Scandal star Kerry Washington is excited to be playing Helen in an episode of Norman Lear’s The Jeffersons in front of a live audience on Wednesday, May 22 at 8pm on ABC. Will Ferrell is playing her husband Tom. Washington’s movie husband Jamie Foxx (Ray) is playing George Jefferson; Wanda Skyes is playing Weezy. Washington is also excited about her new role as Mia Warren, a transient single mom in the forthcoming TV miniseries Little Fires Everywhere based on Celeste Ng’s novel of the same title.
Washington’s co-star Reese Witherspoon is playing Elena Richardson, a local newspaper journalist in the town of Shaker Heights where she rents the upstairs of her home to Mia and her daughter Pearl.
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Washington and Witherspoon are executive producers of the TV mini-series Little Fires Everywhere. Washington reports that they had their first table reading and shared photos and a gif of the two movie stars dancing side-by-side and holding up their name plaques. Check out Washington’s long French braids — they go down to her butt! Swipe to see the gif!
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