# List of performances by Josette Simon

Josette Simon OBE is an English actor of Antiguan descent. Her first theatrical role was as a chorus member in the Leicester Haymarket Theatre production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was followed by several minor roles in other productions at the same venue. She went on to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Her first television role was as 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.
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).
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.

## Television and streaming

Television and streaming appearances by Josette Simon :
| Year | Title` | Role | Notes |
| 1980–1981 | Blake's 7 | Dayna Mellanby | BBC1, series 3 and 4, 26 episodes |
| 1980 | The Cuckoo Waltz | Bonnie | ITV |
| 1980 | The Squad | Noble Bartlett | ITV, episode: "Decoy" |
| 1984 | Play for Today | Linda King | BBC1, episode: "King" |
| 1986 | Pob's Programme | guest | Channel 4 |
| 1986 | Harem | Geisla | ABC TV movie, two parts |
| 1986 | Save a Life: A is for Airway | cast member | BBC1 |
| 1986 | Umbrella | guest | BBC1 |
| 1986 | The Pyrates | Sheba | BBC2 |
| 1987 | The Trumpet of a Prophecy | participant | Channel 4 |
| 1988 | Thompson | cast member | BBC1, two episodes |
| 1989 | Here is the News | Catherine Jones | BBC2, part of Screen Two |
| 1989 | Somewhere to Run | Christine | ITV |
| 1989 | Child Slaves | narrator | BBC2 |
| 1989 | Capital City | Beatrice | ITV |
| 1990 | TECX | Charlotte | ITV, episode: "Writing on the Wall" |
| 1990 | When Love Dies | Annabel | Channel 4, part of 4 Play |
| 1992 | A Child from the South | Nadia Sagov | Channel 4 TV movie |
| 1992 | Bitter Harvest | Vivienne Johnson | BBC2 |
| 1992 | Nice Town | Frankie Thompson | BBC2, three episodes |
| 1993 | Seekers | Susie | ITV, both episodes |
| 1994 | Firebird | narrator | BBC2, part of The Natural World |
| 1994 | Shooting Stars | narrator | Channel 4, part of Black Christmas |
| 1995 | Henry IV | Kate | BBC2, part of Performance |
| 1996 | Bodyguards | Javrunda Hamad | ITV |
| 1997 | Bridge of Time | Fatima | ABC TV movie. |
| 1997 | Kavanagh QC | Dr. Hilary Jameson | ITV, episode: "Blood Money" |
| 1998 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Eileen Anstiss | BBC One, episode: "Bones and Silence" |
| 1998, 2011, 2024 | Silent Witness | DCI Jo Hoskins | BBC One, episodes: "Divided Loyalties", parts 1 and 2 (1998) |
| 1998, 2011, 2024 | Silent Witness | Mrs Ferris | BBC One, episode: "First Casualty", part 2 (2011) |
| 1998, 2011, 2024 | Silent Witness | DCI Ford | BBC One, episode: ""Effective Range", Part 2 (2024) |
| 1999 | Polterguests | Dilys Tring | ITV |
| 1999 | Untold: Brown Babies | narrator | Channel 4 |
| 2000 | Reputations: Joe Louis: the Boxer Who Beat Hitler | narrator | BBC Two |
| 2002 | Celeb | Dawn | BBC One, episode: "The Guest" |
| 2003 | The Last Detective | Jemma Duvall | ITV, episode: "Lofty" |
| 2005 | The Extraordinary Equiano | narrator | BBC Four |
| 2006 | Poirot | Mirelle Milesi | Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" |
| 2006, 2025 | Midsomer Murders | Samantha Flint | ITV, episode: "Last Year's Model" (2006) |
| 2006, 2025 | Midsomer Murders | Madeline Saunders | episode "Claws Out" (2025) |
| 2006, 2009–2010 | Casualty | Sarah Keith | BBC One, episodes: "The Sunny Side of the Street", parts 1 and 2 (2006) |
| 2006, 2009–2010 | Casualty | Frances Liveley | BBC One, series 23 and 24, seven episodes (2009–2010) |
| 2007 | Lewis | Stephanie Fielding | ITV, episode: "Expiation" |
| 2007 | The Whistleblowers | Linda Hillcott | ITV |
| 2008 | The Bill | Rachel Cartwright | ITV |
| 2008 | Skins | Elaine | E4, episode "Jal" |
| 2009 | Minder | DI Murray | Channel 5, three episodes |
| 2009 | Who Do You Want Your Child to Be? | narrator | BBC Two, part of Horizon |
| 2010 | The Silence | Therapist | BBC One, two episodes |
| 2011 | Spooks | Julia Dennison | BBC One, series 10, episode 1 |
| 2012 | Law & Order: UK | Paulette Clarkson | ITV, episode: "Survivor's Guilt" |
| 2012 | New Tricks | Vera | BBC One, episode: "Queen and Country" |
| 2012 | Merlin | Euchdag / The Diamair | BBC One, episodes: "Arthur's Bane", parts 1 and 2 |
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Judge Anne Stone | BBC One, episode: "An Artistic Murder" |
| 2014 | Suspects | Dr. Melanie Standish | Channel 5 |
| 2016 | NW | Theodora Lewis Lane | BBC Two |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | CBeebies |
| 2017 | Broadchurch | Chief Superintendent Clark | ITV, series 3, three episodes |
| 2018 | The Split | Maya | BBC One, episode 6 |
| 2018 | Jägarna  [sv] | Ayanda Moganedi | TV4/C More |
| 2018 | Zapped | Kerreth | U&Dave, series 3, episode 6 |
| 2019 | Nightflyers | Cynthia | Syfy |
| 2019 | Queens of Mystery | Tallulah Savage-Hughes | Acorn TV, two episodes, "Death by Vinyl", parts 1 and 2 |
| 2019 | The Tool | Ms Michaels | Channel 4 Online, part of Comedy Blaps |
| 2020 | Riviera | Cynthia Akuffo | Sky Atlantic, series 3, episodes 7 and 8 |
| 2020 | The Witcher | Eithne | Netflix |
| 2020 | Absentia | Rowena Kincade | Amazon Prime Video |
| 2020 | Shakespeare and Hathaway | Henrietta Bolingbroke | BBC One, episode "How The Rogue Roar'd" |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Lydia Thomas | BBC One, episode "Education" |
| 2021 | The Mallorca Files | Anna Hammond | BBC One, episode: "The Maestro" |
| 2022 | Anatomy of a Scandal | Angela Regan | Netflix, six episodes |
| 2022 | The Girlfriend Experience | Lindsey | Starz |
| 2022 | Halo | Desiderata | Paramount+, episode "Inheritance" |
| 2022 | Crossfire | Miriam | BBC One |
| 2023 | Sanditon | Elizabeth Greenhorn | ITVX, series 3, episode 2 |
| TBA | Anansi Boys | Chief Commissioner Camberwell | Amazon Prime Video |
| TBA | The Forsytes | Ellen Parker Barrington | PBS Masterpiece |

## Theatre

Stage appearances by Josette Simon :
| Year | Title` | Role | Company/Theatre | Director |
| 1974 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | chorus | Leicester Haymarket Theatre and tour | Robin Midgley |
| 1974 | Dick Whittington | | Leicester Haymarket Theatre | Anthony Cornish |
| 1976 | The Miracle Worker | Martha | Leicester Haymarket Theatre | Michael Bogdanov |
| 1979 | The Man of Mode | cast member | Central School of Speech and Drama | Peter Streuli |
| 1982 | Salvation Now (play reading) | Estelle Namier | Royal Shakespeare Company | Dusty Hughes |
| 1982, 1983 | Macbeth | Weird Sister | Royal Shakespeare Company | Howard Davies |
| 1982, 1983 | Much Ado About Nothing | Josetta/Servant to Hero | Royal Shakespeare Company | Terry Hands |
| 1982, 1983 | Peer Gynt | Herd Girl/Anitra/Wedding Guest | Royal Shakespeare Company | Ron Daniels |
| 1982, 1983 | The Tempest | Spirit | Royal Shakespeare Company | Ron Daniels |
| 1982, 1983 | Antony and Cleopatra | Iras | Royal Shakespeare Company | Adrian Noble |
| 1983 | Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | Royal Shakespeare Company | Terry Hands |
| 1983 | The Custom of the Country | Tendai | Royal Shakespeare Company | David Jones |
| 1984, 1985 | The Merchant Of Venice | Nerissa | Royal Shakespeare Company | John Caird |
| 1984, 1985 | Golden Girls | Dorcas Ableman | Royal Shakespeare Company | Barry Kyle |
| 1984 | The Party | Lindie Mann | Royal Shakespeare Company | Howard Davies |
| 1984, 1985 | Love's Labour's Lost | Rosaline | Royal Shakespeare Company | Barry Kyle |
| 1984 | The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc | Joan | Royal Shakespeare Company | AJ Quinn |
| 1987, 1988 | Measure For Measure | Isabella | Royal Shakespeare Company | Nicholas Hytner |
| 1990 | After the Fall | Maggie | Royal National Theatre | Michael Blakemore |
| 1991 | The White Devil | Vittoria | Royal National Theatre | Philip Prowse |
| 1995 | The Taming of the Shrew | Katherina | Leicester Haymarket Theatre | Mihai Măniuțiu |
| 1997 | The Maids | Our Lady | Donmar Warehouse | John Crowley |
| 1999 | Don Carlos | Queen Elizabeth | Royal Shakespeare Company | Gail Edwards |
| 1999, 2000 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Hippolyta | Royal Shakespeare Company | Michael Boyd |
| 2001 | The Vagina Monologues | performer | New Ambassadors | Eve Ensler |
| 2017, 2018 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Royal Shakespeare Company | Iqbal Khan |

