Spend an evening at dinner for two in New York City with Fran Drescher & Rosie O'Donnell.
Fran Drescher has a reputation for passion and commitment. She received two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal as the lovable "Miss Fine" on CBS’s hit series The Nanny, which she both created & executive produced. An accomplished author, Fran received the prestigious NCCS writer’s award for Cancer Schmancer, which along with Enter Whining, were both New York Times best sellers. Fran starred in, created and executive produced the series Happily Divorced, and most recently made her Broadway debut as “Madame” in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Tony-award winning Cinderella.
A 14-year uterine cancer survivor, Fran turns lemons into lemonade and pain into purpose through her leadership as a cancer advocate. Her mission is to shift America’s focus toward proactive health care and healthy, toxin-free living. She believes that that the best cure for cancer is not getting it in the first place. As Founder, President & Visionary of the non-profit Cancer Schmancer Movement, she focuses on three prongs to fight the disease: Early Detection, Prevention, and Advocacy.
The organization’s early detection Fran Vans provide free mammograms to women without access to health care. Its Detox Your Home prevention campaign educates people of all ages to reduce risk through healthy living, and Fran uses her unique voice on Capitol Hill to advocate for a range of health issues.
Fran was instrumental in passing the bi-partisan ”Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act,” earning two commendations in the Congressional Record. She is a U.S. State Department Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women’s Health, traveling globally to meet with heads of state, cancer patients, local NGOs, and others fighting cancer. The Washingtonian named her one of the most effective celebrity lobbyists in D.C.
Fran won the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equality Award for her efforts todefend civil liberties. She received the John Wayne Institute Woman ofAchievement Award, the Gilda Award, City of Hope Woman of the Year Award, The Albert Einstein Medical School Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2014 Citizen Artist Award. The Knesset in Israel honored Fran as the first Jewish actress who played an openly Jewish character embraced by not only Israel, but by many Arab nations.
Fran is the author of a children's book, Being Wendy, and Fran was awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign for her efforts to defend civil liberties.
Through the years Rosie O'Donnell has served as America's best friend and a special inspiration to women of all ages. She was host and executive producer of the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award winning nationally syndicated talk/variety series The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and most recently returned to daytime television as co-host of ABC's The View. On the big screen, Rosie has starred in A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Another Stakeout, The Flintstones, Exit To Eden, Now and Then, Beautiful Girls, Harriet the Spy, and Wide Awake. Her stage credits include the Broadway productions of Grease, Seussical. Fiddler on the Roof, Love, Loss and What I Wore, and the Encores! production of No, No, Nanette., Rosie produced the musical Taboo on Broadway. Rosie can currently be seen on her reoccurring role as Rita Henricks on ABC Family's The Fosters.
As a tireless crusader for children, she established the ROSIE'S FOR ALL KIDS FOUNDATION, which has awarded more than $27 million dollars in grants to over 1,400 child-related non-profit organizations to benefit low income families across the country. ROSIE's THEATER KIDS provides free in-school, after-school and summer instruction in musical theater to the public school children of New York. Recently, Rosie received an incredible milestone in philanthropy when she was awarded the prestigious Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 2014 Tony Awards for her dedication, commitment and unconditional generosity towards arts education and New York City's public schools.