Kerry Washington (born January 31, 1977) is an American (United States) actress (actor). She is known for her roles as Ray Charless wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (Ray (film)) (2004), as Idi Amins wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland (The Last King of Scotland (film)), and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm, The Thing (Thing (comics)), in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 (Fantastic Four (film)) and 2007 (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer). She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song (Our Song (film)) and The Dead Girl.