Kerry Washington

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Kerry Washington (* 31. Januar 1977 in der Bronx, New York) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

1998 beendete sie ihr Theaterstudium an der George Washington Universität. Derzeit ist sie mit David Moscow verlobt.

Biography


Early life

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,[1] she attended The Spence School in Manhattan, graduating in 1995; fellow alumni include Gwyneth Paltrow and Emmy Rossum. Washington went on to earn a theater degree in 1998 from George Washington University.


Career

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), 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). 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 actresses Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria, and model Doutzen Kroes.


Personal life

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

Filmographie [Bearbeiten]
1994: Magical Make-Over
1996: Standard Deviants (TV-Serie)
2000: Our Song
2003: D
2001: Save the Last Dance
2001: Lift
2002: Take the A Train
2002: Bad Company
2003: State of Mind (The United States of Leland)
2003: Der menschliche Makel (The Human Stain)
2003: Sin - Der Tod hat kein Gewissen (Sin)
2004: Die Promoterin (Against the Ropes)
2004: Strip Search
2004: She Hate Me
2004: Ray
2005: Sexual Life
2005: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005: Fantastic Four
2006: Der letzte König von Schottland – In den Fängen der Macht
2006: Little Man
2007: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007: Ich glaub, ich lieb meine Frau (I Think I Love My Wife)

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