Lauren Francesca

Biography

Lauren Francesca is the daughter of Fred Siretta, a Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer. At the age of ten, Lauren Francesca performed a solo for over 500,000 people at the Washington Monument's "America Sings". At the age of eleven, she began studying and was later accepted as a full-time student at the Joffrey Ballet School. She attended the Professional Performing Arts School, or PPAS, in New York City. In her first year at PPAS, she was also accepted into Junior Division of the Alvin Ailey School. She briefly attended Fordham University under scholarship studying pre-med, but later transferred to the New York Institute of Technology, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Science in pre-med and Biology.

In 2008 and 2009, Lauren Francesca appeared numerous commercials, such as for AT&T, MTV, Comedy Central, and Spike TV. She appeared as a lead in various music videos for musicians such as Los Campesinos!, Wisin & Yandel, Method Man & Redman, and Don Omar. She also studied improv with the Upright Citizens Brigade.

Lauren Francesca has appeared on 20/20 to discuss her work on YouTube. She was also invited to speak on a panel about digital media at South by Southwest 2015.

In 2014, Lauren Francesca appeared in the film Muck, making her first starring role in a feature film.

In 2015, Lauren Francesca starred in '#Lucky Number' as the character 'Jules'. The film was released in September 2015.

Lauren Francesca was also a producer on the film Una calle sin salida, which was well received at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

YouTube

In 2008, Lauren Francesca began appearing in videos for Barely Political, often alongside Obama Girl Amber Lee Ettinger. About a year later in 2009, Barely Political introduced The Key of Awesome, a series of music video parodies, Lady Gaga in The Key of Awesome's Lady Gaga Bad Romance parody. The video subsequently went viral. She would go on to make further appearances as Lady Gaga in subsequent installments of The Key of Awesome and other Barely Political videos. She has also appeared in Barely Political videos impersonating and portraying Heidi Montag, J-WOWW, Poison Ivy, Nayer, Christina Aguilera, Mystique, and Iggy Azalea. She also appeared in a number of videos for CollegeHumor, including "Xbox Girls Strike Back", "The Six: Girls You Date in College", and "Photoshop Tutorial Rap".

In February 2011 Lauren Francesca launched her own YouTube channel, Iwantmylauren. On it, she continues to impersonate Lady Gaga and Iggy Azalea as well as Madonna, Paris Hilton, and Kim Kardashian. She also portrays a number of original characters, such as Miss Inappropriate and Tammy the Tiger. She also concurrently started her own vlog channel Secret Life of Lauren. In March 2012, Lauren Francesca began starring in Barely Political's sci-fi parody series Space Girl, which was chosen to compete at the 2012 New York Television Festival. The series continues to release episodes and has begun utilizing YouTube's 360° video function in recent installments. One of her recent sketches was featured on Fox's television series Right This Minute, which aired June 2015.

Lauren Francesca continues to make appearances in YouTube videos from other content creators as well. In 2010, she appeared in a music video for Bo Burnham's song "Oh Bo". In November 2011, she was featured in the music video in episode 6 of "Next Time on Lonny" entitled Lonny Gets Revenge In April 2012, Lauren Francesca began appearing as Alice in Zenescope Entertainment's YouTube Web series Comic Company. In October 2012, Lauren appeared in Ninja Sex Party's music video for their song "Unicorn Wizard" from their album "Strawberries and Cream". Lauren is also on the album's cover art. On January 5, 2013, Lauren Francesca appeared in the web series Lenox Avenue: The Series Chapter IV. She also served as a production coordinator for the series. On August 24, 2013, Lauren Francesca appeared as the Lifeguard in the video "SONGS IN REAL LIFE 4!!" made by Steve Kardynal. On February 19, 2014, Lauren Francesca was featured in the music video for Big Data's song "Dangerous". In December 2014, Lauren Francesca was featured as a principal actor in the comedic short "Bellz Angels", directed by Roman Dent. In 2015 she appeared in a Webisode of Epic Rap Battles of History.

Filmography

Film credits include:

Television credits include:

Other credits

In June 2012, a character based on a costume Lauren Francesca wore at the 2011 New York Comic Con will appear in a One Shot issue of Zenescope Entertainment's comic series Grimm Fairy Tales.

Lauren Francesca is currently working on a pilot with writer Rex Pickett, author of the novel Sideways. The pilot was accepted into the Just for Laughs festival in 2013.