Simona Brown

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Simona Brown
Born (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30)
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present

Simona Brown (born 6 April 1994) is a British actress best known for her lead role in Behind Her Eyes .

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Early life

Simona Brown grew up in Peckham, London, and is of Jamaican heritage. She studied musical theatre at the BRIT School in Croydon and studied acting at the Identity School of Acting in London. [1]

Career

Brown has appeared in TV miniseries including as Gaia in The Casual Vacancy [2] and as Grace in The Night Manager . She had a recurring role as Faith in HIM and as Roz in the 2016 British-American series Guilt . [3] [4] Her other TV roles include the 2016 remake of Roots and Murdered by My Boyfriend . [2] [5] She plays the main character Tess in the 2018 Channel 4/Netflix series Kiss Me First . [6]

In August 2019, it was announced Brown had been cast in the role of Louise on the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes . [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Man Up SophieDebut Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Run Teenage Girl1 episode
2014 Murdered by My Boyfriend KimTelevision film
Wizards vs. Aliens Jasmine 'Jazz' James2 episodes
2015 The Casual Vacancy Gaia BawdenMain role
Casualty Mairo Kaleel1 episode
2016 Roots Jinna1 episode
Guilt Roz WaltersMain role
The Night Manager GraceRecurring role; 3 episodes
Him FaithMain role
2018 Outlander GayleGuest role (2 episodes)
Kiss Me First TessMain role
The Little Drummer Girl RachelMain role
2019 Grantchester Violet ToddSeries 4: Episodes 1-2
2021 Behind Her Eyes LouiseMain role (6 episodes)

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