Acting · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Born October 6, 1948
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.
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as Mrs Marigold
MovieStorm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
2026
as Leader of the Guild
MovieAccused
2023
as Mrs. Daly
TVThe Woman in the Wall
2023
as Sister Eileen
TVKaren Pirie
2022
as Mary Grant Snr
TVWarrior Nun
2020
as Sister Frances
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2020
as Niamh
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2018
as Sorcha Beattie
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2015
as Sarah Haughey
TVOutlander
2014
as Elspeth Cunningham
TVAtlantis
2013
as Anysia
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2013
as Bethany Boswell
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2013
as Margaret Beauchamp
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2012
as Dulcie Greenhalgh
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Olivia Reeves
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2009
as Rose
TVMerlin
2008
as Niede
TVBonekickers
2008
as Karen Magwilde
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2006
as Kitty Porter
TVNew Tricks
2004
TVThe Royal
2003
as Rosemary Briggs
TVSpooks
2002
as Carmen Joyce
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Jane Hussey
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1998
as Mrs O'Dowd
MovieMonk Dawson
1998
as Mrs. Carter
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1997
as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
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1997
as Norma O'Sullivan
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1997
as Audrey Monday
TVSilent Witness
1996
MovieJulius Caesar
1994
as Calphunia
MovieNobody's Children
1994
as Mme. Beziel
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1994
as Commander Stone
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1993
as Mrs. Lang
MovieHigh Boot Benny
1993
as Matron
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Calphurnia (voice)
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1992
as Self - Commentary
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1991
as Maime
TVSpender
1991
as Lorraine Hope
MovieThe Field
1990
as Widow
TVPerfect Scoundrels
1990
as Patricia
4 Play
1989
as Julia Parrish
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1988
Star Trap
1988
as Hermione Bradstreet
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1987
as Anna
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1987
as Grace Craven
MovieA State of Emergency
1986
as Jackie Hampton
MovieLamb
1986
as Mrs. Kane
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1986
as Annie McGann
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1985
as Susanna Prine
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1985
as Fidelma
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1984
as Angela Lane
MovieBullshot
1983
as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
TVStoryboard
1983
as Laura Grey
MovieUnder the Skin
1982
as Polly
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1982
as Sheila Bennett Hatch
MovieIris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981
as Ruby
TVBergerac
1981
as Bonnie Hawkesworth
TVThe Enigma Files
1980
as Josepha
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1980
as Juno Boyle
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1979
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Norma
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1978
as DC Linda Doran
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1978
as Nanny
MovieCatchpenny Twist
1977
as Monagh
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
MovieThe Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Airport Shop Assistant
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1975
as Mary Jean Mead
MovieThe Changeling
1974
as Diaphanta
MovieThe Bouncing Boy
1972
as Women at Hospital
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1972
A Touch of the Victorians
1972
as Caroline Young
MovieEdna: The Inebriate Woman
1971
as Nun
Girl on the M1
1971
as Student
TVPlay for Today
1970
The World of Wodehouse
1967
as Angela
TVCallan
1967
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Diaphanta
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Student
