Win a trip to London to celebrate the UK release of FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS, starring MERYL STREEP and HUGH GRANT! Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) -. Biography. The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Florence Foster Jenkins, original name Nascina Florence Foster, (born July 19, 1868, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died November 26,.