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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 6, 1948
Place of Birth:
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Frances Tomelty
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Accused | Mrs. Daly |
| 2009 | Chéri | Rose |
| 1998 | Monk Dawson | Mrs. Carter |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Mrs Maguire (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Nobody's Children | Mme. Beziel |
| 1994 | Julius Caesar | Calphunia |
| 1993 | High Boot Benny | Matron |
| 1992 | Carlo Levi Stopped Here | Self - Commentary |
| 1990 | The Field | Widow |
| 1988 | Burning Beds | |
| 1988 | Star Trap | Hermione Bradstreet |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | Anna |
| 1986 | Lamb | Mrs. Kane |
| 1986 | A State of Emergency | Jackie Hampton |
| 1985 | Blue Money | Fidelma |
| 1983 | Bullshot | Fräulein Lenya von Bruno |
| 1982 | Under the Skin | Polly |
| 1981 | Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain | Ruby |
| 1980 | Juno and the Paycock | Juno Boyle |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | Nanny |
| 1977 | Catchpenny Twist | Monagh |
| 1975 | The Romantic Englishwoman | Airport Shop Assistant |
| 1974 | The Changeling | Diaphanta |
| 1972 | The Bouncing Boy | Women at Hospital |
| 1972 | A Touch of the Victorians | Caroline Young |
| 1971 | Girl on the M1 | Student |
| Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead | Leader of the Guild |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Woman in the Wall | Sister Eileen |
| 2020 | Warrior Nun | Sister Frances |
| 2020 | Gangs of London | Niamh |
| 2018 | Black Earth Rising | Sorcha Beattie |
| 2015 | Charlie | Sarah Haughey |
| 2013 | The White Queen | Margaret Beauchamp |
| 2013 | Atlantis | Anysia |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Bethany Boswell |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Dulcie Greenhalgh |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Olivia Reeves |
| 2008 | Bonekickers | Karen Magwilde |
| 2008 | Merlin | Niede |
| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Kitty Porter |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2003 | The Royal | Rosemary Briggs |
| 2002 | Spooks | Carmen Joyce |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Jane Hussey |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair | Mrs. O'Dowd |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Audrey Monday |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | |
| 1993 | Cracker | Mrs. Lang |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Calphurnia (voice) |
| 1991 | Spender | Lorraine Hope |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Patricia |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Grace Craven |
| 1986 | Casualty | Annie McGann |
| 1986 | Casualty | Morven Tasker |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Angela Lane |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Bonnie Hawkesworth |
| 1980 | The Enigma Files | Josepha |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Norma |
| 1979 | Testament of Youth | |
| 1978 | Strangers | |
| 1976 | Life and Death of Penelope | |
| 1975 | Survivors | Mary Jean Mead |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Polly |
| 1967 | Callan | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Diaphanta |