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Lovie Simone Oppong is an American actress. She portrays Davina Harrison on Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

Biography

In 2016, Simone starred in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf, playing the role of Zora Greenleaf, the daughter of Kerissa (Kim Hawthorne) and Jacob Greenleaf (Lamman Rucker). Simone was originally cast as a recurring cast member but was promoted to a series regular as of the second season. Simone later made her film debut, playing the supporting role opposite Jennifer Hudson in the 2018 drama film Monster that premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.  

The following year, she appeared in two drama films that premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival: Share and played a leading role in Selah and the Spades. Both films have received positive reviews from critics. Later in 2019, Simone was cast as one of leads in the horror film The Craft written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones and based on the 1996 film of the same name. She has a Youtube channel with over 11,000 subscribers.

Davina Harrison is a main character on the Starz original crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. She is portrayed by Lovie Simone.

Davina is the first ever love interest of Kanan Stark, who has had a crush on her since the second grade.

Davina is described as hard but sensitive, also damaged but resilient. She has a difficult family life and dates Buck Twenty, a member of Unique's gang. Her harsh appearance quickly softens after she is kicked out of school for fighting and Kanan comes to her in an unexpected way.

The saga of Ghost ended in season 6 of the Starz drama Power. However, the saga of Power is bigger than ghost. Power Book II: Ghost is already on Starz, and Power Book III: Raising Kanan is in the works. Lovie Simone is in New York waiting to film the latest spinoff from Starz’s hit drama. 

Simone spoke with Showbiz Cheat Sheet about her role in The Craft: Legacy. We also asked her about her new role in Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

Lovie Simone is playing a brand new character in ‘Power Book III’

Power fans know Kanan, originally portrayed by 50 Cent in the series. Power Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel in which Mekai Curtis plays a younger Kanan. That’s where Simone comes in. 

“This is a completely new character,” Simone said. “Power Book III is basically the prequel to all of the Powers. So it takes place in the ’90s. It’s Kanan’s story about his life and I play Davina.”

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Simone herself was just a baby at the end of the ’90s, so Power Book III takes place before her lifetime.

“It’s nice only because it is a new experience,” Simone said. “It’s like exploring another part of the human psyche because I do know that time allows for what time allows. I know certain things probably won’t even be a thought in my head for Davina while other things could just be at the forefront that might not be the same for today.”

What Davina means to Kanan in ‘Power Book III’

Simone told us more about Davina.

“Davina is a girl from New York,” Simone said. “She’s very young but very old in her mindset because of the way she was raised. So she had to learn a lot and grow up a lot faster than a lot of teenage girls. She’s also very wise and very kind still.”

Will she be a love interest to Kanan?

“She could be,” Simone teased. “She could very well be.”

Lovie Simone isn’t watching previous series

When Simone got the role of Davina, she had never seen the original series. Now that she’s starring in Power Book III: Raising Kanan, she’s staying away from the two previous series.

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“I’ve never watched the original Power series,” Simone said. “I told myself I wasn’t going to watch it because I wanted to watch my series first so I can get a good glimpse into the world of Power before I go on the Power train.”

50 Cent remains a producer of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. However, since he’s not in the cast, Simone hasn’t spent much time with him.

“In the acting world, you are around who your scenes are with so I’m more so with the younger 50 Cent, Mekai in this, and the people around my age, the teenage thing.”

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