Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

Kerry Washington, who earned raves for her performance as Ray Charles’ long-suffering wife Della Bea Robinson in the Oscar-nominated “Ray,” has signed on for a multiepisode arc on ABC’s “Boston Legal.”

Washington will make her first appearance on “Boston Legal” on Feb. 20, during sweeps. The actress will play Chelina Hall, a new associate at the show’s central law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

In addition to appearing in the original pilot for Fox’s “Wonderfalls,” Washington’s credits include “Save the Last Dance” and “She Hate Me.” The 27-year-old actress is scheduled to appear in two of the summer’s aspiring blockbusters, “Fantastic Four” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”

———-

Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Victoria Rodriguez ([email protected])