Kerry Washington will obtain the Highlight Tribute on the 2026 Gotham TV Awards.
The distinction acknowledges her Emmy-winning profession as an actress and producer, together with her starring position on Apple TV’s Imperfect Women.
Washington’s credit embrace her Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award-nominated position in ABC’s Scandal, which made her the primary Black lady since 1974 to steer a community TV drama. Her work over the seven seasons of that Peabody-winning present earned her a number of NAACP Picture Awards.
She additionally landed Emmy and SAG Award nominations for her position in Little Fires All over the place, which she produced via her Simpson Avenue manufacturing firm, based in 2016.
Different Simpson Avenue initiatives embrace the Emmy-winning Dwell in Entrance of a Studio Viewers, the documentary The Battle, Cheap Doubt, Unprisoned and The Avenue You Grew Up On.
Washington will subsequent seem in Ben Affleck’s Animals. Her different movie credit embrace Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, Shadow Pressure, The Promenade, Vehicles 3, Django Unchained, Ray, The Final King of Scotland, Save the Final Dance and Unbelievable 4.
“Kerry Washington has created a singular connection with audiences and colleagues throughout her career. From Olivia Pope in Scandal to Eleanor in Imperfect Women, she brings fierce intelligence, emotional depth, and grace to every performance. At the same time, through her work as a producer and the visionary leadership of her company, Simpson Street, Kerry has championed bold, socially resonant storytelling across television, film, audio, and theater, expanding opportunities for new voices and stories,” Jeffrey Sharp, govt director of The Gotham Movie & Media Institute, mentioned in a press release. “The Gotham is honored to recognize Kerry with the Spotlight Tribute in celebration of an artist whose work, both in front of and behind the camera, continues to leave a profound mark on the industry and the culture.”
Beforehand introduced Gotham TV Awards tribute honorees embrace Michelle Pfeiffer (the Legend Tribute), Claire Danes (the Performer Tribute), Matt and Ross Duffer (the Visionary Tribute). The Awards are set to happen on Monday June 1 at Cipriani Wall Avenue in New York.
