Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Known for
Acting
Born
February 21, 1933
Died
April 21, 2003 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Tryon, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Nina Simone, la rebelle poster

Nina Simone, la rebelle

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley poster

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Nina Simone Resonances at the Paris Pantheon poster

Nina Simone Resonances at the Paris Pantheon

Movie

2024
I Dreamed of Seeing Myself poster

I Dreamed of Seeing Myself

Movie · as Herself

2023
They All Came Out to Montreux poster

They All Came Out to Montreux

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan poster

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Why Is We Americans? poster

Why Is We Americans?

Movie · as Self

2022
Piano Greats at the BBC

Piano Greats at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées poster

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) poster

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
How It Feels to Be Free poster

How It Feels to Be Free

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2020
Happy in the Gap poster

Happy in the Gap

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) poster

The Giverny Document (Single Channel)

Movie · as (archival footage)

2016
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) poster

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
What Happened, Miss Simone? poster

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Movie · as Herself

2015
The Amazing Nina Simone poster

The Amazing Nina Simone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas poster

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live 1961-62) poster

Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live 1961-62)

Movie

2008
Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68 poster

Nina Simone: Live in '65 & '68

Movie

2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 poster

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

Movie

1997
HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk

TV · 1 ep

1992
Nina Simone: The Legend poster

Nina Simone: The Legend

Movie · as Herself

1989
Nina Simone & Band: 14. Jazzfestival Hamburg

Nina Simone & Band: 14. Jazzfestival Hamburg

Movie · as Herself (vocals & piano)

1987
Nina Simone: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1987 poster

Nina Simone: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1987

Movie · as Self

1987
Le monde est à vous poster

Le monde est à vous

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's poster

Nina Simone - Live at Ronnie Scott's

Movie · as Herself

1983
Nina Simone - Live in Pompeii poster

Nina Simone - Live in Pompeii

Movie · as Self

1983
Bei Bio

Bei Bio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976 poster

Nina Simone: Live at Montreux 1976

Movie · as Herself

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1975
Numéro un poster

Numéro un

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1970
Nina: A Historical Perspective poster

Nina: A Historical Perspective

Movie

1969
The Pan-African Festival in Algiers poster

The Pan-African Festival in Algiers

Movie · as Self

1969
Black Woodstock poster

Black Woodstock

Movie · as Self

1969
Nina Simone Black Journal Segment

Nina Simone Black Journal Segment

Movie · as Self

1965
Nina Simone: Live in Antibes - July 24th, 1965 poster

Nina Simone: Live in Antibes - July 24th, 1965

Movie · as Herself

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep