Kerry Washington
Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American actress. Since 2012, Washington has gained wide public recognition for starring in the ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which she plays Olivia Pope, a crisis management expert to politicians and power brokers in Washington DC. For her role, she has been nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.
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| Full name at birth | Kerry Marisa Washington
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| Claim to fame | Save The Last Dance, Scandal, Ray, Django Unchained
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1977
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| Place of birth | Bronx, New York City, NY
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $18,000,000 USD
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| University | Theater, George Washington University (1998)
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- She graduated from the Spence School, in New York City, in 1994. Gwyneth Paltrow, Emmy Rossum, and Sally Pressman also went to Spence.
- Graduated from The George Washington University's theater program in 1998.
- She was engaged to actor David Moscow from October 2004 to March 2007.
- Her father is a real-estate broker.
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