Quotes by Samira Wiley

About Samira Wiley:

Samira Wiley is an American actress and model best known for playing Poussey Washington in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
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The way it works at Julliard is that you just perform with people who are in your own class.

Samira Wiley

I never want to pigeonhole myself or get typecast. I'm looking forward to my career and showing all of my range as an actress, and I'm looking at other mediums, too. I'm a theater actress first. And I cannot wait to return to the stage.

Samira Wiley

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

Samira Wiley

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 just doesn't progress along the same timeline.

Samira Wiley

I come from a theater background, and if you're doing a play, your audience is right there, and you're able to have that one-on-one experience. Doing more TV now, when fans come up to me on the street and talk to me on social media, that's a way to b...

Samira Wiley

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

Samira Wiley

Author Bio

  • NameSamira Wiley
  • DescriptionAmerican stage actor
  • BornApril 15, 1987
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor