<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2011 (2011)--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Lauren Morelli (m . 2017) </Td> </Tr> <P> Samira Wiley (born April 15, 1987) is an American actress and model . She is best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and for playing Moira in the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series . </P> <P> Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ . Wiley's parents have been referred to as "pillars of the LGBT religious community," as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church in D.C. performing same - sex unions in 2007 . She has two siblings: Aiyana Ma'at and Joshua Wiley . </P>

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