
Frances Tomelty
Acting • Born 1948-10-06
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
71 credits
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
Movie • 2026
Leader of the Guild

The Field
Movie • 1990
Widow

Bullshot
Movie • 1983
Fräulein Lenya von Bruno

The Bouncing Boy
Movie • 1972
Women at Hospital

Bellman and True
Movie • 1987
Anna

Accused
Movie • 2023
Mrs. Daly

Carlo Levi Stopped Here
Movie • 1992
Self - Commentary

Monk Dawson
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Carter

Chéri
Movie • 2009
Rose

Lamb
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Kane

A State of Emergency
Movie • 1986
Jackie Hampton

Girl on the M1
Movie • 1971
Student

A Touch of the Victorians
Movie • 1972
Caroline Young

Burning Beds
Movie • 1988

The Changeling
Movie • 1974
Diaphanta

The Romantic Englishwoman
Movie • 1975
Airport Shop Assistant

High Boot Benny
Movie • 1993
Matron

Nobody's Children
Movie • 1994
Mme. Beziel

Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
Movie • 1981
Ruby

The Boxer
Movie • 1997
Mrs Maguire (uncredited)

Blue Money
Movie • 1985
Fidelma

Star Trap
Movie • 1988
Hermione Bradstreet

The Medusa Touch
Movie • 1978
Nanny

Catchpenny Twist
Movie • 1977
Monagh

Under the Skin
Movie • 1982
Polly

Julius Caesar
Movie • 1994
Calphunia

Juno and the Paycock
Movie • 1980
Juno Boyle

Radio Pictures
Movie • 1985
Susanna Prine

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV • 2006
Kitty Porter

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Audrey Monday

Pebble Mill at One
TV • 1972

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Norma

The White Queen
TV • 2013
Margaret Beauchamp

Atlantis
TV • 2013
Anysia

Silent Witness
TV • 1996

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Grace Craven

Spooks
TV • 2002
Carmen Joyce

Survivors
TV • 1975
Mary Jean Mead

Callan
TV • 1967

The Enigma Files
TV • 1980
Josepha

Bonekickers
TV • 2008
Karen Magwilde

Spender
TV • 1991
Lorraine Hope

Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997

New Tricks
TV • 2004

Play for Today
TV • 1970

Life and Death of Penelope
TV • 1976

Cracker
TV • 1993
Mrs. Lang

Perfect Scoundrels
TV • 1990
Patricia

Oxbridge Blues
TV • 1984
Angela Lane

Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Jane Hussey

Casualty
TV • 1986
Annie McGann

The Royal
TV • 2003
Rosemary Briggs

The Woman in the Wall
TV • 2023
Sister Eileen

Casualty
TV • 1986
Morven Tasker

Testament of Youth
TV • 1979

Charlie
TV • 2015
Sarah Haughey

Bergerac
TV • 1981
Bonnie Hawkesworth

Black Earth Rising
TV • 2018
Sorcha Beattie

Call the Midwife
TV • 2012
Dulcie Greenhalgh

Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Bethany Boswell

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV • 1992
Calphurnia (voice)

Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Olivia Reeves

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Polly

Warrior Nun
TV • 2020
Sister Frances

Gangs of London
TV • 2020
Niamh

Merlin
TV • 2008
Niede

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Diaphanta

The World of Wodehouse
TV • 1967
Angela

Karen Pirie
TV • 2022
Mary Grant Snr

Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Mrs O'Dowd

Strangers
TV • 1978
DC Linda Doran