Samira Denise Wiley (born April , ) is an American actress. She is
best known for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix
comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (â€") and as Moira in the
Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (â€"present), for
which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress
in a Drama Series.Wiley also had starring roles in such film as The
Sitter (), Nerve (), Detroit (), and Social Animals (). She also
narrated the Netflix documentary Night on Earth ().Wiley was raised in
Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the
co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's
parents have been referred to as "pillars of the LGBT religious
community," as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church
in D.C. performing same-sex unions in . She has two siblings: Aiyana
Ma'at and Joshua Wiley.
best known for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix
comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (â€") and as Moira in the
Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (â€"present), for
which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress
in a Drama Series.Wiley also had starring roles in such film as The
Sitter (), Nerve (), Detroit (), and Social Animals (). She also
narrated the Netflix documentary Night on Earth ().Wiley was raised in
Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the
co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's
parents have been referred to as "pillars of the LGBT religious
community," as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church
in D.C. performing same-sex unions in . She has two siblings: Aiyana
Ma'at and Joshua Wiley.
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