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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Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead 2026Leader of the Guild -
Accused 2023Mrs. Daly -
The Woman in the Wall 2023Sister Eileen ·6 eps -
Karen Pirie 2022Mary Grant Snr ·3 eps -
Warrior Nun 2020Sister Frances ·2 eps -
Gangs of London 2020Niamh ·1 ep -
Black Earth Rising 2018Sorcha Beattie ·1 ep -
Charlie 2015Sarah Haughey ·3 eps -
Outlander 2014Elspeth Cunningham ·10 eps -
Atlantis 2013Anysia ·1 ep -
Peaky Blinders 2013Bethany Boswell ·1 ep -
The White Queen 2013Margaret Beauchamp ·3 eps -
Call the Midwife 2012Dulcie Greenhalgh ·1 ep -
Death in Paradise 2011Olivia Reeves ·2 eps -
Chéri 2009Rose -
Merlin 2008Niede ·1 ep -
Bonekickers 2008Karen Magwilde ·4 eps -
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard 2006Kitty Porter ·6 eps -
New Tricks 20041 ep -
The Royal 2003Rosemary Briggs ·1 ep -
Spooks 2002Carmen Joyce ·1 ep -
Waking the Dead 2001Jane Hussey ·1 ep -
Vanity Fair 1998Mrs O'Dowd ·4 eps -
Monk Dawson 1998Mrs. Carter -
The Boxer 1997Mrs Maguire (uncredited) -
Trial & Retribution 19972 eps -
Midsomer Murders 1997Audrey Monday ·1 ep -
Silent Witness 19962 eps -
Julius Caesar 1994Calphunia -
Nobody's Children 1994Mme. Beziel -
Cracker 1993Mrs. Lang ·2 eps -
High Boot Benny 1993Matron -
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 1992Calphurnia (voice) ·1 ep -
Spender 1991Lorraine Hope ·1 ep -
The Field 1990Widow - Perfect Scoundrels 1990Patricia ·1 ep
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Burning Beds 1988 - Star Trap 1988Hermione Bradstreet
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Bellman and True 1987Anna -
Inspector Morse 1987Grace Craven ·1 ep -
A State of Emergency 1986Jackie Hampton -
Lamb 1986Mrs. Kane -
Casualty 1986Annie McGann ·1 ep -
Casualty 1986Morven Tasker ·1 ep -
Radio Pictures 1985Susanna Prine -
Blue Money 1985Fidelma - Oxbridge Blues 1984Angela Lane ·1 ep
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Bullshot 1983Fräulein Lenya von Bruno -
Under the Skin 1982Polly -
American Playhouse 1982Sheila Bennett Hatch ·3 eps -
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain 1981Ruby -
Bergerac 1981Bonnie Hawkesworth ·1 ep - The Enigma Files 1980Josepha ·1 ep
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Juno and the Paycock 1980Juno Boyle -
Testament of Youth 19795 eps -
Tales of the Unexpected 1979Norma ·1 ep -
Strangers 1978DC Linda Doran ·7 eps -
The Medusa Touch 1978Nanny -
Catchpenny Twist 1977Monagh - Life and Death of Penelope 19761 ep
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The Romantic Englishwoman 1975Airport Shop Assistant -
Survivors 1975Mary Jean Mead ·1 ep -
The Changeling 1974Diaphanta -
The Bouncing Boy 1972Women at Hospital - Pebble Mill at One 19721 ep
- A Touch of the Victorians 1972Caroline Young
- Girl on the M1 1971Student
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Play for Today 19701 ep -
Play for Today 1970Polly ·1 ep -
Callan 19671 ep - The World of Wodehouse 1967Angela ·1 ep
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BBC Play of the Month 1965Diaphanta ·1 ep