Francesca Dimech is a bilingual actor-musician born and raised in Cardiff in an Italian-Maltese family. She has loved writing and performing music since winning her first school Eisteddfod playing the glockenspiel aged four. Since then, Francesca has been playing guitar, trumpet, bass, harmonica, accordion and singing with a variety of local bands around Wales, the UK, Europe and the US. Some of her current musical projects include The School (Elefant Records), Quiet Marauder (Bubblewrap Records), and her comedy/cabaret/antifolk show, Francesca's Word Salad (Rose Parade Recording Company).

Francesca first combined music and theatre after appearing in Rude:A Ska Musical (Give It A Name Theatre) in 2010 and 2012. In the years since, she has worked on productions such as West Side Story, Our House: The Madness Musical, Enough is Enough and on television in programmes including Keeping Faith, Louder is Not Always Clearer, Duty's Veil,Pobol y Cwm, Amser Maith Yn Ol and The Pursuit of Love. Francesca also works as a voice over artist, Welsh tutor and television subtitler.