Josette Simon ( born Josette Simon ; born , ) is a British theater, film and television actress, occasionally also acts as a voice actress.
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| Birth name | Josette patricia simon Josette patricia simon |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1980 - n. at. |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 2 Awards and nominations
- 3 Theater
- 4 Selected filmography
- 4.1 wide screen
- 4.2 Television
- 4.3 Sound
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Josette Patrice Simon [2] was born on November 15, 1960 in the English city of Leicester , grew up in the village of [3] . Her parents come from the state of Antigua and Barbuda , from the island of Antigua . There are three older brothers and sisters. [3] After high school, the girl graduated from the Central School of Stage Speech and Dramatic Art [4] . Since 1980, Josette began acting for television, in 1987 she first appeared on the wide screen, but for a big movie her work has remained extremely scarce. Since 2010, occasionally acts as a voice actress. For television, he usually acts as a guest in 1-3 episodes of a guest in criminal detective series.
Personal life
In 1996, Simon married British tenor (born 1961). The marriage lasted eight years, after which the couple divorced. From this marriage, Josette left a daughter (b. 2000) [3] .
Awards and nominations
- 1989 - “Gini” Film Award in the category “Best Actress for the Leading Role” for his role in the film “Milk and Honey” - nomination .
- 1990 - in the category "Best Actress" - victory [5] .
- 2000 - Order of the British Empire "for the service of drama" [2]
Theater
Simon plays at the Royal National Theater , she is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company troupe. She played one of the three witches sisters in the production of Macbeth . In 2017, Josette played Cleopatra in the production of Anthony and Cleopatra [6] . Spectators do not expect to see a black actress in such roles, but Simon is a supporter of the practice of “casting actors without regard to skin color” [7] . This was especially evident when, in 1989, the actress played the role of Maggie in the production of . The author of this play is the famous playwright Arthur Miller , one of the husbands of Marilyn Monroe , and in his work, she is meant by the character of Maggie [8] . For that role, the Evening Standard newspaper awarded Simon in the category "Best Actress" [3] .
Selected Filmography
Widescreen
- 1987 - Cry Freedom -
- 2012 - Red Lights / Red Lights - Corrin
- 2017 - Wonder Woman / Mnemosyne
- 2019 - Pokemon. Detective Pikachu - Grams, Tim Goodman's Grandmother
Television
- 1980-1981 - Seven Blake / Blake's 7 - Dana Mellanby (in )
- 1984 - Play Today - Linda King (in the King episode)
- 1989 - / Beatrice (in the Takeover episode)
- 1994 - The / Natural World - narrator behind the scenes (in the episode )
- 1997 - / Kavanagh QC - Dr. Hilary Jameson (in the Blood Money episode)
- 1998 - Dalziel and Pascoe / Dalziel and Pascoe - Eileen Enstiss (in the episode Bones and Silence )
- 1998, 2011 - Silent Witness - different roles (in )
- 2003 - The Last Detective - Gemma Duval (in the Lofty episode)
- 2005 - Agatha Christie's Poirot / Agatha Christie's Poirot - Mirelle Milesi (in The Mystery of the Blue Train episode)
- 2006 - Murders in Midsomer / Midsomer Murders - Samantha Flint (in episode Last Year's Model )
- 2006, 2009—2010 - - different roles (in )
- 2007 - Lewis / Lewis - Stephanie Fielding (in an episode of Expiation )
- 2008 - The purely English murder / The Bill - Dr. Rachel Cartwright (in the episode )
- 2008 - Skins / Skins - Elaine Faizer (in the episode )
- 2009 - Horizon / narrator behind the scenes (in the episode )
- 2009 - / Minder - DI Murray (in )
- 2010 - Silence / The Silence - Therapist (in 2 episodes)
- 2011 - Ghosts / Spooks - Julia Dennison (in episode )
- 2011 - Law & Order: London / Law & Order: UK - Paulette Clarkson (in episode)
- 2012 - New Tricks / New Tricks - Vera (in the episode )
- 2014 - Death in Paradise - Judge Stone (in the episode )
- 2014 - / Suspects - Dr. Melanie Standish (in the Sensitivity episode)
- 2017 - Beach Murder / Broadchurch - Senior Clark (in 3 episodes )
- 2018 - / The Split - Maya (in Episode # 1.6 )
- 2018 - Flying Through the Night / Nightflyers - Cynthia (in 3 episodes)
- 2019 - Queens of Mystery / Queens of Mystery - Tallulah Savage Hughes (in the episode Death by Vinyl )
Scoring
- 2010 - Fable III - minor characters
- 2012 - Merlin / The Euchdag (in 2 episodes )
- 2014 - Dragon Age: Inquisition - Minor Characters
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Uploading Freebase data - Google .
- ↑ 1 2 Order of the British Empire, Civil - Birthday Honors 2000 - LZ on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Here's Looking at You, Kid: Actress Josette Simon (this) on the website thisisleicestershire.co.uk , April 9, 2013 Archived from the original April 13, 2013
- ↑ Some of our Famous Alumni ... on the cssd.ac.uk website Archived from the original on July 16, 2006
- ↑ Evening Standard Theater Awards for 1990 ( alb .) On albemarle-london.com Archived from the original on September 17, 2010
- ↑ David Jays. Josette Simon: 'Powerful women are reduced to being dishonourable' on theguardian.com , March 21, 2017
- ↑ Hugh Quarshi. Black kings are old hat on theguardian.com , September 20, 2000
- ↑ Louise Jary. Color-blind casting finds new stars for Billy Elliot ( independent ) on independent.co.uk , February 24, 2006