KERRY WASHINGTON Winner for "Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture"
for Ray at the NAACP Image Awards in 2005 and Nominated for an
Independent Spirit Award for "Best Actress" in the film Lift in 2002,
Kerry Washington is proving to be one of the busiest actresses in
Hollywood. She garnered critical acclaim for her latest roles in The
Last King of Scotland opposite Forest Whitaker for which she was
nominated for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture" at
the NAACP Image Awards in 2007, and in The Dead Girl opposite Marcia Gay
Harden and Brittany Murphy. Most recently, Washington was seen on the
big screen in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer reprising her
role as Alicia Masters, as well as in I Think I Love My Wife opposite
Chris Rock and the Wayans Brothers' comedy Little Man. She is currently
in production on A Thousand Words starring opposite Eddie Murphy.
Prior
to these films, Washington starred in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Fantastic Four, directed by Tim Story and Ray,
the inspirational life story of Ray Charles, opposite Jamie Foxx.
Previous to Ray, she played the lead role opposite Anthony Mackie in
Spike Lee's She Hate Me, as well as starred in Sidney Lumet's HBO film
Strip Search and the independent film Sexual Life.
Other film
credits for Washington include Against the Ropes, The United States of
Leland, The Human Stain, Bad Company, Lift, Save the Last Dance, for
which she received a Teen Choice Award for Best Breakout Performance,
and the highly acclaimed independent film, Our Song.
During her
free time, Washington is an active member on the Board of Directors for
The Creative Coalition, a group dedicated to raising awareness of First
Amendment Rights and support of arts in education. She is also a member
of the V-Counsel, an esteemed group of advisors to V-Day, the global
movement to end violence against women and girls.
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