Scandal’s Kerry Washington: ‘My mother’s nightmare was for me to be a starving actress’

Scandal’s Kerry Washington: ‘My mother’s nightmare was for me to be a starving actress’

by Ellen E Jones

Kerry Washington: ‘I’ve never been able to divorce political ideology from the choices I make as an actor.’ Photograph: Jay L Clendenin/Contour RA

In a rational world, somewhere deep in the Democratic National Committee headquarters, a small staff would be hard at work planning Kerry Washington’s presidential bid.

“Washington 2028: Tough on Scandal” or “2032: Ms Kerry Goes to Washington” – the slogans just write themselves.

Whether Washington could be persuaded to run for office is another matter.

She is, she insists when we meet via a video call, too self-effacing for politics. 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/30/scandals-kerry-washington-my-mothers-nightmare-was-for-me-to-be-a-starving-actress