Frances Tomelty
Known for: Acting
Born: October 6, 1948
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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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Filmography
29 movies · 72 TV shows, newest first
6.2
The Hairdresser Mysteries
2026
5.3
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
2026
5.7
The Death of Bunny Munro
2025
6.2
Accused
2023
6.7
The Woman in the Wall
2023
7.0
Karen Pirie
2022
7.9
The Nevers
2021
8.2
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
7.9
Warrior Nun
2020
7.8
Gangs of London
2020
6.5
London Kills
2019
6.5
Black Earth Rising
2018
6.4
Apple Tree Yard
2017
7.5
Unforgotten
2015
7.5
Catastrophe
2015
1.0
Charlie
2015
8.2
Outlander
2014
6.4
Atlantis
2013
8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013
7.3
The White Queen
2013
7.6
Call the Midwife
2012
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
6.1
Chéri
2009
7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
7.8
Merlin
2008
5.6
Bonekickers
20081.0
Sold
2007
6.5
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
7.3
New Tricks
2004
7.8
The Royal
2003
7.7
Spooks
2002
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
4.8
Doctors
2000NR
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
1999
5.8
Holby City
1999
7.6
Vanity Fair
1998
5.3
Monk Dawson
1998
6.7
The Boxer
1997
6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
7.6
Silent Witness
1996
7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
NR
Julius Caesar
1994
5.8
Nobody's Children
1994
NR
99-1
1994
6.6
Cracker
1993
8.0
High Boot Benny
1993
6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
NR
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
1992
6.5
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
7.3
Spender
1991
7.0
The Field
1990
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
19907.0
4 Play
1989
7.0
Burning Beds
19887.0
Star Trap
1988
6.6
Bellman and True
1987
6.6
A Perfect Spy
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
3.5
A State of Emergency
1986
5.7
Lamb
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
5.8
Boon
1986
NR
Radio Pictures
1985NR
Summer Season
1985
5.1
Blue Money
1985
7.0
Oxbridge Blues
1984
5.8
Bullshot
1983
8.0
Storyboard
1983
NR
Under the Skin
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.0
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981
7.0
Bergerac
1981
6.0
The Enigma Files
1980
NR
Juno and the Paycock
1980
7.8
Testament of Youth
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
7.3
Strangers
1978
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
NR
Catchpenny Twist
1977NR
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
NR
A Place to Hide
1976
5.4
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
7.9
Survivors
1975
8.5
The Changeling
1974
NR
The Bouncing Boy
1972
NR
Harriet's Back in Town
1972
NR
Pebble Mill at One
1972NR
A Touch of the Victorians
1972
NR
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
19718.0
Girl on the M1
1971
7.3
Man at the Top
1970
6.6
Play for Today
19707.0
The Doctors
1969
5.8
Special Branch
1969NR
Ukridge
1968NR
The World of Wodehouse
1967
7.0
Callan
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
5.4
Coronation Street
1960
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956