Kerry Washington
2009 Honoree - Citizen-Artist Award
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Biography
Kerry Washington was presented with a 2009 Public Leadership in the Arts Award for Artist-Citizen. She is an acclaimed stage, television, and screen actress, and dedicated advocate for the arts and arts education. No stranger to Capitol Hill, where she has testified before Congress as a member of the Americans for the Arts Artists Committee, Washington was honored for her commitment to arts funding through her advocacy work and other activities in promoting the arts.