--- title: Samira Wiley, Lauren Morelli, Orange Is the New Black Engaged description: Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli are engaged after meeting on set of the hit Netflix show a few years ago. canonical: https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-04T19:29:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:18.842Z og:title: An 'Orange Is the New Black' Actress and Writer Are Engaged og:description: Samira Wiley and writer Lauren Morelli met and fell in love on the show's set. og:url: https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: An 'Orange Is the New Black' Actress and Writer Are Engaged twitter:description: Samira Wiley and writer Lauren Morelli met and fell in love on the show's set. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Orange Is the New Black's_ Samira Wiley and Writer Lauren Morelli Are Now Engaged  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 4, 2016 7:29 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 4, 2016 7:29 PM UTC Samira Wiley, who plays Poussey Washington on Netflix’s early breakout [hit show ](http://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/?iid=sr-link2)_Orange Is the New Black,_ just announced her engagement—to one of the show’s writers and producers, Lauren Morelli. The two posted a picture to Instagram featuring a sparkling ring and the simple caption: “Yes.” In the show, Wiley’s character [experiences a few](http://orange-is-the-new-black.wikia.com/wiki/Poussey%5FWashington) different romantic (and plot) pitfalls, with a tragic turn in the most recent season. Morelli, meanwhile, has had an interesting story arc offscreen: as the show began filming, she began to question her sexuality after being married to her long-term boyfriend for a few months and came to the realization that [she was gay](https://mic.com/articles/89727/while-writing-for-orange-is-the-new-black-i-realized-i-am-gay#.4OvfmVmsr), she wrote in an essay for [_Mic_](https://mic.com/articles/89727/while-writing-for-orange-is-the-new-black-i-realized-i-am-gay#.Yhk4K7iWE). Morelli has since divorced, and she and Wiley have been dating for about two years after meeting on set. See the engagement post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/"},"headline":"Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley and Writer Lauren Morelli Are Now Engaged","datePublished":"2016-10-04T19:29:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:18.842Z","description":"She said yes.","url":"https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4518407/samira-wiley-lauren-morelli/","name":"Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley and Writer Lauren Morelli Are Now Engaged"}}]}] ```