If Fox News' Melissa Francis seems at ease on air duking it out with commentators over the days' political happenings, that's because she got her start in TV at the age of nine. Francis played Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on The Little House on the Prairie from 1981 to 1982, according to Promipool. She then went on to appear in movies and the TV series Morningstar/Eveningstar before she changed course and attended Harvard, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in economics in 1995 (per Heavy). In 1997, Francis married her husband, Wray Thorn, and the couple now has two sons and a daughter.
Before landing her gig on Fox News, Francis worked for local news outlets and as a correspondent for CNET, covering finance, consumer products, and technology (per Fox Business). In the midst of building her career in broadcast journalism, Francis also became a published author. In 2012, her book Diary of a Stage Mother's Daughter was released, followed by the 2017 release of Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and (Sometimes Just) Survival I Learned on America's Favorite Show. Francis also flexes her writing muscle quite often on social media, and her views aren't as specific as you might think.
