Author: Francesca Manzi

Francesca is a British actress and voice over artist. She has worked on stage, screen and in numerous voice over campaigns for companies including South Park, Bank of America, MasterCard, Accenture and Marriott International. Her video game and animation credits include Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Unspoken, Enchantimals, and a soon-to-be-released virtual reality project that she’s desperate to talk about, but can’t! She is a proud member of 2Cents Theatre Company and works on stage regularly at their home base, The Hudson Theatre in Hollywood. Their annual festival “Acting Out Ink Fest”, a celebration of female playwrights, is one of her favorite events of the year. She lives on the eastside and is obsessed with 85% dark chocolate and cheddar popcorn.

I know. Sounds like an oxymoron, right? These days, when despair is sucking the life out of us with every morning CNN report, and hope feels like a distant memory our grandparents used to talk about, it’s increasingly hard to muster up the courage and positivity needed to go out into the world and yah know, contribute to it. I know you feel me. For those of us in the entertainment industry (sensitive souls at the best of times), it’s doubly hard, and also, even more essential that we do, because our work requires us to contribute creatively to the…

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