Kerry Washington looked stunning as she stepped out in New York City on Tuesday.
The 46-year-old actress put on an elegant display in a tweed minidress teamed with the matching, oversized blazer and a pair of black suede, knee-high boots.
For her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she rocked a sultry makeup look with a bold red lip.
The UnPrisoned star — who showed off her toned legs in a similar ensemble as she headed to pre-tape The View the day before — carried a silver-studded flap bag to go with her monochromatic outfit.
The Scandal alumna styled her raven black, collarbone-length hair in silky and bouncy curls.
Mesmerizing: Kerry Washington looked stunning as she stepped out in New York City on Tuesday
Elegant yet edgy: The 46-year-old actress put on an elegant display in a tweed minidress teamed with the matching, oversized blazer and a pair of black suede, knee-high boots
She also accessorized with a chunky silver chain with a statement flower pendant as well as dainty, dangling earrings to go with the details on her purse.
The New York native also sported several delicate rings and a classic all-black manicure.
On the same day, her talk show Street You Grew Up On premiered the debut episode of the third season.
Recently, she has also been busy on a book tour and celebrating the release of her book, Thicker Than Water: A Memoir, which dropped on September 26.
In her bombshell memoir, she opened up about struggling with an eating disorder as a teenager and the pressures she endured at an all-girls private school in the Upper East Side.
Despite being ‘a very private person’, she opened up candidly about vulnerable topics and deep conversations in her book.
In Thicker Than Water, she discusses her childhood panic attacks, having an abortion and her experience with an eating disorder.
And during her book tour stop in Los Angeles the week before, she detailed how her focus on ‘thinness’ had her idolizing Gwyneth Paltrow’s skinny frame and kept her from wanting curves like Jennifer Lopez.
Dazzling: For her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she rocked a sultry makeup look with a bold red lip
Oh so chic: The UnPrisoned star carried a silver-studded flap bag to go with her monochromatic outfit. The Scandal alumna styled her raven black collarbone-length hair in silky and bouncy curls
Striking in silver: She also accessorized with a chunky silver chain with a statement flower pendant as well as dainty, dangling earrings to go with the details on her purse
Edgy chic: The New York native also sported several delicate rings and a classic all-black manicure
Sexy look: She rocked a smoky brown eyeshadow look for a sultry smolder to go with her monochromatic outfit
Sweet soul: As she headed into the studio ahead of the taping, she waved to fans greeting her outside
She said she often compared herself to ‘very affluent white women’ and her surroundings played a role in her developing an eating disorder.
‘These are stereotypes, but the ways that their moms and the women in the world looked was so different from the women that I grew up with,’ she said.
‘All the messages I was getting from Hollywood and from this environment was that thinner is better,’ she continued. ‘And that success looked like thinness.’
She also divulged that she is from the same neighborhood in the Bronx where JLo was from but she had a different view of beauty standards in the ’90s.
