- Was accepted into Yale University and Dartmouth College but declined both.
- Growing up in the Bronx, she attended the same local Boys and Girls Club of America as Jennifer Lopez.
- Jennifer Lopez was her high school dancing teacher.
- Her father is African-American and her mother is of Jamaican ancestry (including African, English and Scottish).
- Also graduated from the private, girls' Spence School in New York City (1994), where she acted in plays. Gwyneth Paltrow, Emmy Rossum and Sally Pressman also attended Spence School.
- Has played Jamie Foxx's wife in two films: Ray (2004) and Django Unchained (2012). As of 2018, those are the only two Best Picture Oscar nominated films that either has appeared in.
- Was 7 months pregnant with her daughter Isabelle when she completed filming the third season of Scandal (2012).
- Gave birth to her first child at age 37, a daughter named Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha on April 21, 2014. Child's father is her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha.
- Is the only child of a real-estate agent father, Earl, and a mother, Valerie, who is college professor.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 39, a son named Caleb Kelechi Asomugha on October 5, 2016. Child's father is her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha.
- Kerry Washington is a cousin of Milly Silva, who ran to be New Jersey's lieutenant governor in 2013. Silva was on the Democratic ticket with State Senator Barbara Buono, who was running for governor. Washington campaigned for Buono and Silva.
- Is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of George Washington University's theater program (1998). She double majored in anthropology and sociology.
- She regularly attends church, but also insists to reporters that "I don't talk about my personal life.".
- (June 24, 2013) Married her boyfriend of a year Nnamdi Asomugha.
- One of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. (April 2014)
- Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her daughter Isabelle to begin filming the fourth season of Scandal (2012).
- Washington was cast in the role of Mahandra McGinty on the television series Wonderfalls (2004) and played Mahandra in the original pilot. But when the series was picked up, she was recast and her scenes in the pilot were reshot with the actress who replaced her, Tracie Thoms.
- She was engaged to actor David Moscow from October 2004 to March 2007.
- Was 8 months pregnant with her son Caleb when she completed filming the sixth season of Scandal (2012).
- Friends with Oprah Winfrey and Nicole Kidman.
- Studied acting at Michael Howard Studios in New York City.
- Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her son Caleb to begin filming Cars 3 (2017).
- Ranked #65 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.
- On May 19, 2013, she received her honorary degree in Fine Arts from George Washington University, before she gave her commencement speech.
- Attended university with Dale Ho who transitioned from acting to working for the ACLU.
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