Samira Wiley

Personal context

Summary

Samira Wiley is an actor best known for playing Poussey Washington in Orange Is the New Black and Moira in The Handmaid’s Tale. Her notable roles often center queer women, and she has described The Handmaid’s Tale as feminist. She has spoken in support of LGBTQ youth, received the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award and GLAAD’s Vito Russo Award for LGBTQ advocacy, and worked as a GLAAD spokesperson. No public record of party campaigning or political affiliations is on record.