The 10-episode two seasons of Kid Sister — available on ITVX — are set in the small Jewish community of Auckland, New Zealand.

Simone plays Lulu Emanuel, who is dating non-Jew Ollie — played by her real-life husband Paul Williams.

She has lied to her overbearing South Africa-born mother Keren (Amanda Billing) and dad Siggy (Jeff Szusterman) that she met a Jewish boy in America. But she has to come clean about Ollie after discovering she is pregnant.

The Tay Sachs storyline is raised because Lulu’s brother Leo — played by Simone’s real brother Joseph — and his wife Bec (Kira Josephson) have not been tested for the disease.

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