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Background information | |
Birth name | Simona Milinytė |
Born | Lithuania |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, social media personality, host |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2002–present |
Website | www |
Simona Milinytė, also known as Simonna, is a Lithuanian actress and singer. From 2007 to 2011, she participated in numerous music competitions in European countries including Lithuania, Italy, and Turkey. Most notably, Simonna joined the national Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania as the youngest contestant ever at the time, placed third in the semi-final and seventh in the National Final. In 2008, she released her first album titled 12. In December 2013, she released her second album, which was self-titled Simonna and consisted of 15 songs recorded in both Lithuanian and English. After 2014, Simonna had her music videos played by MTV and received a Vevo-certified channel.
Simonna is a guest star in "NCIS: Los Angeles" season finale episode. In 2019, Simonna started to host her own radio show "Bleav In Sports Gossip" about sports and entertainment industry. Simonna's new podcast airs every week and is available on iHeartRadio, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc. People, Entertainment Weekly, Yahoo Celebrities, LA Times, BBC wrote about Simonna.
Since 2018, Simonna has shifted focus on her acting career. She played a lead role in the 2018 TV movie First Month is for Free. Simonna played an "r girl" in the drama Hollywood Rooftop, which was directed by Brett Leonard. Simonna has also acted in numerous short films. Simonna is a lead in a new short movie "Robot Romance" with Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee for the Best actress Sally Kirkland. This movie is several festivals. It's the WINNER: DRUK International Film Festival - Short film CRITICS CHOICE AWARD. World Film Carnival Singapore "Best Short Film"; Virgin Spring Cinefest - Silver Award "Best Short Film"; She was a supporting actress in Crazy For the Boys and horror-thriller The Great Illusion. In the horror-thriller The Blackstone, Simonna played the role of a ghostly woman. Simonna is playing a lead role in several movies, tv series, she is series regular in animation series.