TV & Film Jia Frances portryed the role of Heidi in the recent film Tara Road based on the best selling book by Mave Binchey and starring Andie McDowel. Most of the movie was shot on location in South Africa. Here's a link to a sample clip of Tara Road Showing her versatility as a serious actress, Jia Frances played the character of Wanda in IT's Flight 97, hosted by Trevor MacDonald; a dramatic recreation of the World Trade Centre hi-jacking incident. Even though this was filmed a year after the incident it was still an emotional and quite draining experience for most of the cast. This drama ended with the planes destruction, but avoiding further loss of life in Washington DC, because of the heroic actions of the flight crew and a few passengers aboard. Jia Frances is becoming a bit of a regular on the BB's Children In Need telethon appeals, having performed 3 different numbers from three different shows for three consecutive years ! Other TV appearances include Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, Open House with Gloria Hunniford, and others daytime TV shows. On the Film scene, Jia Frances was still a student when she gained the chance to appear alongside Denzil Washington in The George McKenna Story More recently, she had a Cameo appearance in the film Do't Look Back with New Forest Pictures which was shown at the Cannes film festival. Film PRODUCTION ROLE AGENCY Tara Road (Film) Heidi Johnson The American Ageny-London Flight 93 (Film Docu-drama), ITV Lead Flight Attendant The American Ageny-London CorporateTraining Video Kimberly Burroughs NETg/Ireland The George McKinna Story (Film) Mrs. Baker (Teacher) CBS, Pastorini-Bosby Radio Shack/Tandy Mrs. Johnson (Purchaser) Ivette Stone Talent Tree Training Helen Atkins (Job Applicant) Pastorini-Bosby Shell Oil Training Video Ms. Nations (Manager) Pastorini-Bosby Mazda Stage Industrial 1 of 4 girls to introduce-RX 7 Keven Biles Wendy's Stage Industrial Introduce of new global line Keven Biles, Vegas TV Commercials PRODUCT ROLE AGENCY BT (British Telecom) MD Executive VP The American Agency Coca-Cola Drink Spot/Dancer Burrell Advertis, Chicago Conoco Oil Dancer Pastorini-Bosby, Houston 1010 WINS Radio Jogger Person Zoli Model Management Mello-Yello/Coke Judge on boxing ring Pastorini-Bosby, Houston Friendswood Homes Development Mrs. Herbert (Home Owner) Pastorini-Bosby, Houston McGregor Dental Mrs. James (Mother) Pastorini-Bosby, Houston