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| name = Josette Simon OBE | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Josette Patricia Simon || birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England || birth_date = 15 November 1960 | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = | spouse = Mark Padmore (1996–2004) }}Josette Patricia Simon, OBE is a British actress from Leicester of Antiguan descent. She trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[1] Born: 15 November 1960 (age 58 years), Leicester CareerAfter leaving Central School of Speech and Drama she was chosen to play the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth seasons of the television sci-fi series Blake's 7.[2] Her more recent television work includes roles in Lewis, Casualty, Skins, Midsomer Murders, The Last Detective, Death in Paradise and the Poirot episode "The Mystery of the Blue Train". Simon's film appearances include Cry Freedom[2] and Milk and Honey, for which she was nominated for a Best Actress award. In 1992 she starred alongside Brenda Fricker in the TV film Seekers, produced by Sarah Lawson. Simon is also a notable stage actress who has performed frequently with the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company,[2] being cast as one of the three "weird sisters" in Macbeth alongside Kathy Behean, Lesley Sharp and Bob Peck who played the lead. Simon was cast as Cleopatra in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2017 production of Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Iqbal Khan.[3][4] As a black actress, she has been at the forefront of 'colour-blind casting', frequently taking roles traditionally considered white.[5][6] One example is Maggie in Arthur Miller's After the Fall, which has been said to have been based on Marilyn Monroe, former wife of Miller, a performance that won Simon the Evening Standards Best Actress award in 1990,[7] as well as several Best Actress nominations. She was also nominated for a Best Actress award for her performance in Golden Girls at the RSC. In 2009 she appeared in the inaugural episode of the resurrected TV series Minder. In 2019 She appears as Cynthia in the sci-fi series Nightflyers. Awards and honoursSimon was awarded the OBE for services to drama in 2000,[8] and also received an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Leicester in 1995.[2] Personal lifeSimon married Mark Padmore in 1996. The couple divorced in 2004. They have one child. Filmography (incomplete)
References1. ^CSSD Alumni {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716231755/http://www.cssd.ac.uk/pages/famous_alumni.html |date=16 July 2006 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/s-Looking-Kid-Actress-Josette-Simon/story-18654258-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20150816221229/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/s-Looking-Kid-Actress-Josette-Simon/story-18654258-detail/story.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=16 August 2015 |title=The Royal Shakespeare Company actress and star of TV's Blake's 7 looks back on her career and her childhood in Leicester |newspaper=Leicester Mercury |date=9 April 2013 |accessdate=28 April 2016 }} 3. ^[https://www.rsc.org.uk/antony-and-cleopatra/cast-and-creatives Antony and Cleopatra cast and creatives], Royal Shakespeare Company. 4. ^David Jays, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/mar/21/josette-simon-cleopatra-rsc-shakespeare?subid=18198255&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 "Josette Simon: 'Powerful women are reduced to being dishonourable'"], The Guardian, 21 March 2017. 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/colour-blind-casting-finds-new-stars-for-billy-elliot-6108361.html|title=Colour-blind casting finds new stars for Billy Elliott|author= Louise Jury|work=The Independent |date=24 February 2006|accessdate=30 March 2017|location=London}} 6. ^{{cite news|author=Hugh Quarshie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/racism/Story/0,,370567,00.html|title='Black kings are old hat'|work=The Guardian|date=25 February 2002|accessdate=22 May 2010|location=London, UK}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Evening%20Standard%20Awards&Year=1990|title=Theatre Awards, 1990|publisher=Albemarle-london.com|accessdate=22 May 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917150938/http://albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Evening%20Standard%20Awards&Year=1990|archivedate=17 September 2010|df=dmy-all}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/birthday_honours_2000/793823.stm |title=Birthday Honours 2000 |publisher=BBC News |date=16 June 2000 |accessdate=22 May 2010}} External links
10 : British stage actresses|British television actresses|Black English actresses|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama|Living people|English people of Antigua and Barbuda descent|People from Leicester|Actresses from Leicestershire|1960 births |
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