Frances Tomelty
Actor
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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Filmography
Chéri
as Rose 2009
The Medusa Touch
as Nanny 1978
The Field
as Widow 1990
Accused
as Mrs. Daly 2023
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Airport Shop Assistant 1975
Bellman and True
as Anna 1987
Lamb
as Mrs. Kane 1986
Bullshot
as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno 1983
Blue Money
as Fidelma 1985
Monk Dawson
as Mrs. Carter 1998
A State of Emergency
as Jackie Hampton 1986
Nobody's Children
as Mme. Beziel 1994
Burning Beds
1988
The Changeling
as Diaphanta 1974
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Leader of the Guild 2025
The Bouncing Boy
as Women at Hospital 1972