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 has also guest-starred in a number of television series, including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Third Watch, The Good Wife, Swarm, and The Equalizer. 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. She has since recurred in the series Single Drunk Female, Miss Governor, and Sheriff Country.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Stomping Down at Sugar Love's	Sugar Love	Short
2003	Head of State	Tish
	Kings County	Ethiopia
2004	Shock Act	Officer Jones	Short
2005	Flutter Kick	Miss Watkins	Short
	Broken Flowers	Mona
2007	Life Support	Woman #2	TV movie
	NY's Dirty Laundry	Dhalia
	You Belong to Me	Nicki
	The Nanny Diaries	Murnel
2009	Stream	Janice Quinn	Short
2012	Red Hook Summer	Sister Sharon Morningstar
2014	All the Beautiful Things	Barron's Mother (voice)
2017	Roxanne Roxanne	Ms. Gina
	The Light of the Moon	Detective Becca Miller
2020	Vampires vs. the Bronx	Gladys Carter
2026	Lucy Is A Good Girl †	Professor Amity

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Homicide: Life on the Street	Maya Sanborn	Episode: "Prison Riot"
1999	Third Watch	Julie	Episode: "Welcome to Camelot"
	Law & Order	Serena Lester	Episode: "Haven"
2001	Third Watch	Liz Johnson	Episode: "He Said/She Said"
2004	Whoopi	Bobbi	Episode: "Don't Hide Love"
2005	Law & Order	Althea Sands	Episode: "Birthright"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Rosella	Episodes: "No Exit"
2005–06	As the World Turns	Nurse Jacobs	Regular Cast
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paulette Leger	Episodes: "Tru Love"
2010	The Good Wife	Female Guard	Episode: "Nine Hours"
2018	Seven Seconds	Elle	Episode: "Boxed Devil" & "Bailed Out"
	Sneaky Pete	Lola	Episode: "Inside Out"
	The Last O.G.	Tamara	Episode: "Swipe Right"
	Luke Cage	Auntie Ingrid	Recurring Cast: Season 2
	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"
	For Life	Alice Martin	Episode: "The Necessity Defense"
2021	Blue Bloods	Diana Brooks	Episode: "Redemption"
2022	Bull	Vernice Rice	Episode: "False Positive"
	The Kings of Napa	Yvette King	Recurring Cast
2023	Swarm	Loretta Greene	Episode: "Fallin' Through the Cracks"
	Single Drunk Female	Annalisa	Recurring Cast
2025	Miss Governor	Senator Grace	Recurring Cast
	The Equalizer	Elita	Episode: "Taken"
2025 - 2026	Sheriff Country	Laurie	Recurring Cast

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

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2003	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Dussie Mae	Broadway, Royale Theatre
2004	A Raisin in the Sun	Ruth/Beneatha (Understudy)
	Gem of the Ocean	Black Mary (Standby)	Broadway, Walter Kerr Theatre
2013	Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike	Cassandra (Understudy)	Broadway, John Golden Theatre
2023	Purlie Victorious	Missy Judson	Broadway, Music Box Theatre
2026	School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play	Headmistress Francis	Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

External links

• Heather Simms at IMDb