Heather Simms

Heather Simms
Born	Heather Alicia Simms (1970-02-25) February 25, 1970 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Heather Alicia Simms (born February 25, 1970) is an American actress.

Early life

Born in Hartford, Connecticut. She was raised in New York City, where she attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York.

Career

Simms has appeared in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom , A Raisin in the Sun and Gem of the Ocean. Her film credits includes Broken Flowers (2005), The Nanny Diaries (2007), and The Light of the Moon. She also provided voice acting for All the Beautiful Things, Red Dead Revolver, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and Mafia III.

Simms guest-starred in a number of television series, including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, and The Good Wife. She had recurring roles in the Netflix series Luke Cage in 2018 playing Auntie Ingrid, and in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera The Kings of Napa as Yvette King in 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Stomping Down at Sugar Love's	Sugar Love	Short film
2003	Head of State	Tish
2003	Kings County	Ethiopia
2004	Shock Act	Officer Jones	Short film
2005	Flutter Kick	Miss Watkins
2005	Broken Flowers	Mona
2007	NY's Dirty Laundry	Dhalia
2007	You Belong to Me	Nicki
2007	The Nanny Diaries	Murnel
2009	Stream	Janice Quinn	Short film
2012	Red Hook Summer	Sister Sharon Morningstar
2014	All the Beautiful Things	Barron's Mother (voice)
2017	Roxanne Roxanne	Ms. Gina
2017	The Light of the Moon	Becca Miller / Detective
2020	Vampires vs. the Bronx	Gladys Carter
2022	Hill 'n' Gully	Joia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Homicide: Life on the Street	Maya Sanborn	Episode: "Prison Riot"
1999–2001	Third Watch	Liz Johnson / Julie	Episodes: "Welcome to Camelot", "He Said/She Said"
1999–2005	Law & Order	Althea Sands / Serena Lester	Episodes: "Haven", "Birthright"
2004	Whoopi	Bobbi	Episode: "Don't Hide Love"
2005–2006	As the World Turns	Nurse Jacobs	6 episodes
2005–2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paulette Leger / Rosella	Episodes: "No Exit", "Tru Love"
2007	Life Support	Woman #2	Television film
2010	The Good Wife	Female Guard	Episode: "Nine Hours"
2012	Americana	Zeena	Television pilot
2018	Seven Seconds	Elle Guest Star / Guest Star	Episodes: "Boxed Devil", "Bailed Out"
2018	Sneaky Pete	Lola	Episode: "Inside Out"
2018	The Last O.G.	Tamara	Episode: "Swipe Right"
2018	Luke Cage	Auntie Ingrid	7 episodes
2018	Random Acts of Flyness	Auntie Jess	Episode: "Items Outside The Shelter But Within Reach"
2019	Broad City	Doris	Episode: "Lost and Found"
2020	High Maintenance	Pam-Anne Charles	Episode: "Soup"
2020	For Life	Alice Martin	Episode: "The Necessity Defense"
2021	Blue Bloods	Diana Brooks	Episode: "Redemption"
2022	Bull	Vernice Rice	Episode: "False Positive"
2022	The Kings of Napa	Yvette King	Recurring role
2023	Swarm	Loretta Greene	Episode: "Fallin' Through the Cracks"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Red Dead Revolver	Bad Bessie / Cheryl Lynn / Dancing Girl	Voice
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Denise Robinson
2009	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony	The People of Liberty City
2016	Mafia III	Additional Voices
2021	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition	Denise Robinson	Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only

External links

• Heather Simms at IMDb