News | Entertainment
3 Jul 2025 16:18
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Kerry Washington won't let fame stop her from "participating" in democracy

    The 43-year-old actress is often involved in political activism, and has insisted that her celebrity status will never stop her from campaigning


    Kerry said: "I don't participate because I'm a person in the public eye; I do it because I'm an American. I'm never going to stop participating in my democracy because of what I do for a living."

    The actress plays the conservative Mrs. Green in the new Netflix musical comedy 'The Prom', in which she opposes a lesbian couple going to a high school prom.

    Kerry admitted that she relished the experience of being on the opposite end of the argument.

    She explained: "I've always been a really active person in the civic engagement, social justice space, so it was fun to try to wrap my head around the resistance to that."

    The Hollywood star also feels that she is unable to "divorce" her political ideology from the choices she makes as an actress.

    She told the Guardian newspaper: "I've never been able to divorce political ideology from the choices I make as an actor, because black women in particular have been so marginalised.

    "Even if I'm just doing my job as an actor, by bringing full, three-dimensional, human realisation to a character, when you do that as a black woman, it's a political act."

    Kerry has always been very clear-minded about how she approaches her career and the roles she chooses to accept.

    She explained: "From the beginning of my career, I have said to my agents and manager: 'I'd rather work three more shifts at a restaurant than take on a role that I think is gonna be bad for women or bad for black people.'"

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     03 Jul: Neil Young joked about his dispute with the BBC after taking to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury
     03 Jul: Henry Golding thinks playing James Bond would be a "nightmare"
     03 Jul: Porsha Williams is taking a break from dating after finalising her divorce from Simon Guobadia
     03 Jul: Adult film star Kylie Paige has died aged 28
     03 Jul: Tom Sandoval found it "really hard" to overcome his cheating scandal
     03 Jul: Jana Kramer has accepted jobs that challenge her "moral compass"
     03 Jul: Heidi Montag has faced an "uphill battle" in the entertainment industry
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Tupou Vaa'i has been tasked with moving to the blindside flank in a new-look All Blacks pack for Saturday's first test of the year against France More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Consumer spending's continuing to pick up More...



     Today's News

    Basketball:
    Kiwi basketballer Tyrell Harrison will play for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League 16:17

    Politics:
    Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ has passed the US Senate – these are the winners and losers 16:07

    International:
    Sean 'Diddy' Combs: The rise, fall and acquittal of a hip hop mogul 16:07

    Entertainment:
    Neil Young joked about his dispute with the BBC after taking to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 16:06

    Entertainment:
    Henry Golding thinks playing James Bond would be a "nightmare" 15:36

    Rugby:
    Tupou Vaa'i has been tasked with moving to the blindside flank in a new-look All Blacks pack for Saturday's first test of the year against France 15:27

    Entertainment:
    Porsha Williams is taking a break from dating after finalising her divorce from Simon Guobadia 15:06

    Boxing:
    The Gypsy King could be on the move...back into the boxing ring 14:57

    Entertainment:
    Adult film star Kylie Paige has died aged 28 14:36

    National:
    Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language 14:17


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd