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Josette Patricia Simon OBE (born c. 1959) is a British actress. She trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and played the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth series of the television sci-fi series Blake's 7 from 1980 to 1981. On stage, she has appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions from 1982, playing Ariel in The Tempest, to 2018 when she was Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. The first black woman in an RSC play, Simon has been at the forefront of 'colour-blind casting', playing roles traditionally taken by white actresses, including Maggie, a character that is thought to be based on Marilyn Monroe, in Arthur Miller's After the Fall at the National Theatre in 1990.

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  • Josette Patricia Simon OBE (* 15. November 1960 in Leicester, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. (de)
  • جوزيت سيمون (بالإنجليزية: Josette Simon)‏ هي ممثلة بريطانية، ولدت في 15 نوفمبر 1960 بليستر في المملكة المتحدة. (ar)
  • Josette Patricia Simon OBE (born c. 1959) is a British actress. She trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and played the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth series of the television sci-fi series Blake's 7 from 1980 to 1981. On stage, she has appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions from 1982, playing Ariel in The Tempest, to 2018 when she was Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. The first black woman in an RSC play, Simon has been at the forefront of 'colour-blind casting', playing roles traditionally taken by white actresses, including Maggie, a character that is thought to be based on Marilyn Monroe, in Arthur Miller's After the Fall at the National Theatre in 1990. Her first leading role at the RSC, the first for a black actress, was as Rosaline, in Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Barry Kyle, in 1984. In 1987, Simon appeared for the RSC again, in the lead role of Isabelle in Measure for Measure. Later leading roles for the RSC saw her as Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999–2000) and Cleopatra in Antony And Cleopatra (2017–18). She has played numerous other roles across stage, television, film, and radio. Simon won the Evening Standard's Best Actress award, a Critics' Circle Theatre Award, and Plays and Players Critic Awards for After the Fall, and two film festival awards for her part in Milk and Honey (1988). She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2000, for services to drama. (en)
  • Josette Patricia Simon (Leicester, 15 novembre 1960) è un'attrice britannica, attiva in campo teatrale, televisivo e cinematografico. (it)
  • Josette Patricia Simon (Leicester, 1960) is een Engelse actrice van Antiguaanse afkomst. Zij volgde een opleiding aan de Central School of Speech and Drama in Londen. Zij is bekend door haar rol als Dayna Mellanby in de televisieserie Blake's 7. Ook had zij rollen in Lewis, Casualty, Skins, Midsomer Murders, The Last Detective en in Hercule Poirot in de aflevering The Mystery of the Blue Train. Zij trad op in de films Cry Freedom en . Voor haar rol in deze laatste film werd zij beloond met een Genie Award als beste actrice. Dezelfde nominatie kreeg zij voor haar rol in Golden Girls. Josette trouwde met Mark Padmore in 1996, maar zij gingen weer uiteen in 2004. Zij hebben een kind. (nl)
  • Джозе́тт Са́ймон (англ. Josette Simon; род. 15 ноября 1960, Лестер) — британская актриса театра, кино и телевидения, изредка также выступает как актриса озвучивания. (ru)
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  • Bitter Harvest (en)
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  • Anatomy of a Scandal (en)
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  • Josette Patricia Simon OBE (* 15. November 1960 in Leicester, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. (de)
  • جوزيت سيمون (بالإنجليزية: Josette Simon)‏ هي ممثلة بريطانية، ولدت في 15 نوفمبر 1960 بليستر في المملكة المتحدة. (ar)
  • Josette Patricia Simon (Leicester, 15 novembre 1960) è un'attrice britannica, attiva in campo teatrale, televisivo e cinematografico. (it)
  • Джозе́тт Са́ймон (англ. Josette Simon; род. 15 ноября 1960, Лестер) — британская актриса театра, кино и телевидения, изредка также выступает как актриса озвучивания. (ru)
  • Josette Patricia Simon OBE (born c. 1959) is a British actress. She trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and played the part of Dayna Mellanby in the third and fourth series of the television sci-fi series Blake's 7 from 1980 to 1981. On stage, she has appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions from 1982, playing Ariel in The Tempest, to 2018 when she was Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. The first black woman in an RSC play, Simon has been at the forefront of 'colour-blind casting', playing roles traditionally taken by white actresses, including Maggie, a character that is thought to be based on Marilyn Monroe, in Arthur Miller's After the Fall at the National Theatre in 1990. (en)
  • Josette Patricia Simon (Leicester, 1960) is een Engelse actrice van Antiguaanse afkomst. Zij volgde een opleiding aan de Central School of Speech and Drama in Londen. Zij is bekend door haar rol als Dayna Mellanby in de televisieserie Blake's 7. Ook had zij rollen in Lewis, Casualty, Skins, Midsomer Murders, The Last Detective en in Hercule Poirot in de aflevering The Mystery of the Blue Train. Zij trad op in de films Cry Freedom en . Voor haar rol in deze laatste film werd zij beloond met een Genie Award als beste actrice. Dezelfde nominatie kreeg zij voor haar rol in Golden Girls. (nl)
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  • Josette Simon (de)
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  • Саймон, Джозетт (ru)
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