Samira Wiley

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Samira Wiley (2013)

Samira Wiley (born April 15, 1987 in Washington, DC ) is an American actress and model . She is best known for the role of Poussey Washington in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Moira in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale .

Childhood and youth

Wiley graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Her father, Dennis W. Wiley, and mother, Christine Wiley, were assistant pastors at the Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley's parents have been referred to as the "pillars of the LGBT religious community," as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church in Washington DC to enter into same-sex civil partnerships in 2007. Wiley has two siblings: Aiyana Maat and Joshua Wiley.

Career

Wiley studied theater at the Juilliard School in New York, from which she graduated in 2010. At the beginning of her career she mainly worked in the theater. In 2011 she played Maria in a production of Love's Labor's Lost at The Public Theater.

Movie and TV

The Netflix series Orange Is the New Black is based on the memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman about her experiences in a women's prison. A screenwriter on the series, Marco Ramierez, who knew Wiley from Juilliard, drew her attention to the auditions. After another friend of the Juilliard, Danielle Brooks , got a role on the series, Wiley asked her to rehearse with her for the role of Poussey Washington, the role of Brooks' character's best friend. Wiley's audition was successful. She played in the first season and was even more prominent in the second. The darker and more violent story of the second season allowed for an evolution of Wiley's character. The expanding storylines and Wiley's increasing screen time led to Wiley becoming a fan favorite. For the third season, her character was expanded to a leading role. At the end of the fourth season, she left the series.

Wiley appeared in an advertisement for the digital money transfer service PayPal in 2014 .

Wileys had her first leading role in the comedy Bad Sitter (2011). Between shooting the second and third seasons of Orange Is the New Black , Wiley played a role in Rob the Mob , an independent crime thriller directed by Raymond De Felitta and released in March 2014.

Since 2017, Wiley has played the role of Moira in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, which is based on Margret Atwood 's novel of the same name .

Model

Wiley modeled for Maniac Magazine , on whose cover and editorial she appeared in the September / October 2014 issue. She was shown in "a series of daring, chic high-fashion looks". Wiley was also featured on the cover of the 2014 edition of OUT100 Magazine alongside Sam Smith, Ellen Page and Zachary Quinto .

Awards and nominations

Emmy

Screen Actors Guild Award

Private life

Wiley is an openly lesbian . Since September 2014, she has been in a relationship with Orange Is the New Black screenwriter Lauren Morelli. The two have been married since March 2017.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Samira Wiley  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Samira Wiley on nytimes.com
  2. ↑ Exclusive Interview: Samira Wiley on Orange is the New Black . In: Fan TV - Voice . Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Mike Berlin: OUT100: OITNB's Samira Wiley, Ingenue Of The Year - Out Magazine . In: Out . Here Media. November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b Yassmeen Abdulhamid: Fame Is the New Reality for 'Orange' Actress . The Juilliard School. September 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Rebecca Martin: Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley on Playing Poussey and Tweets From Regina King - Exclusive! . Wet paint. July 29, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ben Brantley: O, That Rowdy Passage From Celibate to Celebrate . In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company. October 31, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ a b c d Wilson Morales: Exclusive: Catching Up With Orange is the New Black's Samira Wiley . Blackfilm.com. October 22, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kevin Fitzpatrick: 'Orange Is the New Black' Interview: Samira Wiley Talks Taystee-Poussey, Netflix Model and Season 2 . ScreenCrush. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  9. ^ Esther Breger: Interview: Orange Is The New Black's Poussey on Playing the Season's Tragic Heroine. . July 1, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  10. ^ Dustin Rowles: Everything You Need to Know About Samira Wiley, The Extraordinary Poussey on 'Orange is the New Black . In: Pajiba . July 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ Ariel Kay: Bustle . August 25, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ Samira Wiley Rocks High Fashion Looks For Maniac Magazine. Images by April Hubal. . October 31, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Alexa Rae Johnson: 'Talk about My Music, Not My Sexuality,' Says Sam Smith as He Joins Samira Wiley, Ellen Page and Zachary Quinto on Cover of Multiple Edition OUT Magazine. . Associated Newspapers. November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Alexa Rae Johnson: Sam Smith joins Samira Wiley, Ellen Page and Zachary Quinto on multiple edition OUT magazine - Daily Mail Online . In: Mail Online . Associated Newspapers. November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  15. ↑ Amanda Michelle Steiner: Samira Wiley & 'OITNB' Writer Dating After Divorce From Husband . Hollywood Life. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Wiley, Samira
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and model
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States