mika simmons
actress | director | writer
acting
As an actress recent work includes The People Before (Seahigh Productions) Showtrial (BBC) Professor T (ITV & PBS) Cooper & Fry (Channel 5) Previous roles Prudence in Daphne Du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek (ITV) and BAFTA award winning Falling Apart (Channel 4) Other work includes Showtrial (BBC), Professor T (ITV), Cooper & Fry (Channel 5), Unforgotten (Channel; 4) BFI nominated Dictynna Hood's Us Among the Stone and Film London's Balcony (Crystal Bear, Berlin Film Festival)
directing
BAFTA qualifying MY WEEK WITH MAISY won Best Comedy at Hollyshorts, the Diversity Award at Oscar-qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival; Best Women's Short at Cleveland International Film Festival and was short / long listed at the British Short Film Awards in five categories, including Best Short Film, Best Director (Mika Simmons), Best Actress (Joanna Lumley), Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design.
BREACH premiered at BAFTA qualifying BUFF and won Best International Director at Portland Comedy Festival.
RAIN STOPS PLAY won the Silver Remi for best comedy at Houston Film Festival and was nominated at BAFTA qualifying Underwire Festival and CBFF.
writing
Originally trained as s theatre and film writer, Mika is also a published author - The Happy Vagina, Harper Colins 2023 and has written for leading news publications including Grazia, Marie Claire, Glamour, Red, Huffington Post, The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.Experienced script reader available to mentor and work on story and character development, please contact via the form below.