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kerry Washington Profile |
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Birth Date: January 31, 1977
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Birth Place: Bronx, New York, USA
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Birth Name: kerry Washington
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American
actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles' wife,
Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), and Alicia
Masters in the 2005 live-action Fantastic Four film and its
sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. She has
also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films
Our Song and "The Dead Girl".
Washington was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York.
The child of a successful real estate broker father and a
professor and educational consultant mother, she attended
The Spence School in Manhattan, graduating in 1994; fellow
alumni include Gwyneth Paltrow and Emmy Rossum. Washington
went on to earn a theater degree in 1998 from George
Washington University.
Washington made her screen debut in the ABC telefilm Magical
Make-Over (1994). She was in the cast of the 1996 PBS sketch
comedy-style educational series Standard Deviants, and she
appeared in the short "3D" and the feature film Our Song in
2000. She went on to roles in several movies, including Save
the Last Dance (2001), The Human Stain (2003), Spike Lee's
She Hate Me (2004), Ray (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),
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).
Washington has also appeared in the recurring role Chelina
Hall on the ABC television series Boston Legal, and in
several episodes of the A&E cable-TV series 100 Centre
Street.
She is the new spokeperson for L'Oreal starring in
commercials and ads alongside fellow actress Scarlett
Johansson.
Washington was engaged to actor David Moscow from October
2004 to March 2007.
As a sort of souvenir/memento, she usually tries keep
something from every character that she plays whether it is
an item of wardrobe or a piece of furniture from the house
that the character lived in. |
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Other
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Her father is a real-estate broker.
Graduated from The George Washington University's theater
program in 1998.
She graduated from the Spence School, in New York City, in
1994. Gwyneth Paltrow, Emmy Rossum, and Sally Pressman also
went to Spence.
As of October 2004 she is engaged to actor David Moscow. |
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