--- description: Washington stars as Clarence Thomas' accuser in an upcoming HBO film. title: Here's Your First Look At Kerry Washington as Anita Hill image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Your First Look At Kerry Washington as Anita Hill by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2015 3:30 PM CUT by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2015 3:30 PM CUT HBO released a first look at Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, in the upcoming film “Confirmation.” Hill testified at Thomas’ 1991 Senate confirmation hearing, where she divulged that she had accused him of sexual harassment years before while working as his assistant at the U.S. Department of Education. Thomas was confirmed and still serves on the court today. The film, which does not yet have a release date, also stars _The Wire_ star Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas and _Avengers_ star Cobie Smulders as lawyer Harriet Grant. Rick Famuyiwa, director of _Dope_, which is released on Friday, is directing. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Look At Kerry Washington as Anita Hill","datePublished":"2015-06-16T15:30:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:15:01.674Z","description":"Washington stars as Clarence Thomas' accuser in an upcoming HBO film","url":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/","keywords":["HBO","Kerry Washington"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Koffler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/","name":"Here's Your First Look At Kerry Washington as Anita Hill"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). For the full, list go to time.com/entertainment","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/S3M25t5U/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-05-17T00:06:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S3M25t5U.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/","duration":"PT4M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3922785/kerry-washington-anita-hill/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```