Chilean, latina, bilingual performer fluent in Spanish and English, working as an actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, and arts manager. I am also a four-time Helen...
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 140Lbs
Fran Tapia
Chilean, latina, bilingual performer fluent in Spanish and English, working as an actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, and arts manager. I am also a four-time Helen...
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 140Lbs
- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 140Lbs
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videos(9)
- Tape Slate English00:06
- Tape Slate English with Spanish greeting00:07
- Tape Slate English slate, Full Body, L profile, back, R profile, front00:16
- Tape Slate Bilingual00:11
- Tape Medium shot, side-side-back00:22
- Tape Hands Medium shot00:11
- Tape Full Body, turn R, turn L00:12
- Tape Full Body, R profile, L profile, Turn, Front00:19
- Tape Full Body, L profile, back, R profile00:12
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AWARDS
- 2026 Winner Best Actor Short Film, Columbia Maryland Film Festival, for Sangre o No.
- 2026 Winner Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical, Helen, for Woland in Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
- 2026 Winner Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical / Helen Category for Head Over Heels
- 2023 Winner Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical / Helen Category for On Your Feet, En Español, Gloria Fajardo
- 2023 Winner Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical / Helen Category for Revoltosa (Troublemaker)
- 2025 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Cabaret / Concert / Solo Performance for Unreleased - Fran Tapia
- 2024 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Performer in a Musical for Eva Perón in Mummy in the Closet - Evita´s Return
- 2023 Winner Broadway World Washington DC Award as Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for On Your Feet, En Español
- 2026 Nominee Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical, Helen, for Verónica in Botiquin de Boleros Columbia Heights
- 2026 Nominee Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical / Helen Category for Professor Woland’s Black Magic Rock Show
- 2023 Nominee Helen Hayes award as Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical / Helen Category for On Your Feet, En Español
GRANTS
- 2025 DC Commission For The Arts And Humanities Fellow
MUSICAL THEATRE
- Somewhere Over the Border U/S Antonia/Leona/Julia D. Raymond O. Caldwell, Mosaic Theater, DC
- Columbia Heights Bolero Bar Verónica D. Valeria Cossu, GALA, DC
- Head Over Heels Gynecia D. Allison Arkell Stockman, Constellation Theatre, DC
- Professor Woland's B.M. Rock Show Woland D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Spooky Action, DC
- Mummy in the Closet - Evita’s Return Eva Perón D. Mariano Caligaris, C. Valeria Cossu, GALA, DC
- On Your Feet Gloria Fajardo D. & C. Luis Salgado, Ogunquit Playhouse, ME
- In The Heights Ens., Daniela u/s (performed), Camila u/s D. Valeria Cossu, PA Shakespeare Festival, PA
- Troublemaker Soledad D. José Luis Arellano, GALA, DC
- On Your Feet, In Spanish Gloria Fajardo, Gloria Estefan u/s D. & C. Luis Salgado, GALA, DC
- Cats Demeter D. Eduardo Yedro, Municipal Theatre Las Condes, CHILE
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
- On Your Feet 2nd Broadway US National Tour Gloria Fajardo D. & C. Luis Salgado, US
- Emergence Lead voice & dancer C. José Vidal, Kampnagel, Hamburg
- Rite of Spring Lead voice & dancer C. José Vidal, Hamburg, Marseille, Amsterdam
THEATRE
- Lear Kent D. Elizabeth Dinkova, SITW, VT
- Merry Wives Mistress Ford D. Roberto Di Donato, SITW, VT
