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.
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Acted in
Accused
2023
as Mrs. Daly
The Woman in the Wall
2023
as Sister Eileen
The Nevers
2021
as Phoenicia Elizabeth Hague
The Nevers
2021
as Phoenicia Elisabeth Hague
Warrior Nun
2020
as Sister Frances
Gangs of London
2020
as Niamh
Black Earth Rising
2018
as Sorcha Beattie
Charlie
2015
as Sarah Haughey
Atlantis
2013
as Anysia
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Bethany Boswell
The White Queen
2013
as Margaret Beauchamp
Call the Midwife
2012
as Dulcie Greenhalgh
Death in Paradise
2011
as Olivia Reeves
Chéri
2009
as Rose
Merlin
2008
as Niede
Bonekickers
2008
as Karen Magwilde
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
2003
as Rosemary Briggs
Spooks
2002
as Carmen Joyce
Waking the Dead
2001
as Jane Hussey
Vanity Fair
1998
as Mrs. O'Dowd
Monk Dawson
1998
as Mrs. Carter
The Boxer
1997
as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
Trial & Retribution
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Audrey Monday
Silent Witness
1996
Nobody's Children
1994
as Mme. Beziel
Cracker
1993
as Mrs. Lang
High Boot Benny
1993
as Matron
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Calphurnia (voice)
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
1992
as Self - Commentary
Spender
1991
as Lorraine Hope
The Field
1990
as Widow
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Patricia
Burning Beds
1988
Star Trap
1988
as Hermione Bradstreet
Bellman and True
1987
as Anna
Inspector Morse
1987
as Grace Craven
A State of Emergency
1986
as Jackie Hampton
Lamb
1986
as Mrs. Kane
Casualty
1986
as Annie McGann
Casualty
1986
as Morven Tasker
Blue Money
1985
as Fidelma
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Angela Lane
Bullshot
1983
as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
Under the Skin
1982
as Polly
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981
as Ruby
Bergerac
1981
as Bonnie Hawkesworth
The Enigma Files
1980
as Josepha
Testament of Youth
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Norma
Strangers
1978
The Medusa Touch
1978
as Nanny
Catchpenny Twist
1977
as Monagh
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Airport Shop Assistant
Survivors
1975
as Mary Jean Mead
The Changeling
1974
as Diaphanta
The Bouncing Boy
1972
as Women at Hospital
Pebble Mill at One
1972
A Touch of the Victorians
1972
as Caroline Young
Girl on the M1
1971
as Student
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
as Polly
Callan
1967
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Leader of the Guild