Frances Tomelty
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Audrey Monday
1997
Series
Coronation Street
Christine Peters
1960
Series
Outlander
Elspeth Cunningham
2014
Series
Peaky Blinders
Bethany Boswell
2013
Series
Death in Paradise
Olivia Reeves
2011
Series
Play for Today
Monagh
1970
Series
Play for Today
Polly
1970
Series
Play for Today
Nun
1970
Series
Play for Today
Woman in the Ward
1970
Series
Play for Today
Ruby
1970
Series
Silent Witness
Anne Cunningham
1996
Series
Silent Witness
Margaret Armstrong
1996
Series
Holby City
Patty Turner
1999
Series
Casualty
Annie McGann
1986
Series
Casualty
Morven Tasker
1986
Series
Call the Midwife
Dulcie Greenhalgh
2012
Series
Doctors
Susan Morrison
2000
Series
American Playhouse
Sheila Bennett Hatch
1982
Series
Merlin
Niede
2008
Series
All Creatures Great & Small
Mrs Donovan
2020
Series
Spooks
Carmen Joyce
2002
Series
Bergerac
Bonnie Hawkesworth
1981
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Norma
1979
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Diaphanta
1965
Series
New Tricks
Jill Brewer
2004
Series
Inspector Morse
Grace Craven
1987
Series
Waking the Dead
Jane Hussey
2001
Series
Gangs of London
Niamh
2020
Series
Unforgotