Francis Benhamou
American actress
Francis Benhamou is an American actress. She received Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the 2022 off-Broadway play Prayer for the French Republic.
Life and career
Benhamou was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and grew up in Miami. From her mother's side, she is Ashkenazi, Polish and Russian, and from her father's side is North African Sephardi. She graduated from the New York University. She began her career starring in short films and had minor role in the 2004 drama film, Imaginary Heroes. In 2007, Benhamou played the leading role alongside Zoe Lister-Jones in the independent drama film, Arranged. She later appeared in films Neal Cassady (2007), Breaking Upwards (2009), My Last Day Without You (2011), Big Words (2013), Listen Up Philip (2014), Women Who Kill (2016), and The Rainbow Experiment (2018). On television, Benhamou made guest starring appearances on Inside Amy Schumer, Daredevil and Life & Beth.
Benhamou has appeared in a number of stage productions, including notable off-Broadway productions Selling Kabul, The Profane, Invasion!; I Call My Brothers, and Motel Cherry.
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