Simone Missick

Simone Missick ( 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.

Simone Missick graduated from Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1999 and completed her studies at Howard University in 2003.

Missick took master classes at British American Drama Academy in England.

There she studied under Ben Kingsley, Alan Rickman, and Jane Lapotaire.

In 2008, Missick was featured in female leading role of Reese Knight in the independent feature The Road to Sundance.

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

Missick married actor Dorian Missick in February 2012.

He starred alongside her in the second season of Luke Cage as Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton.

In 2014, Missick appeared in the series Ray Donovan as Porschla.

In 2016, Missick had her breakout role on Luke Cage as Misty Knight.

Missick reprised the role in The Defenders and in the second season of Iron Fist.

From 2019 to 2023, she starred as Lola Carmichael in All Rise.

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

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