Chescaleigh

Franchesca Ramsey, better known online as Chescaleigh, (born ) is a comedian, writer and actress.
==Personal life==
Franchesca was raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, and had a website when she was in high school in the mid-1990s. She is an only child. Franchesca is 5’ 10” tall. She attended a performing arts high school, and later tried to study acting in college, but found the experience “emotionally abusive” for its insistence that students draw from their most painful memories. She switched to a in graphic design. Her senior year, she started dating her husband, Patrick Kondas. In 2009, they moved to New York, where she tried breaking into the entertainment industry. Franchesca and Patrick got married in 2013, and launched a podcast titled Last Name Basis. Franchesca announced their divorce in July 2019. In October 2020, Franchesca came out as bisexual.
==Career==
===Television===
Franchesca co-wrote the comedy series Re-Friended. She developed and headlined the Comedy Central digital series Franchesca and Show, and wrote and performed on Comedy Central’s , where she created the segment #HashItOut. Franchesca is a writer and co-producer of .
She is the host of MTV’s online series Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey. In May 2017, she accepted two on behalf of the show, which won in the Public Service & Activism (Channels and Networks) and People’s Voice categories.
In 2020, Franchesca wrote for the Netflix series . Franchesca played Nia in the television series .
===2012===
Franchesca’s video Sh_t White Girls Say … To Black Girls, was uploaded on January 4, 2012. It is a parody of the comments some white women make when interacting with black women, and quickly went viral. It garnered over 1.5 million views in 24 hours and 5 million views in 5 days. It was featured on , , and the , and a 20-page graduate dissertation was written about it. In 2015, she signed a deal with MTV to create and host “Decoded,” where she creates similar videos for a broader audience.
In 2013, Franchesca was nominated for "best hair inspiration" in the social media awards.
===2017===
In 2017, Franchesca was one of YouTube’s Creators for Change Ambassadors. In July 2017, she delivered a keynote speech at VidCon. In September 3, 2017, Franchesca spoke at NCORE, the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, in Fort Worth, Texas. In November 2017, listed Franchesca as one of 100 influential African Americans “doing it up” for 2017. She was also featured in ’s New Guard List for 2017.
===2018===
In January 2018, she premiered a pilot at called “Franchesca,” a short-form docuseries about beauty and culture, directed by Kaitlin Fontana. In March 2018, Franchesca featured at a talk for ’s four-day celebration for at the . She was included in ’s 2018 Power of Women New York Impact List. In June 2018, Franchesca appeared on the Comedy central show , discussing the phrase “I don’t see color.”
===2020===
Franchesca was in the music video for the Maroon 5 song . In September 2020, Franchesca was named as the host of the ’s Podcast Upfront Event.
==Well, That Escalated Quickly==
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist was released on May 22, 2018.
==Awards and recognition==
In May 2018, included the book on their May favourites list. In 2018, it was named as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far list. In June 2018, Franchesca promoted the book on . It was nominated in the Outstanding Literary Work (Biography/Autobiography) category in the 2019 .
==References==
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