Simone Shepherd

Biography

Simone Shepherd is an multi-talented American content creator, internet sensation, actress, writer and media personality. She had 3 million followers on Vine at one time, she is popular on Instagram as well. 

She is known for her roles such as- Team Captain in "Face Value", Dominique in "30 Days 2 Life", Peaches in Tracks(2011), Betrayed Wives' Heart in "Faces of Heartbreak", Color in Almost Amazing(2017), Tina in Major Deal(2016).

Childhood- Family

[Simone Shepherd with mother Tammie Shepherd & grandmother Saundra Shepherd]

Simone Shepherd was born on 13th March 1982 in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, United States to Tamme Reese(mother).

Relationship

[Simone Shepherd with Keraun Harris]

Simone has been in relationship with Keraun Harris, a social media personality since 2014. They first started working together in October 2014. They have worked together on multiple projects. 

Motherhood

Infertility

She suffered infertility issues for over five years because of uterine fibroids. Her doctors suggested her to undergo hysterectomy, some told her that she is not going to get pregnant ever. She was 38 year old at the time getting pregnant seemed impossible.

She found a specialist in fibroids who promised her she didn't need hysterctomy and and performed fibroid myomectomy surgery to remove the fibroids. Still she wasn't getting pregnant.

In 2020, during the Covid lockdown times, she decided that she needed to make lifestyle changes, to her diet, physical activity, and stress management. She became vegan, meditated every day to bring balance to her life.

She was planning to go for IVF treatment by January 2021. Thankfully her lifestyle change and surgery worked, she got pregnant naturally. [1]

Childbirth

Because of fibroid myomectomy surgery, there were tiny incisions on the uterus which could open up if she waited for natural birth. C-section was planned at 37 weeks. There were complications at the time of birth. 

The baby lungs were underdeveloped, and since he didn't passed through birth canal, the fluids in the lungs weren't squeezed out, and he had breathing problems because of that. The baby was kept in NICU for 10 days. She gained water weight post surgery from stress. But thankfully everything turned out well  at the end. The bay and the mother both got healthy.

[Simone Shepherd with her son]

Career

Video: Simone Shepherd & Brittany Furlan in "Make it Rain"

• Writer: Simone has worked as a writer in many TV series, movies and short films such as- "The Roommates", "Faces of Heartbreak", "50 Central", "30 Days 2 Life", "Tracks".
• Short Movies: She has acted in short movies such as- The Truth Lies(2013) (as Reyna), Facebook Is Not Your Friend(2014)(as Jenny's Friend), Tracks(2011)(as Peaches), Reality Hell(2009)(as Simone)
• As a producer: She has produced many films, among them are- The Roommates, Potty Break, 50 Central, Faces of Heartbreak, 30 Days 2 Life, Tracks(2011)
• As director: Simone has worked as a director in projector such as The Roommates, Faces of Heartbreak, 30 Days 2 Life, Tracks

Filmography

Facts & Trivia

• She believes he is a "cool introvert"
• Commercials: She has worked on ads for brands such as- GroupMe, Trident, Wendy's
• Simone has worked with the youtube content creator Russell Simmons where they have worked together for channels such as "Pretty Funny Fish", "All Def Digital".
• Associations: Simone has worked with actor and comedian Marlon Wayans, as well as Tyra Banks. She has made funny Vines and Videos with Brittany Furlan(another socia media star)
• Simone was on Steve Harvey show in 2016. During the interview she revealed that she had made upwards of $1 Million in the last year from vines alone.
• Move to L.A: After finishing her graduation in theater she moved to L.A to become an actress, she was struggling as an actress, a friend reached out to her and suggested her to try Vine, Simone became a sensation within a short period.
• Her Favorite Curse word: Damn! (them)
• Mannequin challenge: Simone made Mannequin challenge video in support to Black Lives Matter movement.
• She likes animals and has been supportive of animal rescue charities.
• SNAPPERHERO: She had a show on snapchat where she played a superhero
• Simone and Kearun Harris visited a (allegedly) haunted part of the uninhibited Chacachacare Island in trinidad.
• Simone Shepherd plastic surgery: Simone underwent rhinoplasty (nose job) August 2016
• Simone Shepherd Hell Date: Simone was part of the prank dating show on Black Entertainment Television, it was produced from Los Angeles and Atlanta. Some of the celebs who participated in the show are- Daheli Hall, Nichole A. Joubert,Chenese Lewis, Dawan Owens among others.

Quotes

• I'm my 2nd favorite writer.
• Lover of all things black .
• Black women hold the key
• [About her Social awareness project in Mannequin challenge] I normally do comedic videos and I have a large platform, it was important for me to social awareness videos.
• I love to see other women getting this money
• I use social media to catapult myself into roles and opportunities that I wanted to do.
• To me money is important, because  I was a struggling artist, now I am able to support myself in ways, so that I can turn down jobs, my career is really shaping into what I wanted it to be, all because I have money to support.
• [On social media] All social media did was- put me in the radar of really important people and the audience.
• The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.. Like Trump convincing you all he wasn't a threat.
• [About social media fandom and real life love] "Like" fades.. "love" never goes away. It becomes apart of who you are.
• [On motherhood] I’m feeling amazing as I settle into mom-life—which, as you know, is all-consuming. [1]
• [On raising a black son] I don’t think the fear of being a Black woman with a Black son will ever go away. Even though I have a Black father, a Black husband, and a Black brother now that I’m raising a Black son, it hits me in a whole new way. [1]

Sources

1. Simone Shephard on Baby Hatch
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