Kerry Washington: The Success of Scandal and Django Unchained & Living Up to Her Parents’ Prayers

10/12/2024 1h 19min
Kerry Washington: The Success of Scandal and Django Unchained & Living Up to Her Parents’ Prayers

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This week on the podcast, Kerry Washington joins Mike to talk all about her journey from growing up in the Bronx, to attending a private school and how that shaped her trajectory. She also talks about the impact of finding out her father was not her biological father, the fulfillment she found from playing characters like Olivia Pope in Scandal and Broomhilda von Shaft in Django Unchained, how public perception of her shifted after certain success, working with Reese Witherspoon on Little Fires Everywhere, what she hopes to pass on to her kids, and so much more!

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