Portrait of Simone Lahbib

Simone Lahbib

Acting

Biography

Simone Nicole Jean Lahbib Ould Cheikl (born February 6, 1965) is a Scottish actress. She is known for her roles as Helen Stewart in the ITV drama series Bad Girls, DCI Alex Fielding in the ITV crime series Wire in the Blood and Katy Lewis in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Lahbib trained in drama at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University. She then commenced her on-screen career in 1985 when she was cast in The Girl in the Picture, a film set in Glasgow directed by Cary Parker. She also sang on the soundtrack. Lahbib has worked extensively in television and film, after starting her career predominantly in theatre. Following guest appearances on well-known television dramas such as Taggart and Dangerfield. Lahbib is the mother of British actress Skye Lucia Degruttola.

Born: February 6, 1965

Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Filmography

2017
The Loch

as Mhari Toner

2013
Philomena

as Kate Sixsmith

2013
Crossing Lines

as Emma Pacetti

2013
Shetland

as Jill Stevens

2011
Vera

as Rose Swann

2007
Single-Handed

as Gemma Burge

2005
Red Mercury

as Janet

2005
Heartless

as Amanda MacNaughton

2004
Fallen

as DCI Kate Gunning

2003
Family

as Jacqueline Cutler

2002
Wire in the Blood

as DI Alex Fielding

2000
Monarch of the Glen

as Isobel Anderson

1999
Bad Girls

as Helen Stewart

1996
Thief Takers

as DC Lucy McCarthy