María Francisca Gavilán Valladares (born 27 June 1973) is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress and singer.

Francisca Gavilán graduated from the Theater School of Fernando González [es] in 1994, with the play Madame de Sade, directed by Rodrigo Pérez.

In this academy she was a student of Luz Jiménez, who has been one of her main artistic influences.

[1] She also counts as influences Tamara Acosta – who was her partner at theater school and on the cast of Los Pincheira and Papi Ricky – Amparo Noguera, and Paulina Urrutia.

[5] In Violeta Went to Heaven, Gavilán interpreted the songs of Parra sung in the movie.