--- description: The actress and husband Nnamdi Asomugha, who married secretly last June, have named their daughter Isabelle Amarachi. Washington first revealed her baby bump in January when walking the red carpet for the Golden Globes title: Scandal Star Kerry Washington Has a Baby Girl image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62c921106ecc4b75/69868da6cd804d95b8ccaa93/477269069.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kerry Washington Has a Baby Girl  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 2, 2014 10:07 PM CUT  Kerry Washington arrives at the 86th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Kerry Washington arrives at the 86th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.Gregg DeGuire—WireImage  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent May 2, 2014 10:07 PM CUT Kerry Washington [gave birth](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/05/02/kerry-washington-welcomes-daughter-isabelle-amarachi-nnamdi-asomugha/ "undefined") to a daughter on Monday, April 21, _People_ Magazine reports, citing unnamed sources. The _Scandal_ star and her husband, former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, named the baby girl Isabelle Amarachi. Washington, 36, and Asomugha, 32, have been married for almost a year; they had a secret wedding last June. Washington revealed her baby bump in January when walking the red carpet for the Golden Globes, and _Scandal_ went to [great lengths](http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/kerry-washington-calls-hiding-pregnancy-on-scandal-a-challenge-2014174 "undefined") to conceal her pregnancy behind oddly-placed lamps and plants on the show. \[[_People_\]](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/05/02/kerry-washington-welcomes-daughter-isabelle-amarachi-nnamdi-asomugha/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/86488/kerry-washington-has-a-baby-girl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/86488/kerry-washington-has-a-baby-girl/"},"headline":"Kerry Washington Has a Baby Girl","datePublished":"2014-05-02T22:07:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:13.617Z","description":"The actress and husband Nnamdi Asomugha, who married secretly last June, have named their daughter Isabelle Amarachi. Washington first revealed her baby bump in January when walking the red carpet for the Golden Globes","url":"https://time.com/86488/kerry-washington-has-a-baby-girl/","keywords":["celebrities","Living","Scandal","Kerry Washington"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62c921106ecc4b75/69868da6cd804d95b8ccaa93/477269069.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62c921106ecc4b75/69868da6cd804d95b8ccaa93/477269069.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/86488/kerry-washington-has-a-baby-girl/","name":"Kerry Washington Has a Baby Girl"}}]}] ```