FRANCESCA FRANCOIS-GRIMALDI, Managing Partner and Agent, Plaza 7 Talent Agency

Francesca heads the NY Division of Plaza 7 Talent Agency, a SAG/AFTRA full-service entertainment agency with branches in New York City and King of Prussia, Pa. (just outside Philadelphia). Their clients include producers, directors, actors (film and television) and voice talent. Currently her acting clients can be seen on TV (Law & Order: SVU, Burn Notice, Boardwalk Empire) and film (Men In Black 3, English Vinglish). Francesca began her career in the mailroom at ICM in New York, before moving into their Motion Pictures Talent Department, where she worked for five years. She was previously a Talent Agent at the Fifi Oscard Agency in NYC. She is a Dance Theatre of Harlem alumna and a member of New York Women in Film and Television. Currently she is looking to meet trained actors with strong credits (18+) all types-all ethnicities. She is working with THREE AC actors from her first seminar here. After a Q & A she'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE