Born in Detroit, Michigan, Simone always knew she was meant to perform. Growing up, Simone spent years playing the violin, singing, and playing sports before she decided to focus on acting. While in her first year as an English major at Howard University, she decided to take a theatre for non-majors course. This class solidified her commitment to acting, and she graduated with a minor in Theatre arts. Following graduation, Simone traveled to Oxford, England, where she participated in the British American Drama Academy taking Master Classes with greats Ben Kingsley, Alan Rickman, and Jane Lapotaire. She then honed her craft performing in regional theatre in Detroit, Michigan before packing it all up and moving to Los Angeles. Simone has experienced success filming several short films, features and has begun writing and producing her own series of one act plays. In 2010, Simone will begin production on a self-written web series, and a documentary.
2025Government Cheese (10 Episodes) as Astoria
2024After Midnight (1 Episode) as Self
2021Slugfest (10 Episodes) as Self
2019All Rise (58 Episodes) as Lola Carmichael
2019#Truth as Lanie Cooper
2019Relics and Rarities (2 Episodes) as Zora Ujasiri
2018Tell Me a Story (2 Episodes) as Marianna Reynolds
2018Jinn as Jade
2018Altered Carbon (8 Episodes) as Trepp
2017Marvel's The Defenders (5 Episodes) as Misty Knight
2017Marvel's Iron Fist (6 Episodes) as Misty Knight
2016Marvel's Luke Cage (26 Episodes) as Misty Knight
2016Geeking Out (1 Episode) as Self
2015Black Card as Lona
2015Wayward Pines (2 Episodes) as CJ's Wife
2013Ray Donovan (1 Episode) as Porshla
2012Scandal (1 Episode) as Uniform Cop
2012A Taste of Romance as Elise
2011Look Again as Anna
2008The Road to Sundance as Reese Knight