Simone Lahbib

Born: 1965-02-06

Simone Nicole Jean Lahbib Ould Cheikl (born February 6, 1965) is a Scottish actress. She is known for her roles as Helen Stewart in the ITV drama series Bad Girls, DCI Alex Fielding in the ITV crime series Wire in the Blood and Katy Lewis in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Lahbib trained in drama at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University. She then commenced her on-screen career in 1985 when she was cast in The Girl in the Picture, a film set in Glasgow directed by Cary Parker. She also sang on the soundtrack. Lahbib has worked extensively in television and film, after starting her career predominantly in theatre. Following guest appearances on well-known television dramas such as Taggart and Dangerfield. Lahbib is the mother of British actress Skye Lucia Degruttola.


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as Kate Sixsmith
Released: 2013-11-01

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Red Mercury

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Heartless

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The Other Side of My Sleep

as Maria
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The Girl in the Picture

as The Girl
Released: 1986-01-01

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Downton Abbey

as Wilkins
First aired: 2010-09-26

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the...

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Vera

as Rose Swann
First aired: 2011-05-01

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...

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Monarch of the Glen

as Isobel Anderson
First aired: 2000-02-27

Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where...

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Bad Girls

as Helen Stewart
First aired: 1999-06-01

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Crossing Lines

as Emma Pacetti
First aired: 2013-08-22

Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy...

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Judge John Deed

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-11-26

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Wire in the Blood

as DI Alex Fielding
First aired: 2002-11-14

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he...

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The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

as Fiona Johnstone
First aired: 1998-11-10

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as Mhari Toner
First aired: 2017-06-11

The search for a serial killer becomes a matter of life and death for detective Annie Redford,...

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Thief Takers

as DC Lucy McCarthy
First aired: 1996-01-25

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Single-Handed

as Gemma Burge
First aired: 2007-01-01

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as Jacqueline Cutler
First aired: 2003-09-29

A nail-biting gangster drama set in the East End of London, focusing on The Cutlers, a crime...

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