Simone Missick

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Simone Missick


Born
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Simone Missick (née Cook; born January 19, 1982) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Detective Misty Knight in Luke Cage, a role she also plays in The Defenders and Iron Fist


Born
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Early life

Simone Missick graduated from Renaissance High School in Detroit, MI in 1999 and later completed her studies at Howard University in 2003.^[3]

Career

In 2012, Missick played the role of Elise in the television film A Taste of Romance

In 2014, Missick appeared in the series Ray Donovan as Porschla.^[4]

In 2016, Missick had her breakout role in Luke Cage^[5] as Misty Knight. Missick reprised the role in The Defenders.^[6] She reappears as Misty in the second season of Iron Fist.^[7]

In February 2019, it was announced that Missick was cast in the main role of Trepp for the second season of Netflix's science-fiction series, Altered Carbon.^[8]

In May 2019, it was announced that Missick was cast in a lead role as Lola, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge for the CBS drama series, All Rise.^[9]^[10]

Personal life

Missick married actor Dorian Missick in February 2012.^[11] He starred alongside her in the second season of Luke Cage as Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton, an ex-con put away by Misty who has been released due to Misty's late partner Scarfe tainting his conviction.

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Epicureans	Jamie
2008	The Road to Sundance	Reese Knight
2009	K-Town	Newly Single Lady #1
2009	Brotherlee	Tamar	Short film
2011	Look Again	Anna	Short film
2012	A Taste of Romance	Elise	TV film
2012	Voicemail	Wendy Peters	Short film
2013	Douglass U	Tasha
2015	Black Card	Lona	Short film
2018	Jinn	Jade

Television


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures	Reporter	Episode: "Epic Babysitters"
2014	Ray Donovan	Porschla	Episode: "Yo Soy Capitan"
2014	Everything I Did Wrong In My 20s	Melanie	Episode: "The Baby Moment"
2015	Scandal	Uniform Cop	Episode: "Heavy Is the Head"
2016	Wayward Pines	CJ's wife	2 episodes
2016–2018	Luke Cage	Misty Knight	26 episodes
2017	The Defenders		5 episodes
2018	Iron Fist		Season 26 episodes
2018–2019	Tell Me a Story	Mariana Reynolds	2 episodes
2019	All Rise	Lola Carmichael	Main role
2020	Altered Carbon	Trepp	Main role (season 2)

References

[1]

Citation Linktwitter.comMissick, Simone (January 19, 2017). "Happy Birthday to Me🎈❤️". Twitter. Retrieved August 19, 2017.

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[2]

Citation Linkwww.complex.comJohnson, Victoria (August 17, 2017). "Simone Missick is the Heart of Netflix's Marvel Universe". Complex. Retrieved August 19, 2017. The 35-year-old actress

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[3]

Citation Linkthehilltoponline.comEditor-in-Chief, H. T. (October 7, 2016). "ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT — Howard Alumna Lands Lead, Female Superhero Role in Netflix's "Luke Cage"".CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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Citation Linkfikklefame.com"Cast of Yo Soy Capitan (Ray Donovan)". fikklefame.com. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

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Citation Linkwww.detroitnews.com"Detroit native is a hit in 'Luke Cage'". The Detroit News. October 27, 2016.

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Citation Linkdeadline.comPetski, Denise (October 31, 2016). "'The Defenders': Simone Missick Joins Marvel Netflix Series; Sarah Paulson Returns To 'AHS'". Deadline. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

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Citation Linkvariety.comOtterson, Joe (July 22, 2017). "'Iron Fist' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, Taps New Showrunner".

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Citation Linkew.comHibberd, James (February 22, 2019). "Altered Carbon reveals new season 2 replacement cast". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

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Citation Linkvariety.comOtterson, Joe (May 9, 2019). "CBS Orders Three Dramas Including 'FBI' Spinoff, Four Comedies Including Patricia Heaton, Chuck Lorre Multi-Cams". Variety. Retrieved May 25, 2019.

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[10]

Citation Linkdeadline.comWhite, Peter (May 15, 2019). "CBS Touts Diversity Improvement As 'Bob ♥ Abishola', 'Evil' & 'All Rise' Lead Slate But Vows To Continue To Bolster Representation". Deadline. Retrieved May 25, 2019.

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Citation Linksimoneanddorian.ourwedding.com"Simone And Dorian". ourwedding.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)

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Citation Linkwww.imdb.comSimone Missick

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Citation Linkweb.archive.org"Simone And Dorian"

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