Simona Brown

Simona Brown
Born	(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 31) London, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

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

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Man Up	Sophie	Debut Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Run	Teenage Girl	1 episode
2014	Murdered by My Boyfriend	Kim	Television film
	Wizards vs. Aliens	Jasmine 'Jazz' James	2 episodes
2015	The Casual Vacancy	Gaia Bawden	Main role
	Casualty	Mairo Kaleel	1 episode
2016	Roots	Jinna	1 episode
	Guilt	Roz Walters	Main role
	The Night Manager	Grace	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Him	Faith	Main role
2018	Outlander	Gayle	Guest role (2 episodes)
	Kiss Me First	Tess	Main role
	The Little Drummer Girl	Rachel	Main role
2019	Grantchester	Violet Todd	Series 4: Episodes 1-2
2021	Behind Her Eyes	Louise	Main role (6 episodes)

References

1. Peters, Andrew (1 April 2018). "Interview: Simona's winning smile". Essence Magazine Surrey. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
2. Wiseman, Andreas (28 September 2015). "Simona Brown joins 'Roots' cast". ScreenDaily.com . Retrieved 28 February 2021.
3. Gibb, Bill (19 October 2016). "HIM star Simona Brown's career has got off to flying start". The Sunday Post . Retrieved 28 February 2021.
4. Geier, Thom (21 December 2016). "#BuryYourGays: 27 LGBT TV Characters Killed Off in 2016, From 'Empire' to 'Game of Thrones'". TheWrap . Retrieved 28 February 2021– via sfgate.
5. "Cast: Simona Brown: Roz Walters". ABC . Retrieved 28 February 2021.
6. Lambert, Doug (22 December 2016). "Filming gets underway on E4 thriller Kiss Me First". ATV Today . Retrieved 28 February 2021.
7. Clarke, Stewart (8 August 2019). "Netflix's 'Behind Her Eyes,' From 'The Crown' Producers, Sets Cast". Variety . Retrieved 28 February 2021.

External links

• Simona Brown at IMDb