Black-Owned Social Media App, Spill, Gets Major Buy-In From Kerry Washington [Video]

Kerry Washington has already helped bring more users to Spill by hosting Tea Parties on the app, the Spill version of live discussions like Twitter Spaces or IG Live. But she’s now contributing with the power of her wallet, investing an undisclosed amount as Spill celebrates its second year.

“When I joined Spill as a user, I was amazed and inspired by how safe the community felt,” Washington said in a statement. “I immediately wanted to support the growth of the platform, because safety is a powerful tool to foster honesty, creativity, connection, and community,”

Washington, 47, is the Emmy-winning actress whose role as fixer Olivia Pope in the ABC series Scandal (2012 to 2018) cemented her in the pop culture zeitgeist. Since then, she’s starred in several films and TV shows, including Little Fires Everywhere and the recently canceled UnPrisoned on Hulu.

In recent years, she has also invested in an array of companies including Byte,a teeth alignment …