In April 2014, Time magazine included Washington in its annual "Time 100" list.
And according to a source close to the star, the secrecy may be for good reason.
Washington rarely talks about her marriage or the couple’s 7-month-old daughter Isabelle.
She so deserves that and she's really private in her personal life and I really respect that and there's no better person.
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Since 2012, Washington has gained wide public recognition for starring in the ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which she plays Olivia Pope, a crisis management expert to politicians and power brokers in Washington DC.
For her role, she has been nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series.
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Washington is also known for her roles as Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Kay in The Last King of Scotland (2006), as Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 20, and as Broomhilda von Schaft in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012).
She has also starred in the independent films Our Song (2000), The Dead Girl (2006), Mother and Child (2009) and Night Catches Us (2010).