She dazzled TV audiences as the sharp-witted Miss Sharma in Bridgerton.
And now actress Simone Ashley is set to wow music fans after collaborating with Fraser T Smith, the producer behind Adele’s number one hit Set Fire To The Rain.
Ms. Ashley has already recorded some material with Smith and is now expected to find herself in the middle of a hectic bidding war between record labels eager to sign her to record an entire album.
An industry insider said: “If she finds enough time to dedicate to her music, Simone could even become a success like someone like Adele.
‘She is very versatile in what she does.
‘A real mix of soul, pop and indie. Perfect for the current market.’
Actress Simone Ashley (pictured, at the special screening of Bridgerton in London on June 12) will wow music fans after collaborating with Fraser T Smith, the producer behind Adele’s number one hit Set Fire To The Rain
Ms. Ashley has already recorded some material with Smith (pictured) and is now expected to find herself in the middle of a hectic bidding war between record labels eager to sign her to record an entire album.
An industry insider said: ‘If she finds enough time to dedicate to her music, Simone could even become a success like someone like Adele’
Ms Ashley, 29, who has already appeared on the cover of Vogue and played Ariel’s sister Indira in the 2023 live-action film adaptation of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, is said to be thrilled to have worked with Smith in the film. studio.
She now seems set to combine her early love of music with her successful career as an actress, having once said: ‘I started making music before I did anything else when I was about eight, but I never pursued it. ‘
Ms Ashley has spoken of her desire to appear in the fourth series of Bridgerton, which will be based on the second novel in Julia Quinn’s series, The Viscount Who Loved Me. Fans of the hit Netflix show will be curious to see how her romance with Anthony Bridgerton, played by actor Jonathan Bailey, develops.
When asked earlier this month at the Monte Carlo TV Festival whether she and Bailey would appear in the next series, Ashley said: ‘Both Johnny and I love our characters so much and their relationship and what they mean to the show.
“I think we’ll do everything we can with our schedules to hopefully make it work in a way where we can do that.”