- Ghost Limb Consuelo D. Elena Velasco, Avant Bard, VA
- The Dragon Lancelot, Cat, Sofia D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Spooky Action, DC
- Ajax Tecmessa D. Robert McNamara, ATLAS, DC
- Laughs in Spanish Estela D. Elena Velasco, 1st Stage, VA
- Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet D. Raymond O. Caldwell, Folger Theater, DC
DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOPS, READINGS, CONCERTS
- Women + on the Edge of Democracy Teo, Writer, Chairperson, Girl D. Sharifa Yazmeen, The Flynn, Burlington, VT
- Llorona or the Weeping Woman Judge Nisset, reporter, Doctor D. Kelsey Mesa, Kennedy Center, DC
- Ybor City Luisa D. Dámaso Rodríguez, UCSD Ampitheater, La Jolla CA
- Café Con Leche Rosa D. Joe Barros, Barn on Fire, Fire Island Pines, NY
- Ybor City Luisa D. Maija Garcia, Davis PAC, DC
- MISTRAL Palma Guillén Vidal & Segovia Sanhueza, GMTW NYU Tisch, NYC
- Cymbeline, The Reading Room Festival Cymbeline D. Nadia Guevara, Folger Theater, DC
- Hamlet, The Reading Room Festival Gertrude D. Laurie Woolerie, Folger Theater, DC
- Fantastagirl Dr. Hoffman (workshop) D. Nadia Guevara, Adventure Theatre, MD
- Round 5 Teachers Lounge Roberta Alvarez Lansberg-Rodriguez & Conaway, GMTW NYU Tisch, NYC
- Café Con Leche Rosa D. Héctor Flores, New York Theatre Barn & NYU, NYC
- Professor Woland's B.M. Rock Show Woland D. Elizabeth Dinkova, Kennedy Center REACH, DC
SONGWRITER
- Amor de mi Alma Music and Lyrics Fran Tapia Columbia Heights Bolero Bar, GALA, DC
- Ese Mar Cowritten with Ella Bric, Jaime Lozano Songs by an Immigrant Vol 2., Jaime Lozano & Familia
LIVE VOCALIST
- Selena by Bongo District Lead / Background Singer Sony Hall, NYC
- Selena by Bongo District Lead / Background Singer State Theatre, VA
- Round 5 Teachers Lounge NYU GMTWP Showcase Concert The Cutting Room, NYC
- Unreleased Solo Concert Spooky Action, DC
- Ave María, Siento Amor Romeo and Juliet Folger Theater, DC
- Gracias a la Vida, Violeta Parra Victor Shargai Leadership Award Atlas Performing Arts Center, DC
RECORDING ARTIST
- Que se cuide ese muchacho (Band) Soprano for Artist Renee Goust The Bunker Studio, NYC
- Can’t Help Falling in Love Vocals for sound designer Matt Neilson Folger Theater, DC
- California Cappuchino Donut Coffee Rosa for Café con Leche a New Musical, EP Theatre Barn Records, NYC
COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL
- Brand Film for Global Finance Organization Background This January. Producer Martin Hagar, Camille Dykes, 2026
- U.S. Army Advertising Campaign Principal Model: Senior Leader US Army, Jonathan Thorpe 2026
- American Red Cross Spanish Instructor / Spokesperson D. Michael Del Polito, Daymaker Media. 2026
TV SERIES
- Leguizamo Does America, Episode 3 Self-Director of Paso Youth Program D. Ben Dejesus, MSNBC, Peacock. 2023
SHORTFILM
- Cruda Supporting D. Shaun S. Rogers, DC, 2026
- Sangre o No Supporting D. Javier Ordoñez, DC, 2025
- Cité Supporting D. Luis Cifuentes, Chile, 2009
FILM
- EMA Dancer, Singer D. Pablo Larrain, Chile, 2019
- Do It Like An Hombre Background dancer D. Nicolas Lopez, Chile, 2017
Special skills
Bowling, Recreation, Horseback Riding, Percussion, Experience Acting, Experience Choreography, Experience Voice, Salsa, Disco, Folk Dance, Aerobics, Ballroom, Hip Hop, Jazz, Merrengue, Latin, Modern, Tango, Musical Theatre, Screams, Blues, Choral, Country Western, General, Jazz, Musical, Opera, Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Popular, Rock, Show, Automobile, Magician, South American, Spanish, Caribbean Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Cuban Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Puerto Rican Spanish, Mexican/Neutral, English (US), French, Spanish, Pilates, Mime, Arts, Song Writing, Yoga, Stand-Up, Theatre, Sitcom, Improvisation, Animation, Commercial