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Simone in 2017, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Lovie Simone Oppong
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 29, 1998
Ethnicity: * father – Ghanaian * mother – African-American
Lovie Simone is an American actress. She is known for her roles on the series Greenleaf , Power Book III: Raising Kanan , Manhunt , and Forever , and in the films Monster (2018), Share (2019), Selah and the Spades , The Craft: Legacy , The Walk (2022), and 57 Seconds .
Her father is Ghanaian, and likely is of Ashanti background.
Lovie’s paternal grandfather is likely named Kwame Oppong.
Lovie’s maternal grandmother is Rhonda Sabrina Kellum (the daughter of Thomas Kellum and Elease Ballard). Rhonda was likely born in New York. Elease was born in North Carolina, the daughter of Grover Ballard and Bessie Clinton.