Could Super Bowl LVIII be the most-watched ever?
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EXCLUSIVE: Midori Francis (Grey’s Anatomy, The Sex Lives of College Girls) has signed with WME for representation.
Francis has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her performance as Lily in the Netflix series Dash & Lily from the producers of Stranger Things. Francis can currently be seen in Mindy Kaling’s Max dramedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls and on ABC’s long-running medical series Grey’s Anatomy, where she portrays Dr. Mika Yasuda.
On the feature front, she can be seen starring in Blumhouse’s Unseen for MGM+ alongside Missi Pyle, Jolene Purdy and Ren Hanami, and Netflix’s Afterlife of the Party with Victoria Justice and Adam Garcia.
Midori is recognized for her breakout performance in Universal’s Good Boys from producer Seth Rogen as well as her Drama Desk-nominated performance in NYT Critics’ Pick Usual Girls at the Roundabout Theatre.
Additional credits include The Wolves at Lincoln Center, which is also an NYT Critics’ Pick and Obie Award and Drama Desk Winnerand Connected at 59E59 Theaters, an NYIT Award winner. Other credits include Gotham on Fox, The Birch on Facebook Watch and the indie film South Mountain which premiered at SXSW.
She continues to be represented by Circle of Confusion and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
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Could Super Bowl LVIII be the most-watched ever?
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