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.

Most Known For

Midsomer Murders

as Audrey Monday

Peaky Blinders

as Bethany Boswell

Death in Paradise

as Olivia Reeves

Call the Midwife

as Dulcie Greenhalgh

Silent Witness

Merlin

as Niede

Casualty

as Annie McGann

Casualty

as Morven Tasker

Play for Today

Play for Today

as Polly

Spooks

as Carmen Joyce

BBC Play of the Month

as Diaphanta

Gangs of London

as Niamh

Inspector Morse

as Grace Craven

Waking the Dead

as Jane Hussey

Tales of the Unexpected

as Norma

Bergerac

as Bonnie Hawkesworth

New Tricks

Trial & Retribution

Warrior Nun

as Sister Frances