Simone Ashley in "The Devil Wears Prada 2."
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 introduces Amari, played by Simone Ashley, who is Miranda Priestly’s (Meryl Streep) new assistant at Runway Magazine. What else has Ashley starred in?
Released nearly 20 years after the 2006 original, The Devil Wears Prada 2 opened in theaters over the weekend, earning $77 million in North American ticket sales and $156.6 million for a worldwide box office tally of $233.6 million.
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In the film, Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) returns to Runway Magazine in a bid to save iconic fashion publication from extinction in the digital media age. Also back from the original film are Stanley Tucci as Runway’s fashion director and Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton, the head of Dior in the U.S. In the 2006 film, Emily was the first assistant to the bitterly ice-cold Miranda; a position that is now occupied by Ashley’s Amara in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
There’s a difference, however, between Blunt’s Emily and Ashley’s “Emily”— as Miranda refers to all of her assistants — Ashley recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Emily (Emily Blunt), in the original movie, the comedy comes from a place of this ball of anxiety,” Ashley told THR. “But Amari is kind of the opposite. She’s very confident, very grounded. … And the way she holds herself is quite regal and poised. So that was just really fun to play with. And it was fun for the comedy to come out of that place, that sassiness, that chicness.”
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Born Simone Ashwini Pillai on March 30, 1995, in Camberley, Surrey, England, Ashley made her screen debut in a guest role in 2016 in a pair of episodes of the BBC supernatural fantasy series Wolfblood. Her screen debut was followed by several more TV series guest roles, including BBC America’s police procedural Broadchurch, as well as the BBC’s long-running daytime drama Doctors.
Ashley also appeared in films early in her career, making her big-screen debut in a lead role in the 2018 British indie comedy Boogie Man and appearing in a small supporting role in the live-action and CG-animated hybrid comedy Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in 2019.
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Also in 2019, Ashley landed a recurring role in a hit Netflix series that led to a string of high-profile roles, which explains why she looks so familiar to audiences of The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Mimi Keene, Simone Ashley, Chaneil Kular, Aimee Lou Wood in "Sex Education."
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Simone Ashley stars as Oliva Hanan in the first three seasons of the Netflix coming-of-age comedy Sex Education. In the series, Asa Butterfield stars as Otis Milburn, the socially awkward son of sex therapist Jean Milburn (Gillian Anderson) who lives in the fictional British town of Moordale.
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Sex Education also stars Aimee Lou Wood, one of the breakout stars of The White Lotus Season 3. Ashley, who appeared in 14 episodes in Sex Education, left the series after Season 3.
Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey in "Bridgerton" Season 2.
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Simone Ashley joined the hit Netflix romantic period drama Bridgerton in Season 2 in 2022, as Kathani 'Kate’ Sharma. By the end of the season, Kate married the eldest Bridgerton son, Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), to become Lady Kathani Bridgerton.
A main character in the series, Ashley has appeared in 13 episodes of Bridgerton throughout Seasons 2, 3 and 4.
Simone Ashley stars as Indira, one of King Triton’s (Javier Bardem) seven daughters and sister to Ariel (Halle Bailey) in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
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Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Simone Ashley in "Picture This."
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Simone Ashley stars in the lead role opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin in Picture This, a Prime Video original movie. Ashley plays Pia, a struggling photographer who gets a prediction that she will find true love and career success somewhere amid her next five dates.
Pia’s future path becomes a bit murkier and chaotic when her ex-boyfriend, Charlie (Fiennes Tiffin), comes back into her life.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is new in theaters.
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