Kerry Washington may have very public fictional TV relationships but in real life, she keeps her love life private. The talented actress is married to actor, producer, and former NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha. In an industry as invasive as Hollywood, it can be difficult to keep your relationship under wraps, but this couple has succeeded at it.
Washington, 46, met Asomugha, 42, while she was doing a production of Race in 2009.
“The last time I did theater, it completely transformed my life.That’s where I met my husband,” she told Marie Claire in a 2021 interview. By 2013, the two secretly got married in Hailey, Idaho.
The former Scandal actress and former Oakland Raiders player continued to keep things secret beyond the wedding day, and intentionally so. During a 2016 interview, Washington explained why she decided to not discuss her private life.
“Social media has actually been great for [other celebrities] relationships with the weeklies or the gossip sites because people say things and they say, ‘That’s not true!’ So I’m thinking in some ways, it’s been great because people are able to maintain their voice,” Washington said, during a panel at SXSW. “It’s a little different for me because I don’t talk about my personal life.”
She continued, “That means not only did I not tell you when I was getting married, it also means if somebody has rumors about what’s going on in my marriage, I don’t refute them, because I don’t talk about my personal life.”
Fast forward to a 2023 interview with Marie Claire, Washington briefly touched on her bond with Asomugha within the context of important relationships in her life and how they ground her.
“I’m in my immediate truth with [him],” she said. “Those mirrors are important because they help me get back to myself.”
The couple share a daughter, Isabelle who they gave birth to in 2014, and son Caleb, born shortly after in 2016. When they’re not on parenting duty, sometimes they check out events together and every now and then, pose for a picture. They did that most recently for Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show this week and looked absolutely stunning together.
Here are a few rare pictures of them over the years out in public doing couple tings!
Serving Face at the 2023 Met Gala
Caught Off Guard at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Posing With Her Parents, Earl and Valerie Washington, at the Bronx Children’s Museum’s Third Annual Gala
At a Screening of If Beale Street Could Talk in 2018
At the 33rd Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in 2018
Slaying the Red Carpet at the 2018 Tony Awards
All Smiles at the 2017 Bronx Children’s Museum Gala
Rocking the Red Carpet at the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2017
Backstage After a Broadway Performance of Hamilton in 2015
