Name	Simone Simons
Height	5'6
Naionality	Netherlands
Date of Birth	January 17, 1985
Place of Birth	Hoensbroek, Heerlen, Netherlands
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Simons has had an interest for music since she was ten years old, and after listening to the Nightwish album Oceanborn at the age of fifteen, she began taking classical singing lessons. She sang in a choir for a couple of months in 2002, joining Epica soon after. She was previously in a romantic relationship with Epica guitarist Mark Jansen and co-writes the band's lyrics with him.