Mika Simmons
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Mika Simmons is a British actress of Irish and Canadian-Swedish descent. Born in Greenwich, she lived in Woolwich, South East London before her family moved to Bristol. Mika studied English Literature and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds then went onto train at Drama Studio.
Early roles included 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).
Her directorial debut Rain Stops Play, won the Silver Remi for best comedy at Houston World Film Festival and has been nominated at BAFTA qualifying Underwire Festival and CBFF. Mika won the award for Best International Director for her second short film Breach at Portland Comedy Festival, which premiered at BAFTA qualifying BUFF in November 2021. Her most recent work as Director, My Week With Maisy, won best diversity and women's film at Cleveland International Film Festival and Mika was short listed as Best Director at the British Short Film Awards.
She founded the Lady Garden Foundation in 2014 in honour of her late Mother, Rosemary Brennan, to raise funds for research into personalised treatment of Gynaecological Cancers by Dr Susana Banerjee at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. In 2021 Mika was chosen by Harpers Bazaar's as one of their female Visionaries and honoured by You Magazine's women of the year and was listed as one of Mail on Sunday's YOU Magazine's 21 Women of 21.
Her older brother, Keir Simmons, is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News and The Today Show.
Mika also holds a qualification as a Craniosacral Therapist and Yoga Teacher.
Early roles included 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).
Her directorial debut Rain Stops Play, won the Silver Remi for best comedy at Houston World Film Festival and has been nominated at BAFTA qualifying Underwire Festival and CBFF. Mika won the award for Best International Director for her second short film Breach at Portland Comedy Festival, which premiered at BAFTA qualifying BUFF in November 2021. Her most recent work as Director, My Week With Maisy, won best diversity and women's film at Cleveland International Film Festival and Mika was short listed as Best Director at the British Short Film Awards.
She founded the Lady Garden Foundation in 2014 in honour of her late Mother, Rosemary Brennan, to raise funds for research into personalised treatment of Gynaecological Cancers by Dr Susana Banerjee at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. In 2021 Mika was chosen by Harpers Bazaar's as one of their female Visionaries and honoured by You Magazine's women of the year and was listed as one of Mail on Sunday's YOU Magazine's 21 Women of 21.
Her older brother, Keir Simmons, is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News and The Today Show.
Mika also holds a qualification as a Craniosacral Therapist and Yoga Teacher.
