---
name: "Antonia Franceschi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antonia-franceschi"
fi1m_id: "antonia-franceschi"
imdb_id: "nm0289900"
tmdb_id: 32388
wikidata_id: "Q598323"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 March 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T19:27:57.954805+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Antonia Franceschi

## Identity

Antonia Franceschi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antonia-franceschi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** antonia-franceschi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0289900
- **TMDB ID:** 32388
- **Wikidata ID:** Q598323
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Franceschi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32388

Actor. Born 30 March 1960 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 March 1960, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1978–1980
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 66 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Franceschi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32388

## Biography

Antonia Franceschi is an American dancer, choreographer and actress. She appeared as a dancer in the 1978 film *Grease* and played Hilary Van Doren in the 1980 film *Fame*.

She trained at the School of American Ballet and was selected by George Balanchine to join the New York City Ballet, where she performed for eleven years. Later based in London, she has choreographed for several companies and wrote and performed the autobiographical work *Up From The Waste* in the West End.

Franceschi is a Time Out Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. She has also appeared in *The Golden Bowl* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, antoniafranceschi.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, as Hilary Van Doren — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Dancer — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, as The Dancer on the Television Set (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Golden Bowl* (2000), as The Ballet: First Queen
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), as The Dancer on the Television Set (uncredited) — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *Fame* (1980), as Hilary Van Doren — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Grease* (1978), as Dancer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

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