Wiley was raised in Washington, D.C. Her parents, Christine and Dennis W. Wiley, are the co-pastors of Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ. Wiley\'s parents have been referred to as "pillars of the LGBT religious community," as the Covenant Baptist Church was the only Baptist church in D.C. performing same-sex unions in 2007. She has two siblings: Aiyana Ma\'at and Joshua Wiley.\n', '

Wiley attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Juilliard School in New York City, graduating in 2010. At Juilliard, she trained in theater performance and worked mainly in theater in her early career.\n', '

Wiley\'s first major acting role was in the comedy film The Sitter (2011). In 2011, Wiley played Maria in a theater production of Love\'s Labour\'s Lost by The Public Theater.\n', '

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