Jodie Spiteri (ex-girlfriend) Erica Davidson (involved with) Francesca Rose Doyle is a main character, former protagonist and a former prisoner of Wentworth Correctional Centre.

[2][3] Franky is absent in episode "Screw Lover", "Love and Hate", "Divide and Conquer", "Panic Button" and "Plan Bea."

Franky's absence is mentioned within the series when Doreen mentions not being able to get a hold of her in "Divide and Conquer"[4] Da Silva made her last appearance as Franky during the sixth season episode "Bleed Out", which aired on 3 July 2018, until she returned to visit Liz in Under Siege Part 1 of the Seventh Season.

She was a participant on a Reality TV show about underprivileged youth being given the chance to learn to cook, and she violently attacked the host after he verbally abused her on camera, burning him with hot oil.

Franky also appears to have a soft spot for the Governor Erica Davidson as they both often flirt and exchange long lingering looks between one another throughout season 1, which culminates in episode 10 with them engaging in a forceful kiss which both passionately enjoy.

Franky takes advantage of the garden project, organizing a male inmate from Walford prison to import drugs in return for oral sex from Boomer.

The identity of the lagger is unknown to Franky, who becomes paranoid, originally accusing Doreen and later attempting to strangle Bea before Liz confesses.

Franky seizes the shiv, prompting Bea to sneak into the mail room to steal a Stanley knife and tape.

Bea wins the fight, turning down the opportunity to kill Franky using a box cutter, and instead slices her owns arms and ends up in the hospital.

Bea asks Franky to monitor Shayne (Jianna's son who Ferguson is receiving regular visits from) and she sparks up a friendship with the boy who she is helping with his case.

Shayne finds out Franky's real motives and Ferguson orders him to the court house for her trial and he brings a handgun.

Jake Stewart catches her on the way and eventually gets the truth out of her; he decides to tell Will Jackson, the three of them come up with a plan that might get rid of Joan once and for all.

In episode 6x02, a homeless tries to steal from her backpack; after rejecting him, Franky sees in some fallen papers a reference to Iman and Pennisi's psychologist Zoe Taylor; she calls her and organises an appointment under a false name.

Before going to the appointment, she breaks and enters the therapist's house and sees in Iman's files that the refugee confessed Pennisi's murder.

During the appointment, Doyle reveals her identity, trying to convince Taylor to help her, but actually Zoe will call the police and warn Franky about it just before the cops arrive.

In episode 6x03, after finding a temporary shelter in a public toilet, Franky is severely hurt after the shot, and calls Bridget for help.

After hiding again in an abandoned train, they figure out that the most useful evidence they can find is hidden in Iman's lock-up garage, so Bridget manages to steal the key from Wentworth archives, by cheating Vera, and to give it to Franky without being noticed by the police.

She is then immediately arrested and wakes up in a hospital bed, with Bridget at her side; they are then approached by the detective, who states that, after finding in the garage a mobile phone with many photos of Pennisi's corpse, and after Tina Mercado testified against Ferguson regarding Iman's murder, the charges against Franky are totally dropped.

Doyle, then, comes to Wentworth as a visitor to meet her close friends Allie, Boomer and Liz, and later joins her father and half-sister in a park in a very touching moment; here, in the final scene, a kite is seen flying in the sky, symbolizing, as it had always been a constant in the previous season; Franky's freedom.

But sorry, there’s only room for one tattooed prison bae in our lives and it’s the sassy, vulnerable, tough and sexy Franky Doyle."

"[12] Ian Hollingshead writing for The Daily Telegraph said about the first episode "The final showdown between Franky (Nicole da Silva) and Jacs (Kris McQuade), a young tattooed lesbian and a schoolmarmish matron, laced with malice as they fought over who would be top dog, was so compelling – and the cliffhanger so agonising – that it would be a crime to miss the next instalment.