Francesca Fanti

Francesca Fanti

Francesca Fanti was chosen by Francis Ford Coppola to play the leading role of Filomena Corrado in Distant Vision (2016), a live cinema experimental production directed by Coppola as a month-long project at UCLA.

Francesca presented the bold one-woman comedy show "Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo," (written by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and Franca Rame), and won the ADA Artistic Director Achievement Award for Best Actress in a Comedy in Los Angeles first, then The Bay Area Critics Award for Best Solo Performance in San Francisco where the show was critically acclaimed, sold out and extended for months.

In Italy, Francesca worked with American character actor Vincent Schiavelli, presenting the show "Cc'era 'Na Vota" in Sicilian dialect (not her own) to audiences in Sicily. She also starred in the very popular Italian TV show "La Squadra" and worked with director Carlo Carlei on the TV movie "Ferrari".

Milestone Italian writer Dacia Maraini invited Francesca to perform her work in Italy after seeing Francesca's sterling performance of the drama one-woman show "Letters of Love" in Los Angeles. Francesca later on brought Maraini's controversial play "Dialogue Between a Prostitute and Her Client" to critically acclaimed performances in Pasadena and she has written a film adaptation of this play. She is also developing two other projects: "Dating Valentina" (a comedy about divorce, single parenting and online dating debut) and "Missing Michael H." (a drama based on the true story of a friend who recently went missing).

She can be seen in the FX TV show "American Crime Story - The Assassination of Gianni Versace" (episode #8) in the role of Franca Versace, mom of Gianni. Also in Bryan Singer's critically acclaimed digital web series "H+" (2012-2013) in the leading role of Simona Rossi and in Nine (2009) opposite Daniel Day Lewis. A versatile actor, Fanti has provided voice work for many projects including "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" (2012) and has appeared in numerous national commercials with such celebrities as Herb Ritts, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna and Bob Richardson.

Movies for Francesca Fanti...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Title: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Character: Twin Daughter 2 / Old Woman / Street Sweep (voice)
Released: October 22, 2022
Type: Movie
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
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Luca
Title: Luca
Character: Maggiore (Cop) (voice)
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
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Title: American Crime Story
Character: Franca Versace
Released: February 2, 2016
Type: TV
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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Bambina
Title: Bambina
Character: Mother
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
An isolated expatriate experiences a psychotic break after giving birth to a child fathered by her married lover.
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Las Vegas Story
Title: Las Vegas Story
Character: Izzy
Released: March 1, 2015
Type: Movie
An escort, a stripper, and a drug dealer come together in Las Vegas in this tale of gangsters, second chances, and finding love in Sin City.
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Midlife
Title: Midlife
Character: Julietta
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
An alcoholic salesman finds himself at the crossroads of his life.
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Nine
Title: Nine
Character: Dinardo
Released: December 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
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Caged Hearts
Title: Caged Hearts
Character: Ranch Inmate
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a plan to bust out of prison and hopefully expose the group of corrupt politicians, judges, lawyers, etc. who put them there in the first place.