- Sophina Brown has featured in quite a number of films and television series as well as produced a few plays which have earned a few awards like the StageRaw Awards.
- The 49-year-old has been married to the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D actor, Henry Simmons for 16 years now but they have not revealed if they have children or not.
- Despite being in the limelight, the actress has not revealed people she has been with in the past but her husband has been reportedly linked to a few famous women like Sharon Leal, Lauren Sanchez, and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Sophina Brown has spent the last couple of decades working in the movie industry. She has starred in a couple of television series and films. She is famous for her role as Raina Troy in the CBS legal drama Shark. The actress is the wife of the American actor Henry Simmons.
The Michigan native started her career on stage and the experience has helped her remain disciplined and dedicated to her craft as she also pursues a career as a producer also.
Despite being in the limelight, she has managed to keep some things about her private. According to reports, the actress once revealed she values her privacy and will not allow the media to meddle in it.
Sophina Brown Biography And Age
The actress was born in Saginaw, Michigan on September 18, 1976. She was raised in Michigan with her family. She attended the University of Michigan where she majored in Theatre Performance.
She is currently 49 years old.
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Sophina Brown Has Been Married To Henry Simmons Since 2010
The actress has been married to Henry Simmons for 15 years now. The couple first met in 2006 in the James Woods legal drama where they were both casts.
Even though the couple are both in the limelight, they have decided to keep details about their marriage off the radar but they do not shy away from showing supporting each other.
However, there are speculations that the lovebirds do not have children yet but there is a post on Instagram that suggests they might have children. According to the Instagram post, Simmons’s close friend congratulated him on his anniversary and went further to send hugs to “his girls” and wife, Sophina.
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The 49 Year-Old Actress Is Doing Well As A TV and Movie Star
The Michigan native has garnered a lot of credits in her acting career so far. Brown started out as a stage actor before she finished school. After she graduated from college, she was hired to perform in the national tour of the musical Fame. She later made her Broadway debut after she appeared in The Lion King.
Also, she later made guest appearances in the movie Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. On television, she has featured in Strangers with Candy, The Education of Max Bickford, Hack, Committed, Numb3rs, Without a Trace, The Good Wife, Bones, and a few more.
Between 2003 through 2004, the actress worked with the famous comedian Dave Chappelle in his Chappelle’s Show. She appeared in five separate episodes as a recurring guest.
She was supposed to appear alongside her husband as a couple in the recurring roles they both landed on the Pretty Little Liars spin-off in 2013. The couple has starred in films together but not as a couple. She is currently starring in Lena Waithe’s BET series Twenties as Ida B.
Here are some of the films Sophina Brown has starred in:
Here Are Five Other Interesting Facts About Sophina Brown
1. Sophina’s husband has dated a few famous women in the past
Brown has not been open about the people she has dated but her husband has been linked to quite a couple of women. Before the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star married Sophina, he dated Sharon Leal who is also an actress. According to rumors, the two did not date for long.
The actor has also been linked to Lauren Sanchez, an American media personality. The two reportedly dated before Sanchez was involved in the cheating allegations saga with Jeff Bezos.
It is uncertain if they dated for long but they reportedly broke up in 2003 after they got engaged. The former couple never said a word about their relationship.
Henry Simmons and Rolonda Watts reportedly dated briefly in 2005. Watts revealed during an interview about her novel that they were ” always far better friends than lovers”.
That same year the actor was again linked to a fashion model and TV personality, Eva Marcille. According to reports, the two only dated for a month in June 2005.
Also, Simmons once dated the former destiny’s child singer, Michelle Williams. While they were together, he was allegedly spotted during her play at the L.AProduction of the musical The Color Purple. The two were allegedly seen together hugging and cuddling in public in 2008.
Reports claimed the two were so close but the relationship did not last forever. There is no exact date regarding when they broke up. Michelle Williams moved on with her life and was reportedly engaged to Chad Johnson in 2018.
Sophina Brown’s husband seems to have a thing for beautiful celebrities. To add to the list of the women he has had encounters with, the American actress Tracee Ellis Ross is also on the list. However, there is no sign or picture of the actors together to back up this claim.
The actress on the other hand has reportedly dated several famous actors including Chris Webber and DeRay Davis.
2. A play she produced won five awards
As a producer, Sophina has produced August Wilson’s Two Trains Running and the film has received five StageRaw Awards. She has also produced ten of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle in Los Angeles.
Her first August Wilson’s King Hedley II production had multiple LADCC, StageRaw, and Ovation nominations and a couple of Ovation wins.
Even though the actress has not won any personal award yet, she has shared in her husband’s joy after he won the Grand Jury Award for the Best Actor at the American Black Film Festival for his role in the 2007 film South of Pico.
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3. Her husband earned a basketball scholarship but he ended up in the theatre
As a teenager, Henry got a basketball scholarship to Franklin Pierce University where he earned a business degree. However, instead of concentrating on his basketball career, he experimented in the theatre. after he graduated from college, he moved to New York City and began to study acting. It was not long before he landed a recurring role on the soap opera, Another World.
4. Is the actress as tall as her husband?
The 49 year-old actress reportedly stands 5 feet 5 inches tall. She is one foot shorter than her athletic husband who is said to be 6 feet 3 inches.
With a body of around 53kg, Sophina has dark brown eyes and also brown hair as well.
5. What is Sophina Brown’s net worth?
Having spent almost two decades in her career, the actress has received credits for most of her works and her earnings have increased over the years also. Despite not having a confirmed net worth yet, she is reportedly valued between $1 million to $5 million.
However, her 55-year-old husband has an alleged net worth of about $2 million which he has earned in his acting career.
