Simone: Love scenes have never bothered me. I sometimes worry what my family thinks. It's only acting after all.
Simone: I enjoy controversy. I thrive on it. I love taking on roles which really make people talk, and have some kind of impact. I wasn't frightened to play the lesbian love scenes. It's just another acting role, that's how I view it.
Simone: I wanted to be a yummy mummy but I don't even have time to brush my hair.
Simone was the victim of a violent crime when she was followed home and mugged several years ago.
Simone is not afraid of nudity within a role. She has appeared naked on various programs as well as on-stage in theater.
Due to her unusual name, Simone was victim to some racial bullying when she was a child growing-up in Scotland.
Simone prefers the city life to that of the more peaceful country-side, though she felt her uprbinging in Stirling managed to combine both well.
After leaving school, Simone actually attended a full-time ballet school before she decided that she wanted to act.
Simone got married to husband Raffaello Degruttola in 2003. Raff is also an actor and the two met on-set.
Simone has admitted that she found filming the recent series of 'Wire in the Blood' very difficult as she had to leave her daughter Skye for periods of time.
Simone is half French, with many family members still living in France. She feels a fond attachment to the country, which she has visited regularly ever since she was a child.
Simone gave birth to a daughter, Skye, in October 2005.
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