Francis Benhamou
Francis Benhamou is a Broadway performer. Explore their Broadway credits, shows, and songs below.
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About
Francis Benhamou is an American actress born in Montevideo, Uruguay, who grew up in Miami. Her heritage spans multiple Jewish traditions: on her mother's side she is Ashkenazi, with Polish and Russian roots, while her father's side is North African Sephardi. She earned her degree from New York University.
Benhamou began her screen career with short films and a minor role in the 2004 drama Imaginary Heroes. In 2007, she took on a leading role opposite Zoe Lister-Jones in the independent drama Arranged, the same year she appeared in Neal Cassady. Subsequent film credits include 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, she made guest appearances on Inside Amy Schumer, Daredevil, and Life & Beth. She was later cast in the Netflix comedy film Kinda Pregnant and the drama series Black Rabbit.
Her stage work includes a number of off-Broadway productions, among them Selling Kabul, The Profane, Invasion!, I Call My Brothers, and Motel Cherry. In 2022, she starred in the off-Broadway production of Prayer for the French Republic, a performance that earned her the Lucille Lortel Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, as well as an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. Benhamou reprised that role when Prayer for the French Republic transferred to Broadway in 2024, marking her Broadway debut.
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