One minute she’s navigating her desires in teen telly drama Sex Education and the next she’s bodice-ripping in Bridgerton. Yes, it’s been a hectic couple of years for Simone Ashley, 25.
And it’s only going to get busier if the plaudits coming her way are anything to go by. Simone plays Kate Sharma, a woman out to steal Duke Anthony from the arms of his intended in season two of Bridgerton – the Netflix hit watched by 83million worldwide.
She is the first South Asian actress in the drama and Simone admits her career has shocked her traditional Indian family – and that her parents find it “scary and unsettling.” Simone has come a long way since persuading her parents to let her go to a performing arts school.
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