Samira Wiley

thumb 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. Quotes It’s so interesting how fiction can teach you about your own reality. It’s so clear to me in that show how they pit women against each other I have a voice. People are looking at you, and you have to choose what you’re going to use that for. It’s kind of not an option to not use it, These men [on The Handmaid’s Tale] have given women a false sense of superiority over each other and have put a divide between these women so they don’t even understand the power they have by supporting one another. I’m just super clear about what I want to do with my voice, and because I have more courage and conviction around it. The activism projects I’ve been involved with concern me and many of the women I know in my family and workplace However, I also care about equal pay and body positivity for the sake of future generations of women. I want them to be able to live in a nation that supports them, their lifestyle, and anything I can do now to help raise awareness of the gender wage gap, and body positivity can help pave the way towards a more positive future for all women. Samira Wiley Has Finally Found Her Voice, And She’s Not Afraid To Use It;By Britni Danielle on March 26, 2019 External links Category:Actresses from Washington, D.C. Category:Living people Category:Juilliard School alumni Category:African Americans