Marie-Françoise
Theodore

Marie-Françoise Theodore is an African-American actress of Haitian descent based in Los Angeles. Marie-Françoise has extensive acting credits spanning across Film, Television and Theatre. She has played leading roles in top regional theatres in the USA including Steppenwolf and Court Theatres (chicago IL), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis MN) and Penumbra Theatre (St Paul MN) and has appeared in major independent studio feature films such as the romantic comedy “love jones” and sci-fi “A.X.L.

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Marie-Françoise can currently be seen as a Recurring Guest Star as Patricia Dixon on the latest season of CHICAGO PD on NBC in Series 12.

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Marie-Françoise is also an experienced audiobook narrator with many titles published and has won recognition by the Audio Publishers Association 2026 AUDIE Award - Best Ensemble Nominee for A Bird In The Air Means We Can Still Breathe (Penguin Random House). Her latest audiobook The Fervent Whites by De’Shawn Charles Winslow is highly praised by reviewers as one of the best books of the year, and scored a spot on Spotify's list of Best Fiction Books of the Year So Far.