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
all 63
TV Shows 41
Movies 22
Voice 1
self 1
Accused (2023)
The Woman in the Wall (2023)
Warrior Nun (2020)
Gangs of London (2020)
Black Earth Rising (2018)
Catastrophe (2015)
Charlie (2015)
Atlantis (2013)
Peaky Blinders (2013)
The White Queen (2013)
Call the Midwife (2012)
Death in Paradise (2011)
Chéri (2009)
Merlin (2008)
Bonekickers (2008)
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)
New Tricks (2004)
The Royal (2003)
Spooks (2002)
Waking the Dead (2001)
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999)
Vanity Fair (1998)
Monk Dawson (1998)
The Boxer (1997)
Trial & Retribution (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Silent Witness (1996)
Nobody's Children (1994)
99-1 (1994)
Cracker (1993)
High Boot Benny (1993)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
Carlo Levi Stopped Here (1992)
Spender (1991)
The Field (1990)
Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
Star Trap (1988)
Bellman and True (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
A State of Emergency (1986)
Lamb (1986)
Casualty (1986)
Blue Money (1985)
Oxbridge Blues (1984)
Bullshot (1983)
Under the Skin (1982)
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain (1981)
Bergerac (1981)
The Enigma Files (1980)
Testament of Youth (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Strangers (1978)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Catchpenny Twist (1977)
Life and Death of Penelope (1976)
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
Survivors (1975)
The Changeling (1974)
The Bouncing Boy (1972)
Pebble Mill at One (1972)
Play for Today (1970)
Callan (1967)
The Islander
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1947-10-06 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBelfast, United Kingdom
RelationshipsSting (1976-05-01 - 1984-01-01)
ChildrenJoe Sumner
FatherJoseph Tomelty
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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