Sexiest Pictures Of Francia Almendarez. Francia Almendarez is an American actress, best known for her roles in Bring It On: All or Nothing, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Grown-ish. Francia was born on July 26, 1988, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Francia was born to mother Virginia Almendárez (née Pelayo) and father Renán Almendárez Coello, an American radio personality.
The actress is of Mexican and Honduran descent. Her birth name is Francia Raisa Almendarez. After a few years of her birth, her father started using his new stage name – El Cucuy. Francia attended Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California.
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She was a cheerleader at that time. Francia started taking up acting gigs during her junior year of high school. She did modeling for print ads and commercials.
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She has also appeared on American Family: Journey of Dreams, Over There, Iyaz’s music video So Big, Li’l Romeo’s music video My Girlfriend, Bring It On: All or Nothing, Shredderman Rules, The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream, The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, In Plain Sight, Boo, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Christmas Bounty, Grown-ish and Life-Size 2, alongside Tyra Banks.
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In 2011, she was nominated for the ALMA Awards (for The Secret Life of the American Teenager) and won the Gracie Allen Awards. She was nominated for the Imagen Award and the Teen Choice Award in 2012. In 2016 and 2018, Francia was nominated for yet another Imagen Award (for Beyond Paradise and Grown-ish).
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Francia is the best friend of a famous musician, Selena Gomez. In the summer of 2017, Francia donated one of her kidneys to Selena, who has a condition called lupus.