adrienne c. moore played black cindy on orange is the new black.
adrienne c. moore played black cindy on orange is the new black.
who plays black cindy on orange is the new black?
adrienne c. moore
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adrienne c. moore (born august 14, 1981) is an american actress. she is known for her role as cindy "black cindy" hayes in the netflix comedy-drama series "orange is the new black".









































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moore was born in nashville, tennessee, and grew up in nashville and georgia. in 2003, moore graduated with a b.a. from northwestern university, where she studied psychology, history, and religion. she began her career on stage, appearing in off-broadway productions. on television, she had small parts in "blue bloods" and "30 rock", before her role on "orange is the new black".
adrienne c. moore
alison abdullah (played by amanda stephen) — an african-american inmate and observant muslim who becomes one of black cindy's new roommates. the two quickly clash over their shared space in the bunk, which escalates into a turf war, all the while trading barbs over their respective religions, which leads cindy to give her the nickname "jihad". they eventually overcame their differences, due to their mutual hatred of scientology, and formed a truce in an attempt to take a picture of judy to sell to the paparazzi with her smuggled cell phone she hides in her hijab. she was previously shown texting her child, farah, on the phone.
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