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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 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Samira Wiley is the 11,023rd most popular actor (down from 9,943rd in 2024), the 16,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,538th in 2019) and the 5,076th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Samira Wiley ranks 11,023 out of 13,578. Before her are Tati Gabrielle, Danielle Campbell, Serena Rossi, Erin Daniels, Satomi Satō, and Lina Esco. After her are Julie Ann Emery, Shin Ye-eun, Andrew Rannells, Charles Winninger, Sara Paxton, and Andrey Merzlikin.

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Among people born in 1987, Samira Wiley ranks 479. Before her are Brendon Urie, Aravane Rezaï, José Ortigoza, Yoon Kyun-sang, Reza Ghoochannejhad, and Lauren Holiday. After her are Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Russell, David Edgar, Maximiliano Moralez, Hyun-jin Ryu, and Takuya Eguchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samira Wiley ranks 16,048 out of 20,380. Before her are Lauren Holiday (1987), Scott Storch (1973), Dustin Lance Black (1975), Billy Gould (1963), Steve Purcell (1961), and Lina Esco (1985). After her are Julie Ann Emery (1975), Madlib (1973), Andrew Rannells (1978), Charles Winninger (1884), Andrew Luck (1989), and Sara Paxton (1988).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Samira Wiley ranks 5,079. Before her are Cathryn Damon (1930), Ashley Bell (1986), Tati Gabrielle (1996), Danielle Campbell (1995), Erin Daniels (1973), and Lina Esco (1985). After her are Julie Ann Emery (1975), Andrew Rannells (1978), Charles Winninger (1884), Sara Paxton (1988), Madison Bailey (1999), and Joshua Gomez (1975).

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