<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 . She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the latter role . </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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