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Samira Wiley

(1987) Actor

9 quotes in 107 categories

Samira Wiley is an actor, best known for Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum.

Quick Facts About Samira Wiley

Born: April 15, 1987
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum

About Samira Wiley

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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Samira Wiley

The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class.

Class

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I'm definitely not the kind of person who wants to push anything down anyone's throat, so I don't really mind what the…

Communication

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I really wanted to work with Kate Mulgurew and Natasha Lyonne.

Kate

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I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have…

Able

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Along with some things I've seen in my own life, it showed me that depression needs to be treated in the same…

Ashamed

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I never want to pigeonhole myself or get typecast. I'm looking forward to my career and showing all of my range as…

Actress

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When you're in prison, the progress of the outside world doesn't necessarily translate inside prison walls. You don't have any rights; it…

Along

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Because of the men in charge of this system, they've created this caste system for women that gives some of the women…

Authority

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I'm a big lover of Shakespeare. In fact, the only plays that I've ever done professionally in New York have been Shakespearian.

Been

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