Mika Simmons is an award-winning filmmaker, actress, writer and host of The Happy Vagina podcast and platform.

As an actress Mika has worked on a diverse range of creative projects including the BAFTA-winning Falling Apart, Film London’s Balcony which won the Crystal Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival and BFI nominated Dictynna Hood’s Us Among the Stones in 2019 and most recently BBC’s Showtrial.

As a filmmaker, in 2021 Mika won Best International Director for her second short film Breach at Portland Comedy Festival, which premiered at BAFTA qualifying BUFF in November. Mika’s debut Rain Stops Play, won the Silver Remi for best comedy short at Houston World Film Festival in 2019 and was nominated at BAFTA qualifying Underwire Festival and CBFF.

When not working as an actress or making films, Mika hosts The Happy Vagina podcast and media platform - as seen on Fabulous Magazines ‘graph of greatness’ and as Marie Claire’s ‘next must listen’. The chart topping podcast in relationships and women's health empowers through inspirational content that both educates and entertains, has seen the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Myleene Klass, Dita Von Teese and Nicola Adams guest.

The Happy Vagina book will be published in 2022 by Harper Collins' Pavilion. Mika has also written for Grazia, Marie Claire, Glamour, Red, Huffington Post, The Telegraph and Evening Standard.

In honour of her work as an activist for women's health, in January 2021 Mika was featured as one of Harpers Bazaar's female Visionaries and, in December ‘21, You Magazine choose to feature Mika as one of their 21 Extraordinary Women of the year for her work as co-chair of the Ginsburg Women’s Health Board, an independent advisory board campaigning for better diagnosis in Women’s health.

Mika started the Lady Garden Foundation in 2013 when her friend and neighbour, Doctor Susannah Banerjee became the head of oncology for gynaecological cancers at The Royal Marsden, and asked Mika to support a research project into better treatment of these cancers. Having lost her Mum to Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer aged just 54, Mika agreed immediately but on the proviso she could also create an awareness drive for all women to know more about their health and the symptoms of these cancers. Mika then sought about bringing together a group of phenomenal women, all of whom had a very personal relationship with gynaecological health - together they founded the Lady Garden Foundation.