Francesca Root-Dodson

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| name = Francesca Root-Dodson

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2010–present

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Francesca Root-Dodson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ecco in the Fox series Gotham.

Career

Root-Dodson began her career co-starring in Luke Matheny's Oscar-winning short film God of Love.

In 2018, Root-Dodson began a recurring role as Ecco, a character similar to Harley Quinn,{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/gotham-season-5-trailer-harley-quinn-bane/ |title=Bane and Harley Quinn Make Their Grand Entrance in Gotham's Final Season Trailer {{!}} TV Guide |date=December 21, 2018 |website=TV Guide |access-date=February 4, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/03/gotham-star-cameron-monaghan-shares-first-look-at-joker-dancing-with-harley-quinn-in-season-5-8102221/ |title=Gotham star shares first look at Joker dancing with Harley Quinn in season 5 |date=November 3, 2018 |website=Metro |access-date=February 4, 2019}} in the Fox series Gotham. Ecco is the assistant of Jeremiah Valeska, the show's version of the Joker. Executive producer John Stephens teased at Gotham{{'}}s New York Comic-Con panel in October 2018 that Jeremiah would be paired with a "somewhat deranged girlfriend who dresses in a multicolored fashion."{{Cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/is-harley-quinn-in-gotham-season-5-a-colorful-lookalike-seems-to-be-on-the-loose-15584250/ |title=Is Harley Quinn In 'Gotham' Season 5? A Colorful Lookalike Seems To Be on the Loose |date=January 3, 2019 |website=Bustle |access-date=February 4, 2019}} Starting with season 5, Stephens explained that the show would be injecting "a lot of the same elements of madness and anarchy, and the sort of mad love that Harley has, and placing it into the Ecco character."{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2465392/why-gotham-is-using-ecco-as-its-harley-quinn |title=Why Gotham Is Using Ecco As its Harley Quinn |date=January 18, 2019 |website=Cinema Blend |access-date=February 4, 2019}}

Root-Dodson has appeared in two music videos: the video for “Morning Light” by the San Francisco band Girls{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVN3QoGMe0 |title=Girls – Morning Light (Official) |last=FantasytrashcanTV |website=YouTube |date=2010-01-07 |access-date=2019-06-08}} and James Arthur’s video for “Falling Like the Stars.”{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMGY8fLwess |title=James Arthur – Falling like the Stars |last=JamesAVEVO |website=YouTube |date=2019-05-24 |access-date=2019-06-08}}

Root-Dodson played Bridget in season four of Succession in which her character carried a “ludicrously capacious” handbag.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/succession-season-4-bridget-handbag|website=Collider|accessdate=April 3, 2023|title= Succession' Season 4: An Ode to Bridget's Ludicrously Capacious Handbag|first=Taylor|last=Gates|date=April 1, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/succession-season-4-premiere-fuels-burberry-bag-searches-1234824045|website=Indie Wire|accessdate=April 3, 2023|title=

‘Succession’ Premiere Fuels Search for ‘Ludicrously Capacious’ $2,890 Burberry Bag|first=Samantha|last= Bergeson|date=March 29, 2023}}{{Cite web|first=Chris|last=Murphy|title=Succession’s “ludicrously capricious” handbag is the meme we deserve|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/succession-ludicrously-capacious-bag-is-the-meme-we-deserve|website=Glamour|date=March 28, 2023|accessdate=April 3, 2023}}

Personal life

Root-Dodson has a daughter born in December 2019.{{Cite Instagram |postid=B6Jq3pqnx94 |user=francescajoroot |title=So happy to introduce my little baby Eva! Thank you so much for the love and enthusiasm over the last nine months. I’ll be taking a break from the Internet to care for my little girl, hope everyone has a wonderful holiday & new year💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 |date=17 December 2019 |access-date=12 December 2024}}