Hannah Dodd (actress)
Hannah Francesca Katie Dodd is an English actress and model. She began her career in modeling and trained in dance before starring in Hulu teen series Find Me in Paris. She has since become known as Francesca in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton.
Early life and education
Dodd was born in Colchester and grew up in Leavenheath on the Essex–Suffolk border. She attended Ormiston Sudbury Academy. She has been dancing since she was two years old. She took a course at Evolution Foundation College, of which she is now a patron, before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Dance from the London Studio Centre in 2017.Career
Dodd began her career in modeling and was 16 when she signed with Select Model Management, using the money she made from it to fund her dance training. She modeled for Primark, Topshop, Boden, and Monsoon Accessorize before landing a gig with Burberry in 2014 when she was 19 alongside Romeo Beckham.In 2018, Dodd made her television debut in the Hulu series Find Me in Paris and Harlots as Thea Raphael, a main role, and Sophia Fitzwilliam, a recurring role respectively. She played Sandra, the illusionary adult form of Sprite in the 2021 Chloe Zhao-directed Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals. The following year, Dodd appeared as a young version of Sienna Miller's character during her university years in the 2022 Netflix miniseries Anatomy of a Scandal.
Also in 2022, Dodd played Sarah Chapman in the Netflix film Enola Holmes 2 and Corinne Foxworth in Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, a Lifetime miniseries prequel based on the novel Garden of Shadows. In May 2022, it was announced Dodd would replace Ruby Stokes in third season of the Shondaland-produced Netflix period drama Bridgerton as Francesca, the sixth Bridgerton child. In 2023, it was announced Dodd would be the face of Aveda's Botanical Repair campaign.
Starting May 2025, Dodd will make her West End theatre debut as Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre opposite Rob Madge for a limited run until September 2025.