Simone Lahbib

Acting

Simone Lahbib

Born 1965-02-06 · Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Acting credits

Philomena poster
7.3

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Philomena

2013

Red Mercury poster
5.3

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion.

Red Mercury

2005

Heartless poster
7.4

Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.

Heartless

2005

Fallen poster
6.3

Jason Shepherd awakens in hospital in an amnesiac state. Discovering that he is a police detective he tries to solve the mystery of how he came to lose his memory and uncovers some shocking truths.

Fallen

2004

Keep Young and Beautiful poster
NR

Short film about the pressure to stay 'young and beautiful' whilst tackling animal testing and child labour.

Keep Young and Beautiful

2025

The Witch's Daughter poster
6.8

While visiting the island of Skua, reliable Tim and his blind sister Janey are joined by a waif-like "witch" named Perdita in an effort to foil a gang of jewel thieves.

The Witch's Daughter

1996

Transference: A Bipolar Love Story poster
5.6

Katarina, a Norwegian nurse in London, embarks on a passionate affair with a fellow immigrant nurse that suffers the consequences of unresolved mental health issues from the lovers' secret pasts.

Transference: A Bipolar Love Story

2020

No artwork available
5.0

A lorry driver feeling isolated from his family and a woman with a troubling secret help each other to find out some answers on a journey to Land’s End.

Long Haul

2000

The Girl in the Picture poster
5.2

Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian photographer, Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again.

The Girl in the Picture

1986

The Other Side of My Sleep poster
8.0

This half-hour poignant drama is both touching and often funny as it explores the complexities of voluntary euthanasia.

The Other Side of My Sleep

2010