Francis Benhamou

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 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. She reprised her role in the 2024 Broadway production. She later was cast in the Netflix comedy film Kinda Pregnant and the drama series Black Rabbit.

Filmography

Film

Television