Frances Tomelty
Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Accused as Mrs. Daly
- 2023 · The Woman in the Wall as Sister Eileen
- 2021 · The Nevers as Phoenicia Elizabeth Hague
- 2021 · The Nevers as Phoenicia Elisabeth Hague
- 2020 · Warrior Nun as Sister Frances
- 2020 · Gangs of London as Niamh
- 2018 · Black Earth Rising as Sorcha Beattie
- 2015 · Charlie as Sarah Haughey
- 2013 · Atlantis as Anysia
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Bethany Boswell
- 2013 · The White Queen as Margaret Beauchamp
- 2012 · Call the Midwife as Dulcie Greenhalgh
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Olivia Reeves
- 2009 · Chéri as Rose
- 2008 · Merlin as Niede
- 2008 · Bonekickers as Karen Magwilde
- 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · The Royal as Rosemary Briggs
- 2002 · Spooks as Carmen Joyce
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Jane Hussey
- 1998 · Vanity Fair as Mrs. O'Dowd
- 1998 · Monk Dawson as Mrs. Carter
- 1997 · The Boxer as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Audrey Monday
- 1996 · Silent Witness as
- 1994 · Nobody's Children as Mme. Beziel
- 1993 · Cracker as Mrs. Lang
- 1993 · High Boot Benny as Matron
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Calphurnia (voice)
- 1992 · Carlo Levi Stopped Here as Self - Commentary
- 1991 · Spender as Lorraine Hope
- 1990 · The Field as Widow
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Patricia
- 1988 · Burning Beds as
- 1988 · Star Trap as Hermione Bradstreet
- 1987 · Bellman and True as Anna
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Grace Craven
- 1986 · A State of Emergency as Jackie Hampton
- 1986 · Lamb as Mrs. Kane
- 1986 · Casualty as Annie McGann
- 1986 · Casualty as Morven Tasker
- 1985 · Blue Money as Fidelma
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Angela Lane
- 1983 · Bullshot as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
- 1982 · Under the Skin as Polly
- 1981 · Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain as Ruby
- 1981 · Bergerac as Bonnie Hawkesworth
- 1980 · The Enigma Files as Josepha
- 1979 · Testament of Youth as
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Norma
- 1978 · Strangers as
- 1978 · The Medusa Touch as Nanny
- 1977 · Catchpenny Twist as Monagh
- 1976 · Life and Death of Penelope as
- 1975 · The Romantic Englishwoman as Airport Shop Assistant
- 1975 · Survivors as Mary Jean Mead
- 1972 · Pebble Mill at One as
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Polly
- Future · Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead as Leader of the Guild
- 1974 · The Changeling as Diaphanta
- 1972 · The Bouncing Boy as Women at Hospital
- 1972 · A Touch of the Victorians as Caroline Young
- 1971 · Girl on the M1 as Student
- 1967 · Callan as