Who is Ezra Franky, who plays Lucy Cook in Netflix's Untamed? The indigenous singer-songwriter, actress and filmmaker hails from Vancouver – and she just released her first album, Acoustish
The memorable newcomer is Canadian singer-songwriter Ezra Franky. Untamed – which also stars Eric Bana and Lily Santiago – premiered on Netflix last Thursday, with ScreenRant calling it 'one of a handful of perfect shows to binge-watch in just one weekend'.
Ezra Franky has caught audiences' attention with her performance in Netflix's Untamed. Photo: @ezra.franky/Instagram
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The series centres on Eric Bana's character, Kyle Turner, a National Park Service agent investigating the brutal death of a Jane Doe in Yosemite National Park – spoiler ahead. Later in the six-part series we discover the Jane Doe's identity to be that of Lucy Cook, a young woman who went missing in the park in 2012.
Here's everything to know about Untamed's Jane Doe, Ezra Franky.
She's a singer-songwriter
Ezra Franky playing The Portside pub in Vancouver in June. Photo: @ezra.franky/Instagram
Ezra Franky – also sometimes credited as Ezra Sulin – is an indigenous actress and musician from Vancouver, Canada. The songstress performs everywhere from dive bars and record stores to in the street, per her Spotify profile, where she has just 125 followers and 176 monthly listeners at the time of writing.
Franky released her first two singles, 'Kanagawa' and 'Curly Boys', in 2024. Her first album, Acoustish, came out just this month on all streaming platforms.
She landed small roles before Untamed
Ezra Franky posting snaps from her time on Netflix's Untamed. Photo: @ezra.franky/Instagram
The Canadian actress made her on-screen debut in the 2022 short Going Back to Meet the World, directed by Santi Henderson. She landed her first leading role in the 2024 sci-fi short Waifu 3000, in which she plays an AI robot girlfriend.
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