Simone Ashley

Biography:

British actress Simone Ashwini Pillai was born on March 30, 1995. She is better known by her stage name, Simone Ashley. She is well-known for her parts in the comedy-drama Sex Education (2019–2021) and the Netflix historical drama Bridgerton (2022–present).

Ashley, who is from Camberley, Surrey, was born Simone Ashwini Pillai to Indian Tamil parents Latha and Gunasekharan Pillai. She has an older brother named Sean Pillai. Ashley has talked about how she was always more interested in the creative industries, even though she grew up in an intellectual family. Her parents were wary about her artistic tendencies. She told Glamour, “My parents were very protective of me.” Their generation is the first. They didn’t really have a life where they could be anyone they wanted because they came from India to this country.” Ashley was raised playing the piano, singing classical music, and performing opera.