Samira Wiley

Professions :

Born :

April 15, 1987

To be honest, whenever I go to shoots, or I'm on set, it really makes makeup special and allows me to have so much more fun with it - I don't wear it on an everyday basis, because I like my skin to breathe.

skin me makeup fun

I remember when I got into Juilliard - which was just crazy to me, that I would be studying at a school like that - the choice to cut all my hair off was really symbolic for me.

me crazy hair school

I want to make sure that any young person or anyone, really, who is looking up to me - who sees a glimpse of who I am as a person - that they see no shame, that they see pride, and that I'm truly unabashed about the person that I am.

i-am looking me pride

Poussey is a really huge part of 'Orange,' and I'm sure her name will always echo through the halls of Litchfield, dead or alive.

dead name will alive

I'm very unpopular for my dislike of this food, but I've never liked avocado. Everyone gives me so much flack for it because they tell me how healthy it is for me, how delicious it is. I don't like it, but it's not for lack of trying. I tried to like it, and it's just not my thing.

never me food trying

I eat a lot. I probably eat more than anybody that I know. I'll go on set and get a plate of bacon, a bagel, an omelet, boiled eggs, fresh fruit, oatmeal, fresh juice, potatoes, basically anything that's there. I don't mean that I alternate between these things. I'll eat all of this for breakfast.

go know fruit breakfast

I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of t... by Samira Wiley

I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.

new think orange black

I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.

job black responsibility character

I didn't do 'Orange' because I knew it was good. I wanted to do this because it feels good. And I just knew that was the place I needed, wanted to be.

place just good orange

It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the... by Samira Wiley

It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.

show love two interesting

Beatrice Lillie

Adepero Oduye

Adrienne Barbeau

Bindu

Alexandra Breckenridge

Bojana Novakovic