Frances James (Winners & Losers)
| Frances James | |
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| Winners & Losers character | |
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| First appearance | "Covert Aggression in Netball" 22 March 2011 |
| Last appearance | "The Last Five Years" 12 September 2016 |
| Created by | Bevan Lee |
| Portrayed by | Virginia Gay |
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| Occupation | Businesswoman Judge |
| Family | Lily Patterson (mother) Jasmine Patterson (half-sister) |
| Significant other(s) | Zach Armstrong |
| Children | George James (daughter) |
Frances James is a fictional character in the Australian Channel Seven drama series Winners & Losers, played by Virginia Gay. Frances made her debut screen appearance in the pilot episode "Covert Aggression in Netball", which was broadcast on 22 March 2011. She is one of the show's four female protagonists alongside Sophie Wong (Melanie Vallejo), Jenny Gross (Melissa Bergland) and Bec Gilbert (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith). The series follows their lives after they win eight million dollars on the Oz Lotto. Frances is portrayed as a smart and savvy businesswoman, yet a "complete social loser" disengaged with emotional relationships. Frances' persona is said to have been modeled on the behaviour of her father following the absence of female influence in her upbringing.
The character's storyline takes her on the journey finding romance with Zach Armstrong (Stephen Phillips), bonding with her long-lost sister Jasmine Patterson (PiaGrace Moon) and maintaining a close friendship with her personal assistant Jonathan Kurtiss (Damien Bodie). The characters go on to create a family unit. Several storylines involve relationship problems with Zach as meddling characters such as Claire Armstrong (Natalie Saleeba) and Shannon Taylor (Luke McKenzie) threaten their happiness. While others include Frances being held at gunpoint, becoming a lawyer and a same-sex tryst with terminally ill Cat Johnson (Peta Sergeant). The character faced more uncertain times following Jonathan, Jasmine and Zach's departures and the discovery she is pregnant with the latter's child.
The character has been favoured by critics such as Debi Enker (The Age) and Michael Idato (The Sydney Morning Herald) who argued that she is one of the show's better written characters. While Idato's colleague's Bridget McManus and Frances Atkinson have praised Gay's acting skills in comparison to the remainder of the cast.
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