Kerry Washington was born on January 31, 1977, in The Bronx,
New York, USA. She is an American actress, well known for her role in the Fantastic Four sequel.
Biography and Career :
She is the daughter of a successful real estate broker father and a professor and educational consultant mother. After she graduated from The Spence School in Manhattan she attended "George Washington University" and earned a theatre degree.
Her debut on the TV screen was in 1994 in the ABC telefilm "Magical Make-Over" and after this she was in the cast of the 1996 PBS sketch comedy-style educational series Standard Deviants.
From 2001 she had a lot of roles in good movies including Save the Last Dance (2001), The Human Stain
(2003), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Ray (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), I Think I Love My Wife (2007), Little Man (2006), 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).
She also signed a contract with L'Oreal and appeared in several commercials near good-looking women like
Scarlett Johansson,
Eva Longoria and model
Doutzen Kroes. She co-directed and appeared in hip-hop video "I want you" of the artist Common.
Trivia :
- Height: 164cm
- She was engaged to actor David Moscow from October 2004 to March 2007.
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Gwyneth Paltrow,
Emmy Rossum, and Sally Pressman are some actresses who graduated from "The Spence School".
Quotes :
- "I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing."
- "I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act. Even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting."
- "I try not to let my politics limit me artistically, and you know say like "well I can't do that because I don't ever want to play a black prostitute" or "I can't do that because I don't ever want to play,you know a drug addict". I really try not to do that.What's important to me is to make sure my characters ring true that they reflect a trueness to society because if I can bring out the true humanity of a character than I'm not perpetuating a stereotype I'm actually revealing a truth".
Filmography :
- Bury Me Standing (2008)
- Lakeview Terrace (2008)
- Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2008)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
- The Dead Girl (2006)
- The Last King of Scotland (2006)
- Little Man (2006/I)
- "Boston Legal" (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Wait (2005) .... Maggie
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
- Sexual Life (2005)
- Ray (2004/I)
- She Hate Me (2004)
- Strip Search (2004)
- "Wonderfalls" (1 episode)
- Against the Ropes (2004)
- Sin (2003/I)
- The Human Stain (2003)
- The United States of Leland (2003)
- "The Guardian" (1 episode, 2002)
- Bad Company (2002)
- Take the A Train (2002)
- "100 Centre Street" (5 episodes, 2001)
- "Law & Order" (1 episode, 2001)
- "NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 2001)
- Lift (2001/I)
- Save the Last Dance (2001)
- 3D (2000)
- Our Song (2000)
- "Standard Deviants" (1996)
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1994).
Kerry Washington's Dates :
David Moscow (2003 - 2007)
Lonnie Rashid lynn (2007 - now)
Kerry Washington Image : en.wikipedia.org
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