Slick Woods

Simone Thompson was raised in Los Angeles, California.^[19] "Slick Woods" is a nickname given to her by her friends. She was raised by her grandmother, as her mother was incarcerated when Woods was four years old. Her mother was released in February 2019.^[20]

Woods was discovered by model Ash Stymest.^[21][22] She has done campaigns for Moschino and Calvin Klein.^[23] She has appeared in runway shows for Fenty x Puma, Yeezy, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu and Jeremy Scott.^{[24][25][4][26][27]} In magazines, she has been in American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue Japan, Glamour, i-D, Jalouse, Porter, Dazed, V and Love.^{[28][29][30][31][32][33]} In commercial work she has modeled for Urban Outfitters.^[34]

In September 2017, Woods was revealed to be one of the faces of Rihanna's makeup brand, Fenty Beauty.^[35]

She appeared in the 2020 film Goldie, in which she was praised for "a stunning debut performance".^[36] For the leading role, Woods was introduced to director Sam de Jong at a strip club by casting director Damian Bao, who street scouted her in 2016.^[37]

Woods appeared on the sixth season of Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood.^[38]

Woods is an avid marijuana smoker^[39] and has been rejected from some brands because of it.

She has a son with model Adonis Bosso. She gave birth to her son in September 2018, shortly after appearing in Rihanna's SavagexFenty fashion show.^[40]

Woods mentioned while co-hosting an episode of Catfish: The TV Show that she had once been homeless for 12 years.^[41]

In November 2019, Woods stated that she was undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 melanoma, but did not want to be treated "like a victim".^[42]

Woods is bisexual.^[43][44]