Midori Francis
Midori Francis is an actor, born 1994.
Theatre came first, and it was not a detour. Midori Francis, born Midori Anne Iwama, built a reputation in New York stage work and drew Obie and Drama Desk recognition there before most audiences had seen her face. The training shows in how precisely she scales a performance to the size of the room she is in.
Screen work arrived as supporting comedy: April in Ocean's Eight, Lily in Good Boys, Lisa in Afterlife of the Party, Alicia in The Sex Lives of College Girls. Those are variations on the sharp friend and she is very good at them, but the part that moved the career was another Lily, the lead of the Netflix series Dash & Lily in 2020, which brought a Daytime Emmy nomination. Playing open-hearted sincerity without tipping it into mush is a narrow skill, and it is hers.
From 2022 to 2024 she was Dr. Mika Yasuda on Grey's Anatomy, a run not among the credits listed here, and in 2026 she starred in the horror film Saccharine as Hana, drawing the strongest reviews of her career and a Special Jury Mention at the Overlook Film Festival. Horror is a sensible destination for an actor whose default setting is total conviction, because the genre punishes anyone who hedges.
Movies (5)
TV (3)
Where to start with Midori Francis
Dash & Lily is the place to begin, mostly because it is the clearest showcase she has had: a Christmas romance that only works if you believe her character's enthusiasm, and she makes it believable enough to carry the series.
For the newer and harder version of her, Saccharine is the 2026 horror film that got her the best notices of her career so far.
The comedies are all worth an evening. Good Boys and Ocean's Eight use her in small doses, The Sex Lives of College Girls gives her more room and a better joke rate, and Afterlife of the Party is the lightest thing on the list. Unseen and The Birch are for anyone curious about her genre work before Saccharine made that a plan.