List of awards and nominations received by Kerry Washington

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Kerry Washington.

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Kerry Washington awards and nominations

Washington at the Toronto International Film Festival
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Black Reel Awards 5 14 Emmy Awards 1 9 Golden Globe Awards 0 2 NAACP Image Awards 7 18 Spirit Awards 0 1 SAG Awards 0 4 Tony Awards 0 2
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Wins	22
Nominations	83
Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Kerry Washington is an American actress known for her roles in film and television. She has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, six Black Reel Awards, seven NAACP Image Awards and a Satellite Award as well as nominations for a Critics' Choice Television Award, two Golden Globe Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Tony Awards.

Starting her careen in the lately 1990s and received critical attention for playing a thief in the thriller Lift (2001) for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Washington received international attention for her interpretation of Della Bea Robinson on the film Ray (2004), being nominated at the Satellite Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards and winning her first NAACP Image Award. In 2012 she was cast by Quentin Tarantino for his Western film Django Unchained, for which she won her second NAACP Image Award and a BET Awards.

Washington starred as Olivia Pope on political thriller series Scandal (2012–2018), being nominated at the Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2016 she played the main role of Anita Hill on film Confirmation, receiving nominations at the Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy Award and Critics' Choice Television Award. She played a single mother in the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020) for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series.

As a producer, Washington won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Live in Front of A Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" (2020). She set her sights to Broadway producing revival productions of the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch and the Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy for which she was nominated for two Tony Awards.