Frances Tomelty
Acting
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.
TV Shows(45)
The Woman in the Wall
Sister Eileen
2023
Karen Pirie
Mary Grant Snr
2022
Warrior Nun
Sister Frances
2020
Gangs of London
Niamh
2020
Black Earth Rising
Sorcha Beattie
2018
Charlie
Sarah Haughey
2015
Outlander
Elspeth Cunningham
2014
Atlantis
Anysia
2013
Peaky Blinders
Bethany Boswell
2013
The White Queen
Margaret Beauchamp
2013
Call the Midwife
Dulcie Greenhalgh
2012
Death in Paradise
Olivia Reeves
2011
Merlin
Niede
2008
Bonekickers
Karen Magwilde
2008
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Kitty Porter
2006
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
Rosemary Briggs
2003
Spooks
Carmen Joyce
2002
Waking the Dead
Jane Hussey
2001
Vanity Fair
Mrs O'Dowd
1998
Trial & Retribution
1997
Midsomer Murders
Audrey Monday
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Cracker
Mrs. Lang
1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Calphurnia (voice)
1992
In Suspicious Circumstances
Maime
1991
Spender
Lorraine Hope
1991
Perfect Scoundrels
Patricia
1990
Inspector Morse
Grace Craven
1987
Casualty
Annie McGann
1986
Oxbridge Blues
Angela Lane
1984
American Playhouse
Sheila Bennett Hatch
1982
Bergerac
Bonnie Hawkesworth
1981
The Enigma Files
Josepha
1980
Testament of Youth
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Norma
1979
Strangers
DC Linda Doran
1978
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
Survivors
Mary Jean Mead
1975
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Play for Today
1970
Callan
1967
The World of Wodehouse
Angela
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Diaphanta
1965
Armchair Theatre
Student
1956
Movies(28)
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
Leader of the Guild
2026
Accused
Mrs. Daly
2023
Chéri
Rose
2009
Monk Dawson
Mrs. Carter
1998
The Boxer
Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
1997
Julius Caesar
Calphunia
1994
Nobody's Children
Mme. Beziel
1994
High Boot Benny
Matron
1993
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
Self - Commentary
1992
The Field
Widow
1990
Burning Beds
1988
Star Trap
Hermione Bradstreet
1988
Bellman and True
Anna
1987
A State of Emergency
Jackie Hampton
1986
Lamb
Mrs. Kane
1986
Radio Pictures
Susanna Prine
1985
Blue Money
Fidelma
1985
Bullshot
Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
1983
Under the Skin
Polly
1982
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
Ruby
1981
Juno and the Paycock
Juno Boyle
1980
The Medusa Touch
Nanny
1978
Catchpenny Twist
Monagh
1977
The Romantic Englishwoman
Airport Shop Assistant
1975
The Changeling
Diaphanta
1974
The Bouncing Boy
Women at Hospital
1972
A Touch of the Victorians
Caroline Young
1972
Girl on the M1
Student
1971