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About Franchesca
Franchesca Ramsey is an actor, writer, sought-after public speaker, and creator/star of the award-winning web series MTV Decoded. A former writer/correspondent for Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, her first book, Well That Escalated Quickly was nominated for an NAACP award and named one of Amazon’s best books of 2018.
In 2020 she served as writer/co-producer on the iCarly reboot for Paramount+ and guest starred on NBC’s Superstore. In the podcast space she’s produced and hosted a number of projects for Wondery, Acast and Audible. Before her life as a tv writer and actress, Franchesca worked as a graphic designer for major brands including L’Oreal, Ann Taylor and the City of Miami Beach.
In 2024, Franchesca’s debut feature, co-written with Katlin Fontana was selected for Sundance labs. Most recently she guest starred on Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest & has developed multiple tv projects with Will Packer Productions.
As a content creator, Franchesca has amassed over a million followers across multiple platforms with her comedic social commentary and catchy viral songs.
Franchesca burst into the spotlight in January 2012 when her video, “Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” (SWGSTBG) went viral. It garnered over 1.5 million views in 24 hours and 5 million views in just 5 days. It also made a lot of white girls cry.
SWGSTBG currently has 11 million views and has been featured on MSNBC, ABC, The Daily Mail and on Anderson Cooper, just to name a few. Over a decade later and the video has been quoted in textbooks, translated into multiple languages and was even the subject of a 20 page graduate dissertation.
With nearly 20 years in the online space and over a decade in film and television, Franchesca has carved out a unique lane as a public speaker and brand consultant.
From college campuses to corporate workshops, her super power comes from engaging with audiences in ways that help them laugh, learn and think.