Kerry Washington has become a household name amongst adults who look forward to seeing her style and sense of fashion on the ABC Thursday night drama, Scandal. Now fans can look forward to her portraying another great woman, Anita Hill, in her upcoming film, Confirmation. Washington recently sat down for an interview to talk more about the film and her new line of nail polish in collaboration with OPI.
The mother of one just can't get enough of taking on the affairs of Washington and playing roles of prominent, strong-willed women in major television and film projects according to reports. The Scandal star caters to the issues and concerns of citizens who need the help of Olivia Pope (Washington) in her Thursday night drama and this Summer, she will portray Anita Hill, a woman who was caught in a bit of a scandal herself during the early 90s according to WWD.
Washington has taken on the role of executive producer for the film, Confirmation, an HBO special that focuses on the sexual harassment scandal between Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas and Hill that garnered national attention. According to the site, Washington became fascinated by the case from the very beginning. She explained how the 1991 case would often be be topic of discussion around her home during that time.
"It was a huge topic of conversation at home, a very complicated issue," explained Washington during her interview. "I saw the documentary Anita about two years ago, and it made me think 'What else is there? What else is in that story?'"
According to Washington, she discovered that there was so much more to the story when she began doing research for the film, and going back to people who were involved in the case, to speak directly to them. Washington is passionate about telling this story and believes that everyone needs to hear. While "peeling through the layers" of this case Washington discovered one thing to be true -- someone had to be telling the truth, it was just a matter of who that person was.
"The question we often ask ourselves with the whole he said/she said - who was telling the truth," the Olivia Pope actress explained. "I had the feeling that more was going on, and the more research we did, the more complicated it got."
Washinton will star as Hill while, actor Wendell Pierce, who starred in HBO's The Wire and Waiting to Exhale, will take on the role of Thomas according to the NY Post.
While working on bringing the film to life, Washington has also found herself busy with her OPI collaboration and producing her new line of nail polish. The line consist of 15 shades, all priced at $10 each, according to WWD and each shade holds a special place in Washington's heart. So much so, she decided to name specific colors after specific people in her life.
Her "Kerry Blossom" shade is named for her, and she also has special color to represent her Thursday night "fixer" alter-ego, Olivia Pope -- with the "'Liv' in the Gray,' described as an edgy dark gray. Washington also contributed a color to the line that has everything to do with the love of her life, her daughter Isabelle. According to the site, the I Think I love My Wife actress named a shade of caramel crème after her daughter and called it, "Inside the IsabelletWay."
Washington credits her love for fashion as her inspiration to going forward with this project. "Nails are at that interesting point where fashion and beauty meet," explained Washington of her desire to launch a nail polish line. "If I enter that space, it's important for me to know the landscape and do it in a way that's authentic and right and true to who I am."
Washington will also includes different shades of nudes that compliment all skin tones like the "light nude Pale to the Chief," "chocolate brown Speaker of the House" and "tawny copper Yank My Doodle."