## Radio

Radio appearances by Josette Simon :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Cromwell Mansions | cast member | Piccadilly Radio |
| 1984 | Meridian | guest | BBC World Service |
| 1985, 1992, 1994 | Woman's Hour | guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1985 | Mirandolina | Mirandolina | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1992 | Dictator Gal | the Gal | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1992 | Work Talk | guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1994 | Listen to Me | voice | BBC Radio 3, part of Towards the Millennium |
| 1995 | Sealed with a Kiss | Ellen | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1996 | The Roads to Freedom | Ivich | BBC Radio 4 |
| 1996 | Picasso's Women | Marie-Thérèse | BBC Radio 3 |
| 1996, 2006 | Poetry Please! | reader | BBC Radio 4, including two episodes in 2006) |
| 1997 | Agonies Awakening | Athena | BBC Radio 3, part of The Sunday Play |
| 1998 | Twelfth Night | Olivia | BBC Radio 3, part of The Sunday Play |
| 2001 | The Josephine Baker Story (by Ean Wood) | reader | BBC Radio 4, part of Book of the Week, five episodes |
| 2002 | Voices in the Room | Misha | BBC Radio 4, part of Afternoon Play |
| 2002 | Letters to an Icon | DarkLady/lnvisiblewoman | BBC Radio 4, part of Afternoon Play |
| 2006 | And Still I Rise (by Doreen Lawrence) | reader | BBC Radio 4, part of Book of the Week, five episodes |
| 2006 | The Verb | actor | BBC Radio 3, in Nick Silver Can't Sleep by Janice Kerbel. |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | reader | BBC Radio 3, episode "Slavery and Freedom" (2007) |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | reader | BBC Radio 3, episode "Birth and Rebirth" (2008) |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | reader | BBC Radio 3, episode "Law and Order" (2011) |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | reader | BBC Radio 3, episode "Pilgrimage" (2016) |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | presenter | BBC Radio 3, episode "Windrush: Some Kind of Homecoming" (2019) |
| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2021 | Words and Music | reader | BBC Radio 3, episode "The Tudors" (2021) |
| 2012 | The Stephen Lawrence Case | reader | BBC Radio 4, part of The Long View |
| 2012 | Alexandre Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo | Mercedes de Morcerf | BBC Radio 4, three episodes |
| 2016 | Women Talking About Cars | narrator | BBC Radio 4, four episodes |
| 2017, 2018 | Saturday Live | guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2017, 2018 | Saturday Live | Inheritance Tracks guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2018 | Choir and Organ | guest | BBC Radio 3 |
| 2020 | Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen? | Mrs Ragnarrok | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2022 | Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar | guest | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2022 | Steve Wright in the Afternoon | guest | BBC Radio 2 |
| 2023 | Radio 4 Appeal: Pets as Therapy | self | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2024 | Limelight | Patricia | BBC Radio 4, five episodes |

## Other

Other appearances by Josette Simon :
| Year | Title` | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | The Manager and the Law: Liability: You and the Customer | cast | Training film by Video Arts |
| 1991 | Think or Sink | cast | Training film by Video Arts |
| 1995 | Strategy | cast | Commissioned by PriceWaterhouseCoopers |
| 1995 | The Old Testament | reader | audiobook |
| 2002 | Elizabeth II and the Commonwealth | narrator | Commissioned by Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters | Sarana Teel | Audio drama by Big Finish Productions, episode "The Sontaran Ordeal" |
| 2017 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | RSC Live from Stratford Upon Avon; relayed to cinemas, and later released on video |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures | Taraneh | Audio drama by Big Finish Productions, episode "The Mind Runners" |