Chart the path to stardom of the woman behind Olive Pope in honor of her 37th birthday.
Boys and Girls Club of America
Kerry Washington was born on Jan. 31, 1977, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Valerie, a professor, and Earl Washington, a real estate broker. "I grew up in a household where it was instilled in me that it's important to ... be engaged in the world around you. To try and leave the world a better place than when you found it," she told PopSugar.
Kerry Washington
Acting and activism were a part of her life from a young age. As a teenager, she became a safe-sex advocate and joined an educational troupe through Mount Sinai Hospital's Adolescent Health Center that performed self-written sex-ed sketches in schools and community centers.
"It was some of the best actor training I've ever had," Washington told Vanity Fair. "We would stay in character after the show, and the audience would interact with us. It taught me the importance of really understanding everything about who you're playing, because you never knew what question was going to come."
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