Kerry Washington Just Can't Quit Hollywood

Television writer Tracy McMillan’s life is rich with material that would make any series a must-watch: growing up with an incarcerated father; three marriages; going viral for her brutally honest blog post “Why You’re Not Married”(which led to her book Why You’re Not Married...Yet); and her award-winning turn as a writer on Mad Men. “I think the circumstances of her life are so fascinating,” says Kerry Washington. So much so that when McMillan contacted Washington with the idea for UnPrisoned, a comedy inspired by her personal story, the Emmy winner almost immediately agreed to both star in and produce it. The series, now streaming on Hulu, follows Paige Alexander (Washington), a relationship therapist with a teenage son whose father (Delroy Lindo) was recently released from prison—and moves in with Paige and her kid. Washington, who recently reunited with her Scandal costars in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike, is currently gearing up for the debut of her new memoir, Thicker Than Water. The book, which was four years in the making, will be released September 26.

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