the daughter of two Baptist ministers. In her early 20s, Wiley landed a coveted spot studying theatre at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City before embarking on her acting career.
She began working in theatre before landing the role of Poussey in Orange is the New Black, a part she continued to play throughout the show’s first five and seventh season.
She landed another plumb role in 2018, that of the character Moira in The Handmaid’s Tale, for which she won an Emmy Award.While working on Orange is the New Black, Wiley also met the writer Lauren Morelli.
The two married in 2017.Now Wiley returns to her roots in theatre, stepping into the role of Raisin in the Sun playwright Lorraine Hansbury in the HBO series Equal.