Francine Brody

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Francine Brody is an actress, voiceover artist, photographer and book editor.

Brody has performed in UK performances of plays such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe , The Importance of Being Earnest and The Glass Menagerie . Her film and television acting work has included I Dreamed of Africa , Maigret ("The Hotel Majestic") and a video for the Kinks' song "Lost and Found".

She has recorded a number of audio books including The Lottery and Other Stories, Belle de Jour, Bridget Jones's Diary , Eden Close , The Weight of Water and Italian Fever: A Novel , which was nominated for an award by the Spoken Word Publishing Association (SWPA).

Francine Brody won RADA's Flora Robson Prize. [1]

Brody is a contributor to Online Review London and the author of a number of short stories. Currently working as a freelance photographer, editor and voiceover artist, she was for six years an editorial manager and editor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, part of the Orion Publishing Group, where she commissioned many award-winning books.

She is also a cellist, giving performances of chamber music and orchestral works. She lives in London with the author Cris Freddi and their son.

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References

  1. "Brody, Francine". Orion publishing group. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.