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Frances Turner
Frances Turner (born 1980, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actress and former corporate attorney, known for Barb Howard in Fallout, Monique in The Boys, Bell Mallory in The Man in the High Castle, and Dr. Lyn Malvo in New Amsterdam.
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis, English actress born in London (sources give 1944 or 1945), trained in ballet at Corona. Known for Lady Macbeth in Polanski's Macbeth (1971), Lady Jessica in Dune (1984), and the BAFTA-winning Lillie (1978), through The Forsytes (2025).
Francesca Capaldi
Francesca Capaldi (Francesca Angelucci Capaldi), American actress born 2004 in California, known for Chloe James on Disney's Dog with a Blog and voicing the Little Red-Haired Girl in The Peanuts Movie (2015), later Crown Lake and 2024 films.
Francesca Eastwood
Francesca Eastwood, born Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood, is an American actress, daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, known for M.F.A. (2017) and her father's Juror #2 (2024).
Francesca Gardiner
Francesca Gardiner is a television writer and producer, Emmy-winning consulting producer on Succession and writer of His Dark Materials' finale, now showrunner of HBO's Harry Potter series.
Francesca Gonshaw
Francesca Gonshaw (born 1959, Marylebone, London) is an English actress who played Maria Recamier in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1987, 21 episodes) and Marie in Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986).
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca Gregorini (born 1968, Rome) is an Italian-American director, writer, and producer, stepdaughter of Ringo Starr; directed Tanner Hall, The Truth About Emanuel, and Emmy-nominated episodes of The Dropout and Killing Eve.
Francesca Hilton
Francesca Hilton (Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton, 1947–2015) was an American actress, photographer, and comedian, the only child of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton, great aunt of Paris Hilton, and heir to a contested estate.
Francesca Sloane
Francesca Sloane, American Salvadoran-American TV writer, producer, and showrunner; co-creator of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024) with Donald Glover; also wrote for Atlanta, Fargo, The First, Seven Seconds; two 2024 Emmy nominations.
Francesca Xuereb
Francesca Xuereb (born 1998, Detroit) is an American actress known for Kim White in Room 203 (2022), Cheyenne in Landman season 2, and Erin in Ted; BFA from Loyola Marymount University.
Francesco Carril
Francesco Carril is a Spanish actor and theater director, born in Madrid in 1986, known for his stage career and his film work with director Jonás Trueba.
Francesco Quinn
Francesco Quinn (Francesco Daniele Quinn), Italian-born American actor (1963–2011), son of Anthony Quinn; played Rhah in Platoon, Syed Ali on 24, and Tomas del Cerro on The Young and the Restless; died of a suspected heart attack in Malibu at 48.
Francesco Russo (actor)
Francesco Russo (born 1993, Caserta, Italy) is an Italian actor and documentary director; known for Bruno Soccavo in L'amica geniale, Fabrizio in A Classic Horror Story (2021), and Cesare Rossi in M - Il figlio del secolo, distinct from namesakes.
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone (Stanislas Pascal Franchot-Tone, 1905–1968), American stage and film actor, Group Theatre founding member and MGM leading man; Oscar-nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); first husband of Joan Crawford.
Francia Raisa
Francia Raisa (Francia Raisa Almendárez), American actress born 1988 in Los Angeles, of Mexican and Honduran descent; star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, grown-ish, and How I Met Your Father; donated a kidney to Selena Gomez in 2017.
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939, Detroit) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer of New Hollywood, creator of The Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, and the self-financed Megalopolis, co-founder of American Zoetrope.
Francis Galluppi
Francis Galluppi is an American self-taught writer-director whose debut feature, the one-location crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024), led to his hiring to write and direct Evil Dead Wrath (2028).
Francis X. Bushman
Francis X. Bushman (1883-1966), American silent-film actor and director nicknamed King of the Movies; star of His Friend's Wife (1911) and Messala in Ben-Hur (1925); later radio and TV actor.
Francisco San Martín
Francisco San Martín (1985–2025), Spanish actor born in Mallorca, raised in Montana; played Dario Hernandez on Days of Our Lives, Mateo on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Fabian Regalo del Cielo on Jane the Virgin; died in Los Angeles at 39.
Franco Nero
Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero, born 1941) is an Italian actor famous as the coffin-dragging gunslinger of Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966); over 200 films, Camelot, Buñuel's Tristana, Vanessa Redgrave, 2026 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
François Arnaud (actor)
François Arnaud, born François Landriault-Barbeau in 1985 in Montreal, is a Canadian actor known for Cesare Borgia in The Borgias (2011–2013) and Scott Hunter in Heated Rivalry (2025).
François Chau
François Chau, Cambodian-American actor (born 1959, Phnom Penh), known as Dr. Pierre Chang on Lost, Jules-Pierre Mao on The Expanse, Shredder in TMNT II, and voice roles in Ghost of Tsushima and XCOM.
François Cluzet
François Cluzet, French film and stage actor born 1955 in Paris, César winner for Tell No One (2007) and star of Intouchables (2011), with 11 César nominations and frequent Chabrol collaborations.
François Ozon
François Ozon, French film director, screenwriter, and producer born 1967 in Paris; Fémis-trained auteur of Sitcom, Sous le sable, 8 femmes, Swimming Pool, and Grâce à Dieu; prolific genre-shifting queer-inflected cinema, six César nominations without a win.
François Truffaut
François Truffaut (1932–1984), French director and critic, founder of the French New Wave; author of the 1954 auteur polemic in Cahiers du cinéma; directed The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Day for Night, and The Last Metro.
Françoise Dorléac
Françoise Dorléac, French actress (1942-1967), elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, known for L'Homme de Rio, La Peau douce, Cul-de-sac, and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; died aged 25 in a car crash near Nice.
Françoise Pascal
Françoise Pascal names two documented figures: a 17th-century Lyon playwright, author of Agathonphile martyr (1655) and Sésostris (1661), and a Mauritius-born actress (born 1949) known for Mind Your Language and The Iron Rose.
Frank Bonner
Frank Bonner, born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr., was an American actor and television director known for playing Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 to 1982.
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage (1894–1962) was an American film director who made more than 100 films and won the first Academy Award for Best Director, for 7th Heaven (1927).
Frank Cady
Frank Cady, born Frank Randolph Cady (1915–2012), was an American character actor best known as Sam Drucker, the Hooterville general-store owner on Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, and The Beverly Hillbillies.