Nnamdi Asomugha is a Nigerian-American entertainer, filmmaker, and former football cornerback.

Asomugha played school football for the University of California, and later got selected in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders in the first round.

Asomugha was an important member of Fox Sports' NFL All-Decade Team 2000-2009 and USA Today's NFL All-Decade Team 2000s.

Nnamdi Asomugha With His Wife Kerry Washington

Nnamdi Asomugha with his wife Kerry Washington during their marriage ceremony (Source: Kerry's Instagram)

Besides his outstanding playing career, Asomugha got recognition for his depiction of Carl King in the film Crown Heights.

He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

While Asomugha is a popular sportsperson globally, his wife, Kerry Washington, is also a big name in Hollywood as an actor, producer, and director.

Who Is Nnmadi Asomugha's Wife Kerry Washington?

Washington was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City. Her mother's name is Valerie, an educator, and instructive expert, and her father is Earl Washington, a land merchant.

Similarly, Asomugha's wife gained wide acknowledgment for acting as crisis management expert Olivia Pope in the ABC series Scandal.

For her remarkable job, Kerry was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and once for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series. 

Washington is widely known for her incredible milestoned roles as Della Bea Robinson in Ray, Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and Alicia Masters in the surprisingly realistic Fantastic Four movies.

Washington has said that her mom is from a "blended race foundation of Jamaica, so she is mostly English and Scottish and Native American, yet in additon slipped from oppressed Africans in the Caribbean."

Nnamdi Asomugha & Wife Kerry Washington Have Two Children

Washington and her significant other married around 2013 in an intimate Idaho ceremony.

The two had met ten years before their marriage when Washington was already a renowned name in the movie industry.

The couple has two children together, one son and one daughter named; Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha (Daughter) and Caleb Kelechi Asomugha(Son).

Isabelle Amarachi was born in 2014, and Caleb Kelechi was born in 2016. 

For large parts of their eight-year marriage, the two have kept most of the subtleties encompassing their relationship private.

In any event, when gossipy tidbits about their divorce among whirled in 2016, she said she wouldn't address the hypothesis.

"Assuming that I don't discuss my own life, it implies I don't discuss my own life," Kerry said during a 2016 SXSW Film Festival board, per E!.

Aside from their children, family life, and busy working schedule, the married couple also has a common love of philanthropy.