ABOUT-
JILLIE SIMON performs in film, theater, television, clubs, concert halls and has also performed in benefits, nationally and internationally.
-- I love that by becoming characters in plays or movies, I'm helping to tell stories that can inspire, challenge, move, delight, educate or transport the viewer - and possibly help make positive change in the world. ---And I am grateful and honored to have been taught by some really great acting teachers and directors, including Alan Langdon, Larry Arrick and Marilyn Fried.
Recently released feature films I'm in includes rock-n-roll dramedy “The Incoherents” (with Annette O'Toole and Amy Carlson), directed by Jared Barel, in which I played Chrissie, the bass player's yogini girlfriend [one of I-Tunes top-rated new releases, available across numerous VOD platforms] - and dramedy "Prince Harming", by writer-director-actress Marianne Hettinger, in which I played the protagonist's artsy, flirty neighbor Rhoda [available on Amazon Prime].
Other film and television roles include a lead role in indie feature "You Have the Right To Remain Violent, (dir., Roberto Monticello), playing a caring teacher, roles in indie film "Confess" (with Ali Larter, Melissa Leo), playing a secretary desperate for a Christmas bonus (writer-dir. Stefan Schaefer), and "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Ron Howard, playing a Princeton co-ed.
---Upcoming releases include comedy web-series "Gail's New Boyfriend" (New Media Comedy), playing an anchorwoman (Trisha), which will premiere on Amazon Prime, "Infiltration", the proof of concept short film for upcoming feature film/crime thriller "Infiltrated" by writer-director Marvalee Peart in which I played the lead role of Mona DiBiassi (wife of the mob boss), and the proof of concept short for upcoming feature dramedy "Summer of 1970", by Sean O'Connor, in which I played Liz O'Brien (mother to the 16 year old protagonist).
---And the short film "Hungry", which I wrote, co-directed and co-produced (co-starring Oscar-nominee Eric Roberts), and in which I play an idealistic teacher, has been released by IndiePix Films after a lovely film festival run (35 festivals, 19 awards and numerous nominations) and is streaming on several platforms (- Hungry.movie ).
Off-Broadway work includes "Blues" at the NY Public Theater, "Tony & Tina’s Wedding", and playing Marilyn Monroe in Chris Savery’s "Marilyn”, with Jack Mulcahy as JFK, in Britfest 2005, directed by Jason Grant.
One of the highlights of my regional theater work was performing with Marlo Thomas at the Cleveland Playhouse. I also had the pleasure of performing with other luminaries such as Marion Seldes at the Players Club, with Austin Pendleton at the Cornelia St. Cafe, with Joyce Randolph at New Dramatists, and with Tom Wopat, playing his sixth wife, in a reading of a new Larry Beinhart (Wag The Dog") screenplay “Divorce” at the Directors Company, directed by Michael Parva.
Improv that I've performed includes shows at Upright Citizen's Brigade, UCBeast and the NY Comedy Club (with Joy Newman's troupe The "Grown-Ups Playground")
--Off-Off Broadway venues performed in include La Mama, Theater For The New City, the Beckett Theater, Access Theater, and the Kraine Theater.
--I've also been a Guest Performing Artist at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a Guest Acting teacher at John Pallotta's Acting Studio.
With current band, Musiciens Sans Frontieres and prior incarnation LOVE ALIEN (alternative rock), I toured in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East, played Yasgurs Farm in the Woodstock Delirium Concert (a Woodstock Reunion Concert, on the bill with Buzzy Linhart, Melanie and Country Joe), was on the bill with Deodato, Spacehog, Marky Ramone & the Intruders and opened for Dale Bozzio (of Missing Persons). Numerous benefits include the Salvation Army Benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims at Pier 66, NYC, a Benefit for IndyMedia (with Ricanstruction), and for the 9/11 Firefighters.
Our music video MSF's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the Official Selection of twelve film festivals worldwide (2009, 2010), and received three Best Music Video Awards. Music video "Legalize" was the Official Selection at eleven film festivals, receiving four awards, and our last music video "So Many Ways (for Safe, Green, Sane Energy)" (2012) was an Official Selection at 6 festivals and won the Golden Reel Award at the Las Vegas Film Festival.
The song "Affection" off of Musicien Sans Frontieres' prior album, made it onto the Grammy 2008 Ballot.
And in 2021, I released a song with Thomas Simon ( Musiciens Sans Frontieres and Sonar Atmosfera) and drummer/percussionist Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls) - "Save Our Planet", which has been receiving airplay in Europe on FM4, Austria, and has been played in the UK on "You Haven't Heard This Music" podcast.
--Songs I've co-written have been in indie films "The Incoherents" and "Copy Shop", written and directed by seven time Emmy Award winning director William Electric Black, (an as-yet-unreleased black comedy in which I played a rock-n-roller who's killed her drummer), web pilot "We Became The Enemy" (in which I played the lead role of Brigitte, a performance-artist/bike messenger/activist) and I was also commissioned to create a song for upcoming dramedy "Frankie" by the multi-award-winning writer-director Devi Snively (still in development), in which I'm slated to play the principal role of the singer in a side show circus band in the 1930's.
I thoroughly enjoy using dialects and accents from around the globe - from Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" at Florida Studio Theater), to Dublin, Ireland (indie film comedy "Pisser") to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (short film "Infiltration") - but I'm originally from Long Island, N.Y., where I grew up amidst the sounds of seagulls and airplanes.
To hear songs, you can go to HTTP://WWW.REVERBNATION.COM/TSMSF
JILLIE SIMON performs in film, theater, television, clubs, concert halls and has also performed in benefits, nationally and internationally.
