Actor Lovie Simone poses for a portrait on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Actor Lovie Simone poses for a portrait on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume classic, but they had their own meet cute before they even landed the roles.

Lovie Simone Oppong, 26, was born in the Bronx in November 1998 and grew up in nearby Orange County, New York. After becoming interested in acting while growing up with the Disney Channel ...

The story of how Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr, the stars of Forever on Netflix, first met is like a perfectly scripted meet-cute that was fated to fuel a tender portrait of young love.

Lovie Simone made a splash with the Netflix romance drama Forever. Based on author Judy Blume's book about first loves, intimacy, and the effervescence of teenage years, the eight-episode ...

Created by Mara Brock Akil, reimagined from the 1975 Judy Blume novel of the same name, the series follows Keisha (Lovie Simone) and Justin (Michael Cooper Jr.)—two childhood friends who reunite ...

“I don’t think this is the end,” star Lovie Simone tells Variety. “I think this is the end of a chapter with this version of them. I don’t want them to break up. I’m Team Justin and ...

Lovie Simone stars in the new Netflix series, “Forever.' While cutting together scenes for the new series “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil, who has created shows like “Girlfriends,” “Being ...

Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone star in the new Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume's 1975 novel Forever as childhood friends who reunite as teens and fall in love How the actors met for the ...

“Forever” stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone opened up about the first time they encountered one another, with no idea at the time they would end up starring together in Netflix’s ...

As the 1975 novel receives the Netflix treatment with a series adaptation from Mara Brock Akil, series star Lovie Simone marked her own capital-F first by playing Keisha Clark. “I love all my ...