Editing Fran Drescher (section)

{{Short description|American actress (born 1957)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Fran Drescher
| image               = Fran Drescher 2018.jpg
| caption             = Drescher in 2018
| office              = 3rd [[SAG-AFTRA#Leadership history|National President of SAG–AFTRA]]
| term_start          = October 15, 2021
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Gabrielle Carteris]]
| successor           = 
| birth_name          = Francine Joy Drescher
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1957|9|30}}
| birth_place         = [[New York City]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{Marriage|[[Peter Marc Jacobson]]|1978|1999|reason=div}}
| partner             = [[Shiva Ayyadurai]] (2014–2016)
| education           = [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College, CUNY]] (no degree)
| signature           = Fran Drescher signature.svg
| signature_alt       = Fran Drescher
}}
'''Francine Joy Drescher''' (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress and [[trade union]]ist. She is currently serving as the national president of the [[SAG-AFTRA|Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists]] (SAG-AFTRA). She played [[Fran Fine]] in the television sitcom ''[[The Nanny]]'' (1993–1999), which she created and produced with her then-husband [[Peter Marc Jacobson]].

Drescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 film ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' and later appeared in ''[[American Hot Wax]]'' (1978) and [[Wes Craven]]'s horror film ''[[Stranger in Our House]]'' (1978). In the 1980s, she worked as a comedic actress in the films ''[[Gorp (film)|Gorp]]'' (1980), ''[[The Hollywood Knights]]'' (1980), ''[[Doctor Detroit]]'' (1983), ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' (1984), and ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' (1989), and made guest appearances on several television series.

In 1993, she achieved wider fame as Fran Fine in her own sitcom vehicle ''The Nanny'', for which she was nominated for two [[Emmy Award]]s and two [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series]] during the show's run. In the 2000s, Drescher starred in the sitcoms ''[[Living with Fran]]'' and ''[[Happily Divorced]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fran-drescher-comedy-happily-divorced-613711 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | first=Lesley | last=Goldberg | title=Fran Drescher Comedy 'Happily Divorced' Canceled at TV Land | date=August 23, 2013 | access-date=August 24, 2013 | archive-date=April 11, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411125529/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fran-drescher-comedy-happily-divorced-613711 | url-status=live}}</ref> From 2012 to 2022, she starred in the animated [[Hotel Transylvania|''Hotel Transylvania'' film series]]. In 2014, Drescher made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''[[Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Beane musical)|Cinderella]]'' as stepmother Madame.<ref name=thr>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Fran-Drescher-to-Make-Broadway-Debut-as-Madame-in-CINDERELLA-in-February-Harriet-Harris-to-Depart-on-23-20131209 |title=Fran Drescher to Make Broadway Debut as 'Madame' in CINDERELLA in February; Harriet Harris to Depart on 2/3 |last=Rosky |first=Nicole |date=December 9, 2013 |website=Broadway World |access-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123407/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Fran-Drescher-to-Make-Broadway-Debut-as-Madame-in-CINDERELLA-in-February-Harriet-Harris-to-Depart-on-23-20131209 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, she starred in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Indebted]]''.

The national members of trade union [[SAG-AFTRA]], representing actors and other media professionals, elected Drescher as president, and she took office on October 15, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maddaus|first=Gene|title=Fran Drescher Elected President of SAG-AFTRA, Rival Joely Fisher Wins Secretary-Treasurer|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/fran-drescher-president-sag-aftra-joely-fisher-1235054675/|date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903033307/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/fran-drescher-president-sag-aftra-joely-fisher-1235054675/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=president>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-members-elect-fran-drescher-president-union-and-joely-fisher-secretary-treasurer|title=SAG-AFTRA Members Elect Fran Drescher President of Union and Joely Fisher as Secretary-Treasurer|date=September 2, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=sagaftra.org|archive-date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903053512/https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-members-elect-fran-drescher-president-union-and-joely-fisher-secretary-treasurer|url-status=live}}</ref> Drescher led the union during the five-month [[2023 SAG-AFTRA strike|actors' strike]] that began on July 14, 2023, partially overlapping with the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike|writers' strike]] that had begun in May of that year.<ref name=":0" />