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Samira Wiley

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Model (person) / Film Actress | * 04/15/1987 (37) | Washington, D.C. / Washington (WAS) (United States of America (USA))
Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987) 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 (2013–2019) and as Moira in the Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Wiley also had starring roles in such films as The Sitter (2011), Nerve (2016), Detroit (2017), and Social Animals (2018). She also narrated the Netflix ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

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The story of what led the katana wielding survivor, Michonne, away from Rick Grimes' settlement at the Alexandria Safe Zone and what eventually brought her back. ...

The Walking Dead: Michonne

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2016
 
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Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slack ...

The Sitter

R

2011 | 2.8/5 | 1h 21min
Comedy
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A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group ...

Orange Is the New Black

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2013 | 3.8/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel. ...

The Handmaid's Tale

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2017- | 4.1/5 | 50min per episode
Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Samira Wiley

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
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Movies with Samira Wiley as Actress(10)

as Jonelle2021 Breaking News in Yuba County
as Narrator (English)2020 Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark
as Karyn2019 Vault
as Lana2018 Social Animals
as Vanessa2017 Detroit
as Joyce Smith2016 37
as Azhar2016 Nerve
as Agent Annie Bell2014 Rob the Mob
as Asha2012 Being Flynn
as Tina2011 The Sitter

TV Shows/Series with Samira Wiley as Actress(14)

2024 Standing By
2021 Amend: The Fight for America
as Officer Alani Davis (voice)2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
as Narrator2020 Night on Earth
as Lorraine Hansberry2020 Equal
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Lt. Colby (voice)2019 Love, Death & Robots
as Narrator (voice)2018 Explained
as Moira Strand2017 The Handmaid's Tale
as Jessica Mathers2017 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
as herself2015 Lip Sync Battle
as Poussey Washington2013 Orange Is the New Black
as Triage Nurse2011 Person of Interest
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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Full Name: Samira Wiley
Born: Wednesday, 04/15 1987 (April) in Washington, D.C. / Washington (WAS) (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 37 years + 9 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Juilliard School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Burgundy Farm Country Day School
Spouses (current/former): Lauren Morelli
Related to: Asante Blackk
Other names for Samira Wiley (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Samira Denise Wiley"
"Σαμίρα Γουάιλι"
Samira Wiley frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (9x, Actor)
Lynn Marocola (8x, Actress)
Michael Hodges (8x, Crew)
Terry Serpico (7x, Actor)
Alberto Mielgo (7x, Crew)
John Doman (6x, Actor)
Michelle Hurst (6x, Actress)
Myk Watford (6x, Actor)
Zehra Fazal (6x, Actress)
Dick Wolf (5x, Crew)
Jerry D. O'Donnell (5x, Actor)
Paul Weitz (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91278, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024