Leslie France

Leslie France is a film and stage actress with 30+ years of professional experience, who recently appeared in the acclaimed feature film, Where the Crawdad's Sing and co-starred in the series The Resident and National Treasure. She has also worked on independent films, including the lead role in Confession of a Florist from which her "soulful performance" ("Variety") garnered rave reviews. On stage, she has performed in numerous plays, including Look Homeward Angel, King Lear, and A Midsummer's Night's Dream. France trained in New York City at the William Esper Studio, HB Studios and graduated from the Asolo Professional Actor Training Program, where she studied under the legendary Jose Quintero. Growing up in New Jersey in a large Italian family of artists and educators, she regularly crossed the George Washington Bridge to study dance, acting, music and painting. But it was a Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that sparked her lifelong passion for acting. In 1999, France