Fanshen Cox

Fanshen Cox (born in New York, USA) grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was reared by a Pan Africanist, Jamaican-born father and a white Northwestern mother. She is a childhood friend of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and holds a BA in Spanish & Education, an MA in TESOL, and an MFA in Acting and Performance from Cal State LA. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cape Verde, West Africa, and is the award-winning writer, producer, and performer of the one-woman show One Drop of Love, which toured the U.S. and internationally from 2013 to 2020. She is a Producer and Development Executive at Pearl Street Films (Damon and Affleck's company) and the DEIA Manager for the California Film Commission's Tax Credit Program. She is married to Diego DiGiovanni (m. 2006).