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Samira Wiley
American actress
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Kara Young (2) · Samira Wiley (2) · Proof (2) · Broadway (2) · cast change (1) · medical condition (1) · revival (1) · casting change (1) · withdrawal (1) · replacement (1)
📖 Key Information
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.
Wiley also had starring roles in such films as The Sitter (2011), Nerve (2016), Detroit (2017), and Social Animals (2018).
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🇺🇸 Kara Young Joins Broadway Cast Of ‘Proof’; Samira Wiley Steps Aside Due To “Treatable Medical Condition”Two-time Tony winner Kara Young is joining the cast of the first ever Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play Proof, direct...
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🇺🇸 Samira Wiley Withdraws From ‘Proof’ On Broadway, Kara Young Tapped to Replace
Wiley, who was previously announced to play Claire, is leaving the show “due to a treatable medical condition."...
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