After playing Meg Ryans bestie, the actress knew it was time for a change.
Before she was Olivia Pope,ScandalstarKerry Washingtonwas feeling a bit typecast.
I didn’t want to be an accessory to a white woman’s journey," she explains.
Meg Ryan and Kerry Washington in ‘Against the Ropes’.Everett Collection
This period in her career included working withDon Cheadle,Eddie Murphy, andSamuel L. Jackson.
The memoir chronicles her childhood, career choices, building of her own family, and much more.
Thicker Than Wateris out now.
‘Thicker Than Water’ by Kerry Washington.Little, Brown Spark
