Francesca Hayward
Francesca Hayward is a Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress, the daughter of an English father and a Kenyan mother. She is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. At the age of two, she moved to the Goring-by-Sea suburb of Worthing in West Sussex to live with her grandparents. She started ballet at age 3, after her grandparents bought her a video of The Nutcracker. When she was young, she danced at Le Serve School of Ballet and Theatre Dance in Worthing until her teacher encouraged her to audition to White Lodge, the junior section of the Royal Ballet School. After being a Junior Associate from the age of nine, she entered the School at the age of 11 in 2003, and progressed to the Royal Ballet Upper School in 2008. According to Hayward, due to an injury, she did not officially graduate, but received a certificate of attendance.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · RB&O Live 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as Alice
- 2023 · Like Water for Chocolate as Tita
- 2022 · The Royal Ballet: Mayerling as Princess Stephanie
- 2020 · Royal Ballet All-Star Gala as
- 2020 · Audrey as Audrey Hepburn
- 2020 · Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House as Dancer
- 2020 · The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) as Dancer
- 2019 · Cats as Victoria
- 2019 · Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words as Juliet
- 2019 · Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
- 2019 · The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern as Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
- 2018 · Swan Lake as Prince Siegfried's younger sister
- 2017 · The Sun Is God as
- 2017 · Woolf Works as I Now, I Then / Becomings
- 2016 · The Nutcracker as Clara
- Future · The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration as
- 2016 · Giselle as Pas de six
- 2016 · Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet as Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
- 2015 · The Nutcracker - Royal Ballet as Clara
- 2015 · La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) as Hen
- Future · The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet) as Clara