Lovie Simone Oppong was born on November 29, 1998. She is an American actress, finest identified for her function as Zora Greenleaf within the Oprah Winfrey Community drama sequence, Greenleaf.
She was born in New York Metropolis at The Bronx, and raised in Orange County, New York. Her mom is African-American and her father is Ghanaian. She studied at an appearing faculty in New York, started professionally appearing on the age of 9, and later appeared in a nationwide industrial for JC Penney.
“I’ve at all times wished to be an actress or a storyteller,” Simone reveals. In 2016, she started starring within the Oprah Winfrey Community drama sequence, Greenleaf. She was initially forged as a recurring forged member however was promoted to a sequence common as of the second season. She later made her movie debut, enjoying a supporting function reverse Jennifer Hudson within the 2018 drama movie Monster, which premiered on the 2018 Sundance Movie Competition. The next yr, she appeared in two drama movies that premiered at 2019 Sundance Movie Competition: Share, and performed a number one function in Selah and the Spades. Each movies have acquired optimistic critiques from critics. Later in 2019, Simone was forged as one in every of leads within the horror movie The Craft, written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones and primarily based on the 1996 movie of the identical title.
Though roles appear to be popping out one after one other for Simone, she nonetheless has her ears to the streets of what individuals wish to see her do subsequent. And she or he’s up for the problem. She says her dream function could be to play a ‘warrior’.
Simone has a YouTube channel with over 12,000 subscribers.
