One minute she’s navigating her desires in teen telly drama Sex Education and the next she’s bodice-ripping in Bridgerton. 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. But her teachers at Redroofs School for the Performing Arts, in Berkshire, were never in any doubt that Simone would become a huge star. Series two is based on Julia Quinn’s second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and Simone’s character is described as pale-skinned.
Source: Daily Mirror February 27, 2021 19:56 UTC