Kerry Washington To Play Anita Hill In HBO Movie

Kerry Washington To Play Anita Hill In HBO Movie
Kerry Washington arrives at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : "Scandal" held at The Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Kerry Washington arrives at the 32nd Annual Paleyfest : "Scandal" held at The Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Kerry Washington has been cast as Anita Hill in HBO's new movie, "Confirmation." The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the news on Thursday. HBO and Washington's rep confirmed to The Huffington Post that she will also serve as an executive producer on the project.

"Erin Brockovich" scribe Susannah Grant will write and executive produce the film, but no director has been named just yet.

The made-for-TV movie will follow the 1991 Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill controversy and Supreme Court nomination hearings, which dominated the news cycle for months, as Hill testified that Thomas had sexually harassed her when he was her supervisor at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

For more, head over to THR.

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