Victoria Simone is a New York based actress, stunt woman and filmmaker. She was born and raised in Staten Island, New York where she attended ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics and acrobats as young as 5 years old. At age 9 she enrolled in Martial Arts such as Karate and Muay Thai, she then was asked to join an underground SWAT team. She later decided she wanted to attend a performing arts high school, where she studied theatre, meisner technique and digital filmmaking. Her career began in 2011 (at age 16) when she booked a national billboard for Anthony Roberts salon and appeared as a belly-dancer in Swedish House Mafia's music video "Antidote". In 2012 her high school film "Running up That Hill" won best student film at the Annual New Works Film Festival. She also won an award for "Best Actress" in 2014 for her performance in the short film "Spirits".