Mika Simmons

Mika Simmons is a British actress of Northern Irish and Swedish descent. Born in Greenwich, London, she spent her early years in Woolwich, South East London before her family moved to Somerset. Mika studied English Literature and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds before training at the Drama Studio Work includes BBC's Showtrial, ITV's Frenchman's Creek, Channel 4's Unforgotten and BAFTA award winning Falling Apart, Film London's Balcony which went on to win the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and BFI nominated Dictynna Hood's Us Among the Stones. 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. She was nominated as Best International Director for her second short film Breach at Portland Comedy Festival, which premiered at BAFTA qualifying BUFF in November 2021. She also founded the Lady Garden Foundation in 2014 in honour of her late Mother, Rosemary Brennan, to raise funds for research into personalised treatment 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. In 2017 she was also featured as one of L'Oréal Lancôme's powerful women campaign. A keen interest in alternative health as a way to keep mentally and physically well, Mika also holds a qualification as a Craniosacral Therapist and Yoga Teacher. Her older brother, Keir Simmons, is the Foreign Correspondent for NBC News and The Today Show.