
Frances Tomelty
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-10-06 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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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Acting
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Leader of the Guild
(2023)
Accused
as Mrs. Daly
(2009)
Chéri
as Rose
(1998)
Monk Dawson
as Mrs. Carter
(1997)
The Boxer
as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
(1994)
Nobody's Children
as Mme. Beziel
(1994)
Julius Caesar
as Calphunia
(1993)
High Boot Benny
as Matron
(1992)
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
as Self - Commentary
(1990)
The Field
as Widow
(1988)
Star Trap
as Hermione Bradstreet
(1988)
(1987)
Bellman and True
as Anna
(1986)
Lamb
as Mrs. Kane
(1986)
A State of Emergency
as Jackie Hampton
(1985)
Blue Money
as Fidelma
(1983)
Bullshot
as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
(1982)
Under the Skin
as Polly
(1981)
(1978)
The Medusa Touch
as Nanny
(1977)
Catchpenny Twist
as Monagh
(1975)
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Airport Shop Assistant
(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