Acting · Nairobi, Kenya · Born July 4, 1992
Francesca Hayward is a Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress, the daughter of an English father and a Kenyan mother. She is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. At the age of two, she moved to the Goring-by-Sea suburb of Worthing in West Sussex to live with her grandparents. She started ballet at age 3, after her grandparents bought her a video of The Nutcracker. When she was young, she danced at Le Serve School of Ballet and Theatre Dance in Worthing until her teacher encouraged her to audition to White Lodge, the junior section of the Royal Ballet School. After being a Junior Associate from the age of nine, she entered the School at the age of 11 in 2003, and progressed to the Royal Ballet Upper School in 2008. According to Hayward, due to an injury, she did not officially graduate, but received a certificate of attendance.
MovieRoyal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2024
as Alice
Cygnes
2024
MovieLike Water for Chocolate
2023
as Tita
MovieThe Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
2022
MovieThe Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022
as Princess Stephanie
MovieRoyal Ballet All-Star Gala
2020
MovieAudrey
2020
as Audrey Hepburn
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
2020
as Dancer
MovieThe Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
2020
as Dancer
MovieCats
2019
as Victoria
MovieRomeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
2019
as Juliet
MovieConcerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019
as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
MovieThe Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
2019
as Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
MovieTchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2018
as Prince Siegfried's younger sister
MovieThe Sun Is God
2017
MovieWoolf Works
2017
as I Now, I Then / Becomings
MovieDancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
2016
as Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
MovieThe Nutcracker
2016
as Clara
MovieGiselle
2016
as Pas de six
MovieThe Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2015
as Clara
MovieLa Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015
as Hen
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
as Clara
