Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli
The writer of hit TV show, Orange is the New Black, Lauren Morelli and one of the show’s stars, Samira Wiley who plays Poussey, are another one of our power couples. They dated for a while until they got engaged in October 2016, then married in March 2017. Orange is the New Black is one of the most successful and influential television shows that has brought LGBTQ+ rights and awareness to the fore like no other piece of media.
Samira Wiley & Lauren Morelli
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi
It’s not possible to have such a list without one of Hollywood’s most prominent power-couples, Ellen and Portia. Ellen is known across the world with her popular TV show, as a favorite talk-show host, and on a more personal level, as one of the first and most outspoken TV personalities for LGBT rights, even receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her extensive work for LGBT rights. Since 2004, Ellen has been in a relationship with Portia De Rossi, a successful model, actress and philanthropist in her own right, exchanging vows in 2008.
Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi
