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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-10-06 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Also Known As

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

2025

Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

as

Leader of the Guild

The Field

1990

The Field

as

Widow

Bullshot

1983

Bullshot

as

Fräulein Lenya von Bruno

The Bouncing Boy

1972

The Bouncing Boy

as

Women at Hospital

Accused

2023

Accused

as

Mrs. Daly

Carlo Levi Stopped Here

1992

Carlo Levi Stopped Here

as

Self - Commentary

Monk Dawson

1998

Monk Dawson

as

Mrs. Carter

Chéri

2009

Chéri

as

Rose

Lamb

1986

Lamb

as

Mrs. Kane

A State of Emergency

1986

A State of Emergency

as

Jackie Hampton

Girl on the M1

1971

Girl on the M1

as

Student

A Touch of the Victorians

1972

A Touch of the Victorians

as

Caroline Young

The Changeling

1974

The Changeling

as

Diaphanta

The Romantic Englishwoman

1975

The Romantic Englishwoman

as

Airport Shop Assistant

High Boot Benny

1993

High Boot Benny

as

Matron

Nobody's Children

1994

Nobody's Children

as

Mme. Beziel

The Boxer

1997

The Boxer

as

Mrs Maguire (uncredited)

Blue Money

1985

Blue Money

as

Fidelma

Star Trap

1988

Star Trap

as

Hermione Bradstreet

The Medusa Touch

1978

The Medusa Touch

as

Nanny

Catchpenny Twist

1977

Catchpenny Twist

as

Monagh

Under the Skin

1982

Under the Skin

as

Polly

Julius Caesar

1994

Julius Caesar

as

Calphunia

Juno and the Paycock

1980

Juno and the Paycock

as

Juno Boyle

Radio Pictures

1985

Radio Pictures

as

Susanna Prine

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Audrey Monday

The White Queen

The White Queen

as

Margaret Beauchamp

Atlantis

Atlantis

as

Anysia

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

as

Grace Craven

Spooks

Spooks

as

Carmen Joyce

Survivors

Survivors

as

Mary Jean Mead

Bonekickers

Bonekickers

as

Karen Magwilde

Spender

Spender

as

Lorraine Hope

Cracker

Cracker

as

Mrs. Lang

Oxbridge Blues

Oxbridge Blues

as

Angela Lane

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as

Jane Hussey

Casualty

Casualty

as

Annie McGann

The Royal

The Royal

as

Rosemary Briggs

The Woman in the Wall

The Woman in the Wall

as

Sister Eileen

Casualty

Casualty

as

Morven Tasker

Charlie

Charlie

as

Sarah Haughey

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Bonnie Hawkesworth

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as

Mrs. O'Dowd

Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising

as

Sorcha Beattie

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as

Dulcie Greenhalgh

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

as

Bethany Boswell

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

as

Olivia Reeves

Warrior Nun

Warrior Nun

as

Sister Frances

Merlin

Merlin

as

Niede

Karen Pirie

Karen Pirie

as

Mary Grant Snr

Production

Crew

Directing