Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Frances Tomelty
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 25Series: 38
TMDB ID: 184924
IMDb ID: nm0866626
Known for: Acting
Born: October 6, 1948
Age: 77
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2026
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7.05
Wikidata: Q2960346
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frances Tomelty.
In 4 weeks
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
as Leader of the Guild
2026 Movie
6.2
Accused
as Mrs. Daly
2023 Movie
6.1
Chéri
as Rose
2009 Movie
4.7
Monk Dawson
as Mrs. Carter
1998 Movie
6.7
The Boxer
as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
1997 Movie
Julius Caesar
as Calphunia
1994 Movie
4.3
Nobody's Children
as Mme. Beziel
1994 Movie
High Boot Benny
as Matron
1993 Movie
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
as Self - Commentary
1992 Movie
7.0
The Field
as Widow
1990 Movie
7.0
Burning Beds
1988 Movie
6.3
Bellman and True
as Anna
1987 Movie
1.3
A State of Emergency
as Jackie Hampton
1986 Movie
5.5
Lamb
as Mrs. Kane
1986 Movie
Radio Pictures
as Susanna Prine
1985 Movie
4.9
Blue Money
as Fidelma
1985 Movie
5.5
Bullshot
as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
1983 Movie
Under the Skin
as Polly
1982 Movie
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
as Ruby
1981 Movie
Juno and the Paycock
as Juno Boyle
1980 Movie
6.8
The Medusa Touch
as Nanny
1978 Movie
Catchpenny Twist
as Monagh
1977 Movie
5.4
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Airport Shop Assistant
1975 Movie
7.0
The Changeling
as Diaphanta
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frances Tomelty.
6.7
The Woman in the Wall
as Sister Eileen • 6 eps
2023 Series
6.9
Karen Pirie
as Mary Grant Snr • 3 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Warrior Nun
as Sister Frances • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Gangs of London
as Niamh • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
Black Earth Rising
as Sorcha Beattie • 1 eps
2018 Series
1.0
Charlie
as Sarah Haughey • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.4
Atlantis
as Anysia • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.5
Peaky Blinders
as Bethany Boswell • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.3
The White Queen
as Margaret Beauchamp • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Dulcie Greenhalgh • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Olivia Reeves • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Niede • 1 eps
2008 Series
5.6
Bonekickers
as Karen Magwilde • 4 eps
2008 Series
6.2
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Kitty Porter • 6 eps
2006 Series
7.4
New Tricks
1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
The Royal
as Rosemary Briggs • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.7
Spooks
as Carmen Joyce • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Jane Hussey • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Vanity Fair
as Mrs. O'Dowd • 6 eps
1998 Series
6.8
Trial & Retribution
2 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Audrey Monday • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
2 eps
1996 Series
6.6
Cracker
as Mrs. Lang • 2 eps
1993 Series
6.3
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Calphurnia (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series