X-Factor contestant Stacy Francis has won America over with her single-mother sob story, but RadarOnline.com has exclusively uncovered her successful past on Broadway, including rave reviews from A-lister Will Smith!

Not only has Stacy toured with the likes of Madonna, Prince and Chaka Khan, but she also performed for Tom Cruise in 2004 for his birthday aboard Freewinds, which is Scientology’s vessel for taking advanced courses.

Stacy, 42, has appeared on New York Broadway stages in Smokey Joe’s Café and Footloose and her IMDb profile boasts 12 roles in television and film, including 1990’s The Bonfire of the Vanities with Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis and a couple episodes of Third Watch.