Francesca Fernandez

January 2025

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Francesca is from the Bay Area and thrilled to make her San Francisco Playhouse debut. New York credits include Smart (Ensemble Studio Theatre), …what the end will be and Jonah (Roundabout Theatre), Sex and the Abbey (The Brick), Marilla of Green Gables (Royal Family Productions), House of Telescopes (Pipeline Theatre Company), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Kenny’s Tavern (59E59), and Love, Medea (Center at Park West). Regional credits include Bald Sisters (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), The Good Person of Szechwan (California Shakespeare Theater), Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B (Dorset Theatre Festival), Twelfth Night (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), SYZYGY (Two River Theatre), The Lily’s Revenge (Southern Rep Theatre), Sheddin’ (Horizon Theatre Company), The Hotel Plays (Provincetown Players), Romeo and Juliet (The NOLA Project), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Orleans Shakespeare Festival), Numb (Goat in the Road Productions), and The Cradle Will Rock (Cripple Creek Players). Film and television credits include Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, The Hardest Part, and Locker Room Talk. You can hear her as Cordelia in King Lear and Emilia in Othello at Play On Podcasts. Francesca earned an MFA in acting from Yale School of Drama. @chesfernandez | francescafm.com