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<p>Samira Wiley is known as an American actress. She is most famous for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.</p>

<h2>Background and Age</h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samira_Wiley">Samira Denise Wiley</a> was born on April 15, 1987 in Washington, D.C. She was born to Baptist pastors, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley. She has two sibllings, Joshua Wiley and Aiyana Ma'at. Samira Wiley knew from an exceptionally youthful age that she needed to act professionally. To carry her fantasies to fulfillment, Wiley studied at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. She went to Temple University just as New York's Juilliard School where she earned a BFA. Post-Juilliard, Wiley acted in theater productions before making her screen debut in 2011.</p>

<h2>Career and Net Worth</h2>

<p>Wiley handled her huge break with her role as a sentimental convict Poussey Washington Netflix's Orange Is the New Black. Samira was happy to in the cast of the Orange is the New Black which became a noteworthy hit, accumulating twelve Emmy Award nominations for its first season. The show wrapped up its run in July 2019.</p>

<h2>Marriage, Husband and Kids</h2>

<p>Samira Wiley is married to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Lauren Morelli</a>. The couple got married on the 25th of March 2017 in a very private service held in Palm Springs, California. On their huge day, the pair wore outfits designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Siriano">Christian Siriano</a>. Their wedding was directed by Wiley's folks, Drs. Dennis and Christine Wiley both Baptist clergymen. They were formerly co-ministers of Covenant Baptist church which in 2007 was the first church in D.C to marry LGBTQ couples. Wiley and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a> initially met on the set arrangement of Orange Is The New Black. The show offered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a>, a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">dancer</a>, her first professional writing gig and the first scene she wrote was the first to include Wiley's character, Poussey Washington.</p>

<p>After their wedding, Samira Wiley uncovered to BUST Magazine that she had first begun to look all starry eyed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a>'s brain subsequent to perusing her content which was even before they met. After observing her on set just, the fascination on her part was huge but <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a> at the time was married to another, a man named Steve Basilone.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a> married Steve in 2012 yet petitioned for a separation from him in September 2014 and turned out to be a lesbian. At the point when Wiley had taken up her OITNB role, she was still a closeted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samira_Wiley">lesbian</a>. She was coincidentally outed by a co-star during an interview, something that Wiley later clarified made her extremely upset and denied her of the chance to come out on her terms.</p>

<p>As the pair started a dear friendship that before long prompted consistent flirting and at last a sentimental relationship. Wiley says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Morelli">Morelli</a>'s intensity with her sexuality helped her become increasingly agreeable as a lesbian. In the early long periods of their kinship, the pair talked about with one another about their individual adventure with their sexuality</p>

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