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Kerry Washington
Washington at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 2007 Breakthrough Awards
Born	January 31, 1977 (1977-01-31) (age 31) The Bronx, New York, United States

Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977)^[1], is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles' wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Kay Amin in The Last King of Scotland, and Alicia Masters in the 2005 live-action Fantastic Four film and its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song and The Dead Girl.

Biography

Early life

Washington, an African American,^[2][3] was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, the daughter of a successful real estate broker father and a professor and educational consultant mother.^[4] As a child, she performed in children's musical theater with TADA! Youth Theater. She attended The Spence School in Manhattan, graduating in 1994; fellow alumni include Gwyneth Paltrow and Emmy Rossum. Washington went on to earn a theater degree in 1998 from George Washington University.

Personal life

Washington was engaged to actor David Moscow from October 2004 to March 2007.^[5]

As a sort of souvenir/memento, she usually tries to keep something from every character that she plays whether it is an item of wardrobe or a piece of furniture from the house that the character lived in.^[6]

Career

Washington made her screen debut in the ABC telefilm Magical Make-Over (1994). She was in the cast of the 1996 PBS sketch comedy-style educational series Standard Deviants, and she appeared in the short "3D" and the feature film Our Song in 2000. She went on to roles in several movies, including Save the Last Dance (2001), The Human Stain (2003), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Ray (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Little Man & I Think I Love My Wife (2007), and, in a departure, an accented, period role as a wife of 1970s Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the UK historical drama The Last King of Scotland (2006). Washington has also appeared in the recurring role Chelina Hall on the ABC television series Boston Legal, and in several episodes of the A&E cable-TV series 100 Centre Street.

She is the new spokeperson for L'Oréal starring in commercials and ads alongside fellow actresses Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria, and model Doutzen Kroes.

She also co-directed and appeared in the music video for hip-hop artist Common's song, "I Want You", the fourth single off of his album Finding Forever.

In addition, Kerry serves as the narrator of the critically-acclaimed 2008 documentary about the New Orleans-based teenage TBC Brass Band entitled From the Mouthpiece on Back, which also lists The Roots as one of the executive producers of the movie.

She has also been known as apart of the African American group 'Negro Hunters' that find troubled black students in schools across the west coast and try to help them regain their way into an education.

Filmography

Awards/nominations

Washington at the Tribeca Film Festival.

• BET Awards
  • 2007- Best Actress The Last King of Scotland: Nominated

• Black Reel Awards
  • 2007- Best Supporting Actress The Last King of Scotland: Nominated
  • 2005- Best Actress, Drama Ray: Nominated
  • 2003- Best Actress, Network/Cable Lift : Nominated
  • 2002- Best Independent Actor Lift: Nominated
  • 2002- Best Supporting Actress Theatrical, Save the Last Dance: Nominated
• Image Awards
  • 2007- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture The Last King of Scotland: Nominated
  • 2006- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Boston Legal: Nominated
  • 2005- Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Ray: Winner

• Independent Spirit Awards
  • 2002- Best Female Lead Lift: Nominated

• Satellite Award
  • 2005- Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Ray: Nominated

• Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 2005- Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Ray: Nominated

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Kerry Washington

• Kerry Washington at the Internet Movie Database