KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 3 -- Kerry Washington fans will get to see the Scandal star in a different light as sings and dances her way to Netflix in the upcoming LGBTQ musical The Prom.

The 43-year-old New Yorker plays an overbearing mum and parent-teacher association head in a film about two lesbian high school girls who are banned from going to prom.

And one of the girls just happens to be her character's daughter.

While the part is a departure from the actress's usual roles, fans will recognise bits of crisis management expert Olivia Pope in Mrs Greene.

"Somebody said to me, 'Mrs Greene really likes to fix things' and I said, 'Oh there's that Olivia Pope again'.

"I often play these characters who want to fix stuff," she said.

But her ch...