# Francesca Eastwood
**Francesca Eastwood** (birth name Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood) is an American film and television actress, the daughter of actor and director [Clint Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/clint-eastwood) and actress [Frances Fisher](https://www.edgepedia.org/frances-fisher). Born in 1993 in [Redding, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/redding-california), she appeared on screen as an infant in *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995) and built a career across independent film, studio features, and television, with leading roles in *M.F.A.* (2017) and *Clawfoot* (2023) and a supporting part in *Juror #2* (2024), widely reported as her father's final project as director.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/bio/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993, Redding, California; birth name Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/bio/) |
| Parents | Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels) |
| First role | As a baby in *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995), cast as her mother's on-screen daughter in a film produced by Clint Eastwood[4](https://www.fandango.com/people/francesca-eastwood-188060) |
| Breakthrough indie role | Noelle, the lead of the SXSW rape-revenge thriller *M.F.A.* (2017), called "absolutely riveting" by the Los Angeles Times[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-mfa-review-20171012-story.html) |
| Notable 2024 films | *Juror #2* (Kendall Carter), *Queen of the Ring* (Mae Young), *Running on Empty* (Nicole), and *Clawfoot* (Janet)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) |
| Television | Guest roles on Showtime's *Twin Peaks* and FX's *Fargo*, and a recurring role in NBC's *Heroes Reborn*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) |
| Reality television | Starred in the 2012 E! series *Mrs. Eastwood & Company*; she later said reality television was not what she wanted to do[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels) |
## Family and early life
Eastwood is the only daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Fisher, who were partners in the early 1990s after meeting in Hollywood. Fisher, known for *Unforgiven* and for playing [Lucille Ball](https://www.edgepedia.org/lucille-ball) in the television movie *Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter*, was filming *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* when the part of the youngest daughter went to her toddler; the film, set in a Texas dust bowl and starring [Robert Duvall](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-duvall) and [Aidan Quinn](https://www.edgepedia.org/aidan-quinn), was produced by Clint Eastwood.[6](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-15-ca-46085-story.html) • [4](https://www.fandango.com/people/francesca-eastwood-188060)
She grew up visiting her parents on sets including *Titanic*, where her mother played [Kate Winslet](https://www.edgepedia.org/kate-winslet)'s on-screen mother, and *Million Dollar Baby*. Her older half brother [Scott Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/scott-eastwood) also became an actor. In interviews she has said her parents never pushed her into acting; she considered business school before returning to it, and at one stage as a teenager she deliberately avoided the profession, wanting to be different from her family.[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels) • [7](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a38206/francesca-eastwood/)
## Reality television and early visibility
In 2012 the E! network aired *Mrs. Eastwood & Company*, a reality series starring Francesca, her half sister Morgan Eastwood, and Morgan's mother Dina. Eastwood later described the experience as instructive but final: she told the [New York Post](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-post) in 2014 that while shooting the series had been fun, she discovered after its release that reality television was not what she wanted to do.[3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels) She was named Miss Golden Globe for the 70th [Golden Globe Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-globe-awards) in 2013, a ceremonial role traditionally given to a child of a Hollywood figure, and she has appeared in campaigns for L'Oreal and Too Faced cosmetics.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/)
## Independent film work
Eastwood's early adult career ran largely through independent features. She played a starring role in JT Mollner's Western *Outlaws and Angels*, which premiered at the 2016 [Sundance Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/sundance-film-festival), opposite [Chad Michael Murray](https://www.edgepedia.org/chad-michael-murray) and [Luke Wilson](https://www.edgepedia.org/luke-wilson); she prepared by working on physicality and voice, studying life in 1887 New Mexico, and reading Larry Moss's *The Intent to Live*. Critics singled her out even where the film divided them: the New York Post wrote that she was "at ease with a cowboy hat and revolver," and the Philadelphia Inquirer called her one of the bright lights of the film.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [3](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels) • [8](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/outlaws-and-angels/critic-reviews/)
Her most praised early performance came as Noelle, a visual arts graduate student who turns vigilante after a sexual assault, in *M.F.A.*, which premiered at SXSW in 2017. The Los Angeles Times review called her "absolutely riveting, inhabiting a true violent vigilante worth rooting for" and described the character as "a millennial Dirty Harry."[5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-mfa-review-20171012-story.html) Other independent credits from this period include *The Vault* (2017), *MDMA* (2017), *A Violent Separation* and *Awake* (2019), and [M. Night Shyamalan](https://www.edgepedia.org/m-night-shyamalan)'s *Old* (2021), in which she played Madrid for Universal Pictures.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [9](https://www.metacritic.com/person/francesca-eastwood/)
## Television
On television she has taken guest and recurring parts rather than series-regular work: a recurring role as Molly Walker in the NBC miniseries *Heroes Reborn* (2015), a guest role on FX's *Fargo*, and an appearance in Showtime's revived *Twin Peaks* (2017).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [10](https://fliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Program-Guide-FINAL.pdf) In a 2024 interview she said she had no preference between film and television, calling both fulfilling in different ways.[11](https://www.miamilivingmagazine.com/post/interview-francesca-eastwood-film-actor)
## 2024 and recent work
Four of her films arrived in 2024. In *Juror #2*, directed by her father for Warner Bros. and starring [Nicholas Hoult](https://www.edgepedia.org/nicholas-hoult), Zoey Deutch, and Toni Collette, she played Kendall Carter, the murder victim at the center of the case; the film was widely reported as Clint Eastwood's final project as director.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [12](https://time.com/7106837/juror-no-2-clint-eastwood-ending-explained/) She played the leading role of Jane in the thriller *Clawfoot* (released July 19, 2024) opposite Olivia Culpo, Nestor Carbonell, and Milo Gibson, appeared with Lucy Hale and Jim Gaffigan in *Running on Empty* (August 9, 2024), and portrayed the wrestler Mae Young, a WWE Hall of Famer, in *Queen of the Ring* alongside Emily Bett Rickards, Walton Goggins, and Josh Lucas.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [11](https://www.miamilivingmagazine.com/post/interview-francesca-eastwood-film-actor)
Her next lead is *The Bay*, a shark-attack survival thriller from writer-director Phil Volken, in which she plays Emma, a wedding guest stranded on a sinking tour boat in a Thai tiger shark sanctuary; the film features an animatronic shark built by the effects company Bischoff's and opened in theaters and on demand on July 17, 2026.[13](https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3956847/the-bay-exclusive-trailer-francesca-eastwood-stars-in-shark-attack-horror-movie/) She was also announced for *Live Fast, Die Laughing*, in pre-production opposite Harvey Keitel.[10](https://fliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Program-Guide-FINAL.pdf)
## Personal life
Eastwood lives in Los Angeles. She has a son, Titan Wraith, with Alexander Wraith, and gave birth to her second child in October 2025.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/) • [14](https://www.eonline.com/news/1423674/francesca-eastwood-gives-birth-to-baby-no-2) A brief marriage to Jordan Feldstein in November 2013 was annulled after eight days.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/bio/)
## References
1. [Francesca Eastwood – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/bio/)
2. [Francesca Eastwood, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247754/)
3. [Francesca Eastwood Is Ready for Her Close-Up, Vanity Fair (July 13, 2016)](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/francesca-eastwood-outlaws-and-angels)
4. [Francesca Eastwood Overview, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/francesca-eastwood-188060)
5. [Review: Francesca Eastwood cleans up a campus in rape-revenge thriller 'M.F.A.', Los Angeles Times (October 12, 2017)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-mfa-review-20171012-story.html)
6. [How's Life After Clint? Look at Frances Fisher's Schedule, Los Angeles Times (September 15, 1995)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-15-ca-46085-story.html)
7. [Francesca Eastwood Tells Us What Makes a Perfect Man, Esquire](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a38206/francesca-eastwood/)
8. [Outlaws and Angels critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/outlaws-and-angels/critic-reviews/)
9. [Francesca Eastwood, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/francesca-eastwood/)
10. [Special Guests, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Program Guide (2024)](https://fliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Program-Guide-FINAL.pdf)
11. [Francesca Eastwood on Legacy, Acting, and Her Latest Projects, Miami Living Magazine (December 5, 2024)](https://www.miamilivingmagazine.com/post/interview-francesca-eastwood-film-actor)
12. [Juror #2 Reflects the Major Themes of Clint Eastwood's Career, Time](https://time.com/7106837/juror-no-2-clint-eastwood-ending-explained/)
13. ['The Bay' Exclusive Trailer – Francesca Eastwood Stars in Shark Attack Horror Movie, Bloody Disgusting (June 22, 2026)](https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3956847/the-bay-exclusive-trailer-francesca-eastwood-stars-in-shark-attack-horror-movie/)
14. [Francesca Eastwood Gives Birth to Baby No. 2, E! Online (October 10, 2025)](https://www.eonline.com/news/1423674/francesca-eastwood-gives-birth-to-baby-no-2)
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