Kerry Washington: movies and TV shows
Kerry Washington has 130 credits in the archive: 78 films and 52 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Escape Room (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2003 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Imperfect Women | Eleanor | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2026 | Imperfect Women | TV | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Vera Draven, Esq. | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2025 | Variety & CNN Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 2025 | Shadow Force | Kyrah | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2025 | Shadow Force | Film | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 2025 | Netflix Tudum 2025 | Self | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 2025 | Escape Room | Film | 8.2 | 48 | |
| 2024 | The Six Triple Eight | Charity Adams | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 2024 | The Six Triple Eight | Film | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 2024 | Daughters | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 2023 | UnPrisoned | Paige Alexander | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2023 | UnPrisoned | TV | 6.9 | 46 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | TV | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 45 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 45 |
| 2022 | Reasonable Doubt | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 2022 | Reasonable Doubt | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Professor Dovey | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 2021 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Film | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 2021 | Christoph Waltz - The Charm of Evil | Self | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere | Mia Warren | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere | TV | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 2020 | The Prom | Mrs. Greene | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 2020 | The Fight | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 2020 | The Disney Holiday Singalong | Self | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2020 | Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy | Self - Host | Film | 3.0 | 43 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 2019 | American Son | Kendra Ellis-Connor | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Film | 6.1 | 42 | |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Helen Willis | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2018 | Red Table Talk | Self | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 2018 | Five Points | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 2018 | Five Points | TV | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 2018 | The Alec Baldwin Show | Self | TV | 1.0 | 41 |
| 2018 | Man of the House | Film | — | 41 | |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Natalie Certain (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 2016 | Insecure | TV | 7.1 | 39 | |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Anita Hill | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Film | 6.9 | 39 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | TV | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 38 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 38 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 38 |
| 2015 | Misty Copeland | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 37 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 37 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 37 |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Olivia Pope | TV | 7.8 | 37 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 37 |
| 2013 | Clique | Self - Guest | TV | 4.5 | 36 |
| 2013 | Peeples | Grace Peeples | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 2013 | Girl Rising | Narrator - Nepal (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Olivia Pope | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Broomhilda von Shaft | Film | 8.2 | 35 |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words | Caroline McCall | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake | The Homeowner | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2012 | The Details | Rebecca Mazzoni | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 2011 | Olmsted and America's Urban Parks | Narrator | Film | — | 34 |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Princess Shuri (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Kelly / Blue | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Princess Shuri | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 2010 | Night Catches Us | Patricia Wilson | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 32 |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Self | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | Mother and Child | Lucy | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | Good Hair | Self | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Marybeth | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | Lakeview Terrace | Lisa Mattson | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Zana Wilder | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 2008 | Woman In Burka | Kerry | Film | — | 31 |
| 2007 | Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Alicia Masters | Film | 5.6 | 30 |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Nikki Tru | Film | 5.3 | 30 |
| 2007 | Put It in a Book | Sheila | Film | — | 30 |
| 2006 | Psych | Mira Gaffney | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 2006 | Little Man | Vanessa | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Kay Amin | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 2006 | The Dead Girl | Rosetta | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Jasmine | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 2005 | Fantastic Four | Alicia Masters | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 2005 | Sexual Life | Rosalie | Film | 4.9 | 28 |
| 2005 | Wait | Maggie | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Chelina Hall | TV | 7.9 | 27 |
| 2004 | Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.3 | 27 |
| 2004 | Ray | Della Bea Robinson | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Fatima Goodrich | Film | 5.2 | 27 |
| 2004 | Against the Ropes | Renee | Film | 5.1 | 27 |
| 2004 | Strip Search | Film | 6.2 | 27 | |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 26 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 26 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest Host | TV | 5.3 | 26 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 26 |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Ellie | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Ayesha | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 2003 | Sin | Kassie | Film | 4.9 | 26 |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Julie | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Drea Westbrook | TV | 7.1 | 24 |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | TV | 8.2 | 24 | |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance | Chenille Reynolds | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 2001 | Lift | Niecy | Film | 7.8 | 24 |
| 2000 | The Standard Deviants: The Really Big World of Astronomy, Part 2 | Actor | Film | — | 23 |
| 2000 | Standard Deviants TV | Self (voice, uncredited) | TV | 8.0 | 23 |
| 2000 | Standard Deviants TV | Herself | TV | 8.0 | 23 |
| 2000 | Deadline | Tina Johnson | TV | 10.0 | 23 |
| 2000 | Our Song | Lanisha Brown | Film | 7.1 | 23 |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.1 | 22 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 20 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 20 |
| 1997 | The Standard Deviants: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish, Part 2 | Herself | Film | — | 20 |
| 1997 | The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2 | Actor | Film | — | 20 |
| 1997 | The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1 | Actor | Film | — | 20 |
| 1994 | Magical Make-Over | Heather | Film | 9.0 | 17 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 16 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Allie Lawrence | TV | 7.3 | 13 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Rayshelle Peyton (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 12 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 1 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| An Innocent Girl | Film | — | — | ||
| An Innocent Girl | Film | — | — | ||
| Animals | Film | — | — | ||
| 24-7 | Film | — | — | ||
| 24-7 | Film | — | — | ||
| Rules of Engagement | Film | — | — | ||
| The Mothers | Film | — | — | ||
| Kerry Washington: Thicker Than Water - A Conversation with Robin Roberts | Film | — | — |