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Olivia Pope

CTL-W-1140 · Work

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Olivia Pope is the lead character of the ABC television series Scandal, played by Kerry Washington. Scandal was created by Shonda Rhimes. (Wave-7: ABC press release reproduced by BlackFilm, https://www.blackfilm.com/read/abc-tv-series-scandal/; second source: NPR, 'How Scandal Changed TV,' naming Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, in the ABC drama Scandal and crediting creator Shonda Rhimes, https://www.krvs.org/2018-04-19/how-scandal-changed-tv)

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