VIDEO: Is Kerry Washington Eyeing a Broadway Return? The Actress Talks the Thrill of A Live Audience with Kelly and Ryan

Kerry Washington talks about what she misses about theater and considers moving back to New York to do it on this morning's Live with Kelly and Ryan.

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, and also is a producer. 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. Washington is also known for her roles as Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray, as Kay in The Last King of Scotland, as Alicia Masters in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and as Broomhilda von Shaft in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. She has also starred in the independent films Our Song, The Dead Girl, Mother and Child and Night Catches Us. The actress starred in RACE on Broadway in 2009. In 2016, she portrayed Anita Hill in the HBO television film Confirmation and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie. In April 2014, Time magazine included Washington in its annual "Time 100" list.

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