The 39-year-old "Scandal" star revealed that Lopez took some of her dance classes while they were both growing up in the Bronx in New York, reported People magazine.
"I had this very inspiring teacher named Larry Maldonado. For anybody from my neighbourhood in the Bronx, he was our role model. He had an awesome substitute teacher named Jennifer who would sometimes step in and teach but then she left to move to LA and be on In Living Color," Washington said.
"I learned to dance from J Lo!," she added