Samira Wiley Biography
Samira Wiley is an American actress from the United States best known for her roles in Netflix’s comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Hulu’s dystopian drama series The Handmaid’s Tale, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
How old is Samira Wiley? – Age
She is 35 years old as of 15 April 2022. She was born in 1987 in Washington, D.C., United States. Her real name is Samira Denise Wiley.
Samira Wiley Family – Education
Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, her parents, were co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ until 2017. Wiley’s parents have been dubbed “pillars of the LGBT religious community,” as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church in D.C. that allowed same-sex marriages in 2007. Aiyana Ma’at and Joshua Wiley are her two siblings.
Where did Samira Wiley go to college? – Education
Wiley graduated in 2010 from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Juilliard School in New York City. She studied theater performance at Juilliard and worked primarily in theater in her early career.
Samira Wiley Husband
Wiley announced her engagement to Orange Is the New Black writer Lauren Morelli on October 4, 2016, and the couple married on March 25, 2017. On April 11, 2021, Morelli gave birth to their first child, a daughter named George Elizabeth.
What is Wiley’s Net Worth?
She has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
How tall is Samira Wiley? – Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m).
Samira Wiley The Handmaid’s Tale
She appeared as Moira, June’s best friend since college in Hulu’s adaptation of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. When June enters Handmaid training, she is already at the Red Center, but she escapes before being assigned to a home. She is apprehended and transformed into “Ruby,” a Jezebel. She appears to have given up hope of ever being free, but when she meets June again, she regains her determination to flee to Canada.
Samira Wiley Orange Is the New Black
She appeared as Poussey Washington in Orange Is the New Black. Poussey was a wise, outspoken, and caring woman who stood firm in her beliefs. She enjoyed making jokes with her fellow inmates and preferred to avoid confrontation and violence. She was depressed, which led to her alcoholism.
Poussey had a close relationship with her mother, who had a Master’s degree in Art History and was a “military brat” because her father was a General in the United States Army. She had a relationship with a German commander’s daughter named Franziska in Hohenfels, Germany, which was revealed to her father when he walked in on them having sex. Poussey confronted the Oberstleutnant and tried to draw a gun, but was blackballed. She is invited to a nightclub to meet her other queen “Whitney Circa ’92,” with whom she dances all night with her drag queen posse. She breaks the fourth wall by looking directly at the camera and smiles again before the episode ends with an orange closing card.
Samira Wiley Night on Earth
She is the narrator of the British nature documentary series Night on Earth. Using cutting-edge low-light camera technology, the series follows animals that are active at night. On January 29, 2020, all episodes were released.
Samira Wiley Nerve
She appeared as Hacker Kween, one of Tommy’s hacker friends in the 2016 American techno-thriller adventure film Nerve. Venus “Vee” Delmonico signs up as a player on Nerve, an online reality game where people either enlist as “players” or pay to watch as “watchers”. She discovers that all dares must be recorded on the player’s phone, that earned money is forfeited if a player fails or bails on a dare, and that “snitches get stitches.” She and Ian rise to become two of Nerve’s top players, but Sydney is envious of Vee’s success. Vee and Ian win the final dare, but when she refuses to shoot, Ty leaps from the audience and takes Ian’s place.
Tommy and his hackers modify Nerve’s source code to decrypt the watcher’s code names into their real names and send them a message: “You are an accessory to murder”. The terrified onlookers immediately log out, shutting down all servers and ending the game. After a few months, Vee and Sydney reconcile, and Ian reveals his true name is Sam, and they walk away together as the sun rises.
Samira Wiley Movies
♦ 2021 – Breaking News in Yuba County
♦ 2019 – Vault
♦ 2018 – Social Animals
♦ 2017 – Detroit
♦ 2016 – Nerve
♦ 2016 – 37
♦ 2014 – Rob the Mob
♦ 2012 – Being Flynn
♦ 2011 – The Sitter
Samira Wiley TV Shows
♦ 2021–2022 – Blade Runner: Black Lotus
♦ 2020 – Night on Earth
♦ 2020 – Equal
♦ 2019 – Drunk History
♦ 2019 – Love, Death & Robots
♦ 2019 – Will & Grace
♦ 2018–21 – Explained
♦ 2017–present – The Handmaid’s Tale
♦ 2017–2019 – Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
♦ 2017 – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
♦ 2016–2019 – You’re the Worst
♦ 2016 – The Catch
♦ 2016 – Lip Sync Battle
♦ 2015 – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit