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Simone Ashley

  • Actress
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Simone Ashley at an event for Simone Ashley Receives the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
Simone Ashley, star of "Bridgerton," receives the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award and shares the actors who inspire her, some behind-the-scenes stories from her first IMDb credit, and her hopes for her character Kate in "Bridgerton."
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Simone Ashley's first acting role was in two episodes of fantasy teen drama Wolfblood as Zuhra. This was followed by appearances in thriller series Guilt (2016), and crime drama Broadchurch (2017). She made her feature film debut in 2018 with a small role in Boogie Man as Aarti, and a more prominent role in Kill Ben Lyk as one of the many characters named Ben Lyk.

From 2019-2021, Ashley played the recurring role of Olivia Hanan in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education. She also appeared in the ITV psychological thriller miniseries The Sister as Elise Fox in 2020.

Having auditioned in 2020, it was announced in February 2021 that Ashley would star as leading lady Kate opposite Jonathan Bailey as Anthony in the second season of the Shondaland-produced Netflix romance period drama Bridgerton, based on the second novel in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series, The Viscount Who Loved Me. The season was released in March 2022.

In 2022, Ashley featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in European entertainment.
BornMarch 30, 1995
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BornMarch 30, 1995
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    • 1 win & 4 nominations

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Aimee Lou Wood, Mimi Keene, Simone Ashley, and Chaneil Kular in Sex Education (2019)
Simone Ashley in Simone Ashley Receives the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
Simone Ashley in Fan Questions (2021)
Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley in Victory (2022)
Jonathan Bailey, Kari-Ann Trachmann, Rupert Young, Luke Thompson, and Simone Ashley in Victory (2022)
Charithra Chandran and Simone Ashley in Capital R Rake (2022)
Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley in Capital R Rake (2022)
Adjoa Andoh, Shelley Conn, Charithra Chandran, and Simone Ashley in Capital R Rake (2022)
Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley in Capital R Rake (2022)

Known for

Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
Sex Education
8.3
TV Series
  • Olivia Hanan
David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)
Broadchurch
8.4
TV Series
  • Dana
Ryan Reynolds in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
6.5
  • Girlfriend
  • 2019
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger in C.B. Strike (2017)
C.B. Strike
7.9
TV Series
  • Alicia - Receptionist

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Actress

  • The Little Mermaid
    • Indira
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • 10 Lives
    • Rose
    • In Production
    • 2023
  • Bulldog
    • Lori (voice)
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Jonathan Bailey, Charithra Chandran, and Simone Ashley in Bridgerton (2020)
    Bridgerton
    • Kathani 'Kate' Sharma
    • Lady Kathani 'Kate' Bridgerton
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
    Sex Education
    • Olivia Hanan
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • Russell Tovey, Bertie Carvel, and Amrita Acharia in The Sister (2020)
    The Sister
    • Elise Fox
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019)
    A Working Mom's Nightmare
    • Aisha
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    • Shai Anderton
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Ryan Reynolds in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
    Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
    • Girlfriend
    • 2019
  • Sparrow (2018)
    Sparrow
    • Taylor
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Eugene Simon, Martyn Ford, and Simone Ashley in Kill Ben Lyk (2018)
    Kill Ben Lyk
    • The Girl
    • 2018
  • Amy Jackson, Kush Khanna, and Jerry-Jane Pears in Boogie Man (2018)
    Boogie Man
    • Aarti
    • 2018
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    • Sofia Johal
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Inspector Coliandro (2003)
    Inspector Coliandro
    • Veena
    • Veena (2017)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger in C.B. Strike (2017)
    C.B. Strike
    • Alicia - Receptionist
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • David Tennant and Olivia Colman in Broadchurch (2013)
    Broadchurch
    • Dana
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Guilt (2016)
    Guilt
    • Amanda
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Wolfblood (2012)
    Wolfblood
    • Zuhra
    • TV Series
    • 2016

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Simone Ashley Answers Your Fan Questions
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Simone Ashley Answers Your Fan Questions
Simone Ashley Receives the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
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Simone Ashley Receives the IMDb "Breakout" STARmeter Award
Best Looks From the Met Gala 2022
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Best Looks From the Met Gala 2022
All About Simone Ashley
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All About Simone Ashley
Official Trailer
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Kill Ben Lyk
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Kill Ben Lyk

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  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • March 30, 1995
  • Parents
    • Gunasekharan

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