For her performance on the show Simons received many accolades, including the 2008 National Television Award for "Most Popular Newcomer".

[3] Simons then joined a different group called Charli with three other members, including Shar from the Paradiso Girls, and released a single titled "Feel Me".

Her on-screen character Roxy Mitchell drowned in a swimming pool in an episode broadcast on New Year's Day 2017, along with her sister Ronnie.

She made a cameo reappearance on 27 April 2023, as Roxy imagined by her daughter Amy during a family counselling session.

In 2019, Simons played the role of ‘Miss Hedge’ in the hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre.

She is set to take over the role of Marie Fielding, the mother of established character Joel Dexter (Rory Douglas-Speed) and will make her debut in 2024.

In July 2011, Simons held an autograph session at the St Nicholas Primary School summer fair in Elstree.

[15] In December 2011, Simons hosted the annual Action on Hearing Loss concert along with the Mayor of Camden, Councillor Abdul Quadir.