Frances Tomelty
Acting
- Born:
- 1948-10-06
- Place of birth:
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
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
Filmography
The Hairdresser Mysteries
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
The Death of Bunny Munro
Accused
The Woman in the Wall
Karen Pirie
The Nevers
All Creatures Great & Small
Warrior Nun
Gangs of London
London Kills
Black Earth Rising
Apple Tree Yard
Unforgotten
Catastrophe
Charlie
Outlander
Atlantis
Peaky Blinders
The White Queen
Call the Midwife
Death in Paradise
Chéri
Law & Order: UK
Merlin
Bonekickers
Sold
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
New Tricks
The Royal
Spooks
Waking the Dead
Doctors
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Holby City
Vanity Fair
Monk Dawson
The Boxer
Trial & Retribution
Midsomer Murders
Silent Witness
Kavanagh Q.C.
Julius Caesar
Nobody's Children
99-1
Cracker
High Boot Benny
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
In Suspicious Circumstances
Spender
The Field
Perfect Scoundrels
4 Play
Burning Beds
Star Trap
Bellman and True
A Perfect Spy
Inspector Morse
A State of Emergency
Lamb
Casualty
Boon
Radio Pictures
Summer Season
Blue Money
Oxbridge Blues
Bullshot
Storyboard
Under the Skin
American Playhouse
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
Bergerac
The Enigma Files
Juno and the Paycock
Testament of Youth
Tales of the Unexpected
Strangers
The Medusa Touch
Catchpenny Twist
Life and Death of Penelope
A Place to Hide
The Romantic Englishwoman
Survivors
The Changeling
The Bouncing Boy
Harriet's Back in Town
Pebble Mill at One
A Touch of the Victorians
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Girl on the M1
Man at the Top
Play for Today
The Doctors
Special Branch
Ukridge
The World of Wodehouse
Callan
BBC Play of the Month
Coronation Street
Armchair Theatre