Kerry Washington, born January 31, 1977 wears many hats. She is an actress both in movies and on TV, a director, a narrator and a political activist. Washington started her career with the ABC telefilm, Magical Make-over and at present is starring in a drama on the same channel titled Scandal. She has also acted in a number of movies, some of them critically acclaimed such as Our Song, The Dead Girl and Night Catches Us. She is also known for her social causes like the Adopt-a-Classroom program in New York.