Who is Francia Raisa?

Francia Raisa is an American actress who has some extremely wonderful roles to her credit. She has also donated her one kidney to actress and friend Selena Gomez. A peep at her wiki provides an insight into her life and career details.

Francia Raisa: birth, childhood, and family

Francia’s full name is Francia Raisa Almendarez and her birth date is 26 July 1988 which makes her 29 years of age now. She was born and raised in the Los Angeles area of California. Her mother was Virginia Almendarez and father Renan Almendarez Coello. He was an American radio personality.

Francia belongs to the mixed race and is of Mexican and Honduras ethnicity. Grancia has two younger sisters; Italia and Irlanda. Francia had studied at the Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California and at the school, she was a cheerleader.

She began taking acting jobs while in high school and also modeled and appeared in commercials. Hence her career started quite early.

Francia Raisa: career and its progression

Francia Raisa started acting and modeling while in high school. She did print ads and commercials. She got an opportunity and guest-starred in the TV sitcom named American Family, Journey of Dreams and Over There. She was in her senior year when she bagged the first lead role of her life. She was chosen to be the main cast in Bring it On All or Nothing. More prominent roles came her way. In 2007, she was cast in the TV teen film called Shredderman Rules. She portrayed Isabel in this movie.  She also starred in ABC’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Francia also did roles in music videos and in all the roles in TV, films, and music videos she was appreciated for her acting skills and talent. In the year 2010, Francia also did the Christmas-themed movie Christmas Bounty. Her other film roles include in Fired Up!, Bulletface, Chastity Bites, and Beyond Paradise. She has more TV roles under her belt and appeared as Grace in 2013’s Company Town, as Katie in The Mindy Project, and as Penny in the TV film named The Snow Globe Christmas. In 2016 she did Hit the Floor and in 2017 was seen in 3 TV appearances namely Dear White People, Tiny House of Terror, and Once Upon a Date. In 2018, she was in the main role of Anna Tores in Grown-ish.

Francia is known for her talent and hard work and has bagged many prestigious awards and honors. Her net worth is estimated to be around $ 3 million.

Francia Raisa: her personal life, relationships, boyfriend, dating, marriage, children, husband

This benevolent actress has donated one of her kidneys to her friend actress Selena Gomez who is suffering from lupus and needed a kidney transplant for it. Recalling that time post-surgery, Francia said:

“It was hard, because you constantly had to ask for help. I think one of the most humbling experiences was helping put on underwear. We couldn’t take showers by ourselves. It was a really brutal process.”

As per her Instagram, she is said to be in a relationship with Chris Adkins. She is not married and has no children.

In the past, she had dated choreographer Shane Sparks in 2006-2009, actor Hosea Chanchez in 2009 to 2012, singer Romeo Miller in 2010-2012, and also was rumored to be with Josh Hutcherson in 2012.

Francia Raisa: body measurements

Francia does not only have a great heart she also possesses a beautiful body. She has a height of 5 feet and 3 inches and a weight of 52 kg. She has black hair and dark brown eyes. Her figure stats run as 35-24-36 inches. Her shoe size is 7 US.