Actor
Simone Lahbib
February 6, 1965 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Ruth McCabe
2 titles together
Philomena, Single-Handed
Wunmi Mosaku
2 titles together
Philomena, Vera
Conor McCarry
2 titles together
Shetland, The Loch
Kenny Doughty
2 titles together
Vera, Wire in the Blood
John Sessions
2 titles together
The Loch, Judge John Deed
Alastair Mackenzie
2 titles together
The Loch, Monarch of the Glen
Full filmography · 22
The Loch
as Mhari Toner
20176.6
Crossing Lines
as Emma Pacetti
20136.7
Shetland
as Jill Stevens
20137.5
Vera
as Rose Swann
20117.4
Single-Handed
as Gemma Burge
2007
Family
as Jacqueline Cutler
2003
Wire in the Blood
as DI Alex Fielding
20027.9
Judge John Deed
cast
2001
Monarch of the Glen
as Isobel Anderson
20007.3
Bad Girls
as Helen Stewart
19997.6
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
as Fiona Johnstone
1998
Thief Takers
as DC Lucy McCarthy
1996