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Samira Wiley

1987 - Today

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Samira Wiley 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 (2017–2025), 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 documentary Night on Earth (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samira Wiley is the 9,943rd most popular actor, the 14,542nd most popular biography from United States and the 4,658th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Samira Wiley ranks 9,943 out of 13,578. Before her are Shinobu Terajima, Morfydd Clark, Angélica, Anne Ramsay, Andy On, and Marion Byron. After her are Jamie Luner, Nicole Sullivan, Daran Norris, Robert Gant, Fannie Ward, and Maiara Walsh.

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Among people born in 1987, Samira Wiley ranks 355. Before her are Kristof Van Hout, Coke, Mame Biram Diouf, Ahmed Elmohamady, Becky Lynch, and Mikhail Kukushkin. After her are Willy Aubameyang, Charlotte Kalla, Yu Kobayashi, McDonald Mariga, Jérémy Chardy, and Anele Ngcongca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samira Wiley ranks 14,542 out of 20,380. Before her are Anne Ramsay (1960), Misty Stone (1986), Andy On (1977), Chad Hedrick (1977), Maryon Pittman Allen (1925), and Marion Byron (1911). After her are Jamie Luner (1971), Nicole Sullivan (1970), Daran Norris (1964), Robert Gant (1968), Fannie Ward (1872), and Jad Fair (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Samira Wiley ranks 4,658. Before her are Bob Peterson (1961), Julia Sweeney (1959), Melissa Sagemiller (1974), Anne Ramsay (1960), Andy On (1977), and Marion Byron (1911). After her are Jamie Luner (1971), Nicole Sullivan (1970), Daran Norris (1964), Robert Gant (1968), Fannie Ward (1872), and Maiara Walsh (1988).

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