Francesca is a true bicoastal (NY & CA) actor, voice actress, and director. Born and raised in New York City, she is half Chinese and half Spanish, and spent her childhood on film and television sets with her parents.  

She began her studies of the performing arts at the age of seven with the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and has since enthusiastically followed her passion for acting.  She studied and performed with theaters such as the Moscow Art Theatre Company and New York Stage and Film, as well as with acclaimed international director Adolf Shapiro.  She can be seen alongside Sandra Bullock in the Warner Bros film, Ocean's Eight, in the hit HBO TV show Mare of Easttown, and can be heard as one of the leads, Nishio-San, in the Golden Globe Nominated Animated Film, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain.

Other fun facts: Francesca is a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is conversational in Spanish & Japanese.