LONDON — Simone Ashley, the British actress famous for her roles in “Bridgerton” and “Sex Education,” is the star of Johnnie Walker’s latest Daring Steps campaign.
She appears in a brief film directed by filmmaker Kajal. Ashley and Anita Chhiba, founding father of the talent agency Weight-reduction plan Paratha, which promotes South Asian creatives, also collaborated on the film.
Within the campaign, Ashley wears quite a lot of looks, all of which were made by South Asian designers.
“Simone is so inspiring,” Chhiba told WWD. “Working alongside someone who's such a key public figure for smashing through cultural barriers that many [South Asian people] face made it all of the more meaningful.”
The campaign offers young British South Asian creatives the chance to...
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