse 215 in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

Editorial Director of InStyle & StyleWatch Ariel Foxman and actress Kerry Washington speak onstage at 'Kerry Washington and the New Rules of Social Stardom'. Taken at SXSW 2016.

Office of Army Cemeteries and Army National Military Cemeteries Executive Director Karen Durham-Aguilera, left, greets Tyler Perry, second right, Kerry Washington, second left, and Ebony Obsidian, right, upon their arrival to Section 64 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 20, 2024. Perry, Washington, and Obsidian were there to visit the gravesites of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Allie Harshaw and Maj. Blanche Scott. This was part of a USO visit to ANC to pay respect to the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, also known as the “Six Triple Eight.” Several members of this unit are interred or inurned at ANC, including Harshaw and Scott. The only all-Black, all-female Women’s Army Corps unit to serve overseas during World War II, the Six Triple Eights sorted the massive backlog of undelivered mail for U.S. service members in England and France. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery)

The cast at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "The Whoopi Monologues" - July 13, 2026

Kerry Washington speaking with supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden at a meet and greet at Eastlake Park in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

Whitney White, Whoopi Goldberg, and Kerry Washington at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "The Whoopi Monologues" - July 13, 2026

Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, and Cailee Spaeny attend "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" world premiere.

Kerry Washington at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "The Whoopi Monologues" - July 13, 2026