-- I love that by becoming characters in plays or movies, I'm helping to tell stories that can inspire, challenge, move, delight, educate or transport the viewer - and possibly help make positive change in the world. ---And I am grateful and honored to have been taught by some really great acting teachers and directors, including Alan Langdon, Larry Arrick and Marilyn Fried.
Recently released feature films I'm in includes rock-n-roll dramedy “The Incoherents” (with Annette O'Toole and Amy Carlson), directed by Jared Barel, in which I played Chrissie, the bass player's yogini girlfriend [one of I-Tunes top-rated new releases, available across numerous VOD platforms] - and dramedy "Prince Harming", by writer-director-actress Marianne Hettinger, in which I played the protagonist's artsy, flirty neighbor Rhoda [available on Amazon Prime].
Other film and television roles include a lead role in indie feature "You Have the Right To Remain Violent, (dir., Roberto Monticello), playing a caring teacher, roles in indie film "Confess" (with Ali Larter, Melissa Leo), playing a secretary desperate for a Christmas bonus (writer-dir. Stefan Schaefer), and "A Beautiful Mind" directed by Ron Howard, playing a Princeton co-ed.
---Upcoming releases include comedy web-series "Gail's New Boyfriend" (New Media Comedy), playing an anchorwoman (Trisha), which will premiere on Amazon Prime, "Infiltration", the proof of concept short film for upcoming feature film/crime thriller "Infiltrated" by writer-director Marvalee Peart in which I played the lead role of Mona DiBiassi (wife of the mob boss), and the proof of concept short for upcoming feature dramedy "Summer of 1970", by Sean O'Connor, in which I played Liz O'Brien (mother to the 16 year old protagonist).
---And the short film "Hungry", which I wrote, co-directed and co-produced (co-starring Oscar-nominee Eric Roberts), and in which I play an idealistic teacher, has been released by IndiePix Films after a lovely film festival run (35 festivals, 19 awards and numerous nominations) and is streaming on several platforms (- Hungry.movie ).
Off-Broadway work includes "Blues" at the NY Public Theater, "Tony & Tina’s Wedding", and playing Marilyn Monroe in Chris Savery’s "Marilyn”, with Jack Mulcahy as JFK, in Britfest 2005, directed by Jason Grant.
One of the highlights of my regional theater work was performing with Marlo Thomas at the Cleveland Playhouse. I also had the pleasure of performing with other luminaries such as Marion Seldes at the Players Club, with Austin Pendleton at the Cornelia St. Cafe, with Joyce Randolph at New Dramatists, and with Tom Wopat, playing his sixth wife, in a reading of a new Larry Beinhart (Wag The Dog") screenplay “Divorce” at the Directors Company, directed by Michael Parva.
Improv that I've performed includes shows at Upright Citizen's Brigade, UCBeast and the NY Comedy Club (with Joy Newman's troupe The "Grown-Ups Playground")
--Off-Off Broadway venues performed in include La Mama, Theater For The New City, the Beckett Theater, Access Theater, and the Kraine Theater.
--I've also been a Guest Performing Artist at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a Guest Acting teacher at John Pallotta's Acting Studio.
With current band, Musiciens Sans Frontieres and prior incarnation LOVE ALIEN (alternative rock), I toured in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East, played Yasgurs Farm in the Woodstock Delirium Concert (a Woodstock Reunion Concert, on the bill with Buzzy Linhart, Melanie and Country Joe), was on the bill with Deodato, Spacehog, Marky Ramone & the Intruders and opened for Dale Bozzio (of Missing Persons). Numerous benefits include the Salvation Army Benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims at Pier 66, NYC, a Benefit for IndyMedia (with Ricanstruction), and for the 9/11 Firefighters.
Our music video MSF's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the Official Selection of twelve film festivals worldwide (2009, 2010), and received three Best Music Video Awards. Music video "Legalize" was the Official Selection at eleven film festivals, receiving four awards, and our last music video "So Many Ways (for Safe, Green, Sane Energy)" (2012) was an Official Selection at 6 festivals and won the Golden Reel Award at the Las Vegas Film Festival.
The song "Affection" off of Musicien Sans Frontieres' prior album, made it onto the Grammy 2008 Ballot.
And in 2021, I released a song with Thomas Simon ( Musiciens Sans Frontieres and Sonar Atmosfera) and drummer/percussionist Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Indigo Girls) - "Save Our Planet", which has been receiving airplay in Europe on FM4, Austria, and has been played in the UK on "You Haven't Heard This Music" podcast.
--Songs I've co-written have been in indie films "The Incoherents" and "Copy Shop", written and directed by seven time Emmy Award winning director William Electric Black, (an as-yet-unreleased black comedy in which I played a rock-n-roller who's killed her drummer), web pilot "We Became The Enemy" (in which I played the lead role of Brigitte, a performance-artist/bike messenger/activist) and I was also commissioned to create a song for upcoming dramedy "Frankie" by the multi-award-winning writer-director Devi Snively (still in development), in which I'm slated to play the principal role of the singer in a side show circus band in the 1930's.
I thoroughly enjoy using dialects and accents from around the globe - from Hazlehurst, Mississippi (Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" at Florida Studio Theater), to Dublin, Ireland (indie film comedy "Pisser") to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (short film "Infiltration") - but I'm originally from Long Island, N.Y., where I grew up amidst the sounds of seagulls and airplanes.
To hear songs, you can go to HTTP://WWW.REVERBNATION.COM/TSMSF