Actress Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington is an actress who has appeared in many roles in different dramatic media.

She has played, among other characters, the wives of two prominent men - one famous, the other infamous - in the movies. She played Ray Charles's wife Della Bea Robinson in the 2004 biopic Ray and the wife of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada in The Last King of Scotland.

In 2010, she made her Broadway debut in the David Mamet play Race.

One little-known fact about Kerry Washington is that she likes to keep momentos of roles she plays, such as an item of wardrobe associated with the character.