Age: 33
female
Francesca Ruscio is an actress. She was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Mirella DiFulvio-Ruscio was born is Fara Filiorum Petri, Abruzzo, Italy and her father, Pat Ruscio is the son of Italian immigrants. In 2013, Francesca Ruscio was crowned Miss Philadelphia 2013 under the Miss America Organization and dedicated her year of service to working with Veteran charities and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Francesca graduated with a bachelor's degree from Temple University in the city of Philadelphia, majoring in broadcast journalism minoring in theater, with an original plan to be a journalist in Philadelphia or New York City. She has professionally studied music for over 15 years and is a trained Soprano singer. After some early film appearances, she booked her first principle role in director Joe Gawalis's film, "Bare Knuckle Brawler" with Machete's Danny Trejo and Karate Kid's Martin Kove, and will be filming along side some well-known faces from THE SOPRANOS summer of 2018 in a film called, "Made In Chinatown".
Francesca Ruscio
Octavia Minor
for Octavia Minor in Cleopatra — The Alliance
Suggested by mr95
Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius meet formally in Tarsus, and the attraction that both recognized from a distance becomes immediate and overwhelming. Antonius is a military man, passionate and impulsive where Caesar was calculated. Cleopatra, hardened by three years of ruling alone, finds in Antonius both a lover and a potential protector. Their romance is real but never separate from politics — every kiss has strategic implications, every gift is a statement about Rome and Egypt. They marry, have children together, and begin to build an Eastern power base that might rival Rome's Western control. Antonius lavishes Egypt with gold and attention. But in Rome, Octavian watches this alliance grow and begins to position it as a threat. The season traces the slow poisoning of Antonius and Cleopatra's position in Roman eyes as Octavian's propaganda machine characterizes Cleopatra as a seductress corrupting the noble Roman general. By season end, the couple is openly at odds with Rome's leadership, Antonius is isolated from his allies, and the question becomes whether their love can survive the weight of empires.
