Francesca Murdoch

Born in New York City, Francesca has always shown a strong interest in the arts. Drawing, painting and story-telling have played a big role in her life since early childhood. Francesca began to act in school plays and has performed professionally since 2010. Since then she has appeared in leading and supporting roles in short films for a number of independent filmmakers, as well as for NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Columbia University. Francesca has also been seen in tv shows and feature films, played in Off-Broadway theaters, and danced in SUNY Purchase's productions of The Nutcracker. Francesca has worked with renowned acting coach Diane Harding as well as voice coach Katherine Robinson, and is now a student in the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute's Young Actors Program, working with Bill Balzac. In the summer of 2013, Francesca wrote and directed her first short film, "Intervention."