Francesca Fanti is a renowned actress who has made a significant impact in the entertainment industry. She has presented the bold one-woman comedy show "Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo," written by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and Franca Rame, which earned her the ADA Artistic Director Achievement Award for Best Actress in Comedy in Los Angeles and The Bay Area Critics Award for Best Solo Performance in San Francisco.
The show was critically acclaimed, sold out, and extended for months, showcasing Francesca's impressive acting skills. Her performance was so remarkable that she was chosen by Francis Ford Coppola to play the leading role of Filomena Corrado in his live cinema experimental production, Distant Vision, which was a month-long project at UCLA and may potentially become a full-length feature film in the future.
Francesca has also appeared in various TV shows and films, including the FX TV show "American Crime Story - The Assassination of Gianni Versace," where she played the role of Franca Versace, the mother of Gianni Versace. She has also appeared in Bryan Singer's critically acclaimed digital web series "H+" and in the film Nine opposite Daniel Day Lewis.
In addition to her acting work, Francesca has provided voice work for several projects, including "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" (2012),the Oscar-nominated Disney-Pixar film Luca (2021),and the Oscar-winning Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).
Milestone Italian writer Dacia Maraini was so impressed with Francesca's performance in her one-woman show "Letters of Love" at the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles that she invited Francesca to perform her work in Italy. Francesca has also brought Maraini's controversial play "Dialogue Between a Prostitute and Her Client" to critically acclaimed performances in Pasadena and has written a film adaptation of the play.
Francesca is currently developing two other projects, "Dating Valentina" (a comedy about divorce, single parenting, and online dating) and "Missing Milo H." (a drama inspired by the true story of a friend who recently went missing).
In Italy, Francesca has worked with American character actor Vincent Schiavelli, presenting the show "Cc'era 'Na Vota" in Sicilian dialect, and has starred in the popular Italian TV show "La Squadra" and worked with director Carlo Carlei on the TV movie "Ferrari".
She has also worked on numerous national commercials with celebrities such as Herb Ritts, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, and Bob Richardson.
