Orange Is The New Black actress Samira Wiley accepts marriage proposal from show writer Lauren Morelli
The star, who played Poussey Washington, met Lauren on the set of the Neflix TV series
ORANGE In The New Black actress Samira Wiley has just got engaged to the partner she met on the show.
Show writer Lauren Morelli proposed to Samira, who played Poussey Washington in the show, yesterday.
The actress, 29, tweeted a picture of the pair of them giggling as she held up her left hand showing off a large diamond engagement ring.
She wrote: "I'll do anything with this one..." next to a ring emoji.
Lauren was previously married to a man for two years but realised she was gay after working on Orange Is The New Black.
Her ex-husband, Steve Bailone, was also a TV writer and wrote for The Michael J. Fox Show.
In 2014 she came out in an article she wrote for and said: "…from that moment on my life fell into a parallel rhythm with Piper’s story in a way that went from interesting to terrifying in a matter of months".
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She also explained: "I went through it all on set: I fell in love with a woman, and I watched my life play out on screen."
The couple have been dating for around two years.
Samira was killed off the show earlier this year in a tragic scene.
She starred in thriller Nerve earlier this year and is currently filming dystopian TV series The Handmaid's Tale.
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