Francesca Eloise Henry (born March 1995) is an English actress. She began her career appearing in various television and stage shows including '' Doctors'', '' A Discovery of Witches'' and ''

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'', before being cast in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' as

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in 2023.

Early life and education

Francesca Eloise Henry was born in March 1995 in Waltham Forest, London, and attended

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. She began studying MA Acting at the

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in 2017.

Career

Henry made her acting debut appearing as PC Alice Brody in the BBC medical soap opera '' Doctors''. Henry made her stage debut in the play '' The Wolves''. She has appeared in various other productions, with her roles including Emily Webb in ''

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'', Ashley in ''Germ Free Adolescent'', ''The Letters Project'', Honey in ''

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'' and Rosencrantz in ''

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''. In 2022, Henry appeared in the recurring role of Celine in '' A Discovery of Witches''. She also portrayed Nix Greaves in the

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series ''Chelsea Detectives'' and Charlie Jarrett in an episode of the twenty-first series of ''Silent Witness''. The same year, she made her film debut in ''2.0 Lucy'', in which she played the role of Alyssa. In 2023, Henry was cast in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' as

. Her character is the eldest daughter in the Knight family, who were introduced as new owners of the fictional Queen Vic pub. She made her on-screen debut on 1 June 2023 alongside the character's on-screen father George (

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) and younger sister Anna ( Molly Rainford). Henry described Gina as "spiky" and said that she "sees kindness in everyone and wants to be more like her sister Anna, but finds it hard to meet the world in an open-hearted way."

Filmography

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Francesca 1995 births 21st-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Waltham Forest Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama English film actresses English soap opera actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Living people