Francesca Root-Dodson

Biography

Francesca Root-Dodson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ecco in the Fox series Gotham. 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, 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." 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." Root-Dodson has appeared in two music videos: the video for “Morning Light” by the San Francisco band Girls and James Arthur’s video for “Falling Like the Stars.” Root-Dodson played Bridget in season four of Succession in which her character carried a “ludicrously capacious” handbag.

Most Known For

The Blacklist

as Ana Dewan

FBI

as Elizaveth Kernick

Gotham

as Ecco

The Night Agent

as Amélie

Succession

as Bridget

Deception

as Bridget Olovsky

Homing In

as Joan

Rebel in the Rye

as Carol Flourentine

Private Life

as Fiona

Free Spirit

as Francesca

A New York Story

as Elizabeth Ballinger

Staging Anna

as Anna

The Undiscovered Country

as Young Kathy

Doctor Doctor

as Mrs. Thurston