Florence Hartigan

Florence Hartigan is an American-born, New Zealand-raised, LA-based actress and musician best known for playing the leading role in Phoenix Forgotten, produced by Ridley Scott (Alien), Wes Ball (Maze Runner) and Mark Canton (The Martian). Hartigan's other film credits include the animated feature, To Your Last Death, starring William Shatner and Morena Baccarin, Entrance (IFC/LA Film Festival), The Witch of Portabello (based on Paulo Cohello's novel), and the romantic comedy Magik and Rose. Hartigan was born in Ithaca New York, and raised in Ireland and New Zealand. At a young age, she started working as an actor, playing a guest star role in "Shortland Street," New Zealand's leading and longest-running TV drama. Hartigan went on to play a main role in Vanessa Alexander's feature film Magik and Rose, as well as several TV shows and pilots and award-winning short films, before taking a break from acting professionally to study film and theater at the University of Otago, Dunedin and the University of California, Berkeley. Post-college, she studied with leading New Zealand Meisner teacher Michael Saccente, before moving to Los Angeles to further her acting career. Hartigan has stu