Simone Joy Jones
Birthdate: Mar 12, 1999
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
Simone Joy Jones (birthname: Simone Joy Jones) is an actor/singer who had her small-screen breakthrough in the role of Lisa on the BET series, Bel-Air (launching in 2022) and has emerged in feature films, starting with a supporting role as a child actor in The Son of No One (2011), directed and written by Dito Montiel and co-starring Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche, and Al Pacino, and which premiered at the Sundance film festival.
Jones developed her acting talents over the next decade with drama-musical studies at Carnegie Mellon University, on the stage, and television, before she appeared in a supporting role in her second feature in the rom-com, Anything’s Possible (2022), directed by Billy Porter and starring Ximena García Lecuona, and released by Amazon Studios.
Jones landed her first starring role in the black comedy remake of the 1991 original, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (2024), with the supporting cast of Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, Jermaine Fowler, June Squibb, and Nicole Richie, and which was backed by BET and released by Iconic Events Releasing.
Personal Details
Simone Joy Jones was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, by her parents. Jones attended and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University’s Drama/Musical Theatre department with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2021.
Filmography
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- 2024 | Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s DeadasTanya Crandell
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Tanya's summer plans are canceled when her mom jets off for a last-minute retreat and the elderly babysitter who arrives at her door unexpectedly passes away.
Some Facts About Simone Joy Jones
Brand: Simone Joy Jones’s brand name as a singer is S!MONE.
Theater Kid: Jones made her Broadway debut in a revival production of The Miracle Worker.
Recording Artist: Simone Joy Jones has had a singing-recording career alongside her acting career, including her single, “We,” and the EP “Divine Mistakes.”
