Fran Drescher's next role: From 'The Nanny' to Hollywood queen amid actors strike
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Fran Drescher dreamed of being a politician and actress as a child, and now stands as the president of the 160,000-person SAG-AFTRA trade union in Hollywood.
The New York-native had big dreams as a kid, and wanted to be a writer, hairdresser, actor or politician. She told Vanity Fair in 2022, "I kind of ended up being them all in different ways." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
She graduated in 1975 from Hillcrest High School in Queens, and received her first film role dancing alongside John Travolta in the 1977 disco drama, "Saturday Night Fever."
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