Kerry Washington is an American actress. She is best known for playing crisis manager Olivia Pope on the television drama_ Scandal_ (2012-2018). Washington starred as Anita Hill in the 2016

television film _Confirmation_. She won an Emmy Award for outstanding variety special for her starring role in the live revival of _Good Times_ in 2019. Washington also starred on

Hulu's limited series _Little Fires Everywhere_ (2020). In film, Washington is known for starring in 2001's _Save the Last Dance_, 2004's _Ray_, 2006's _The Last King of

Scotland_ and 2012's _Django Unchained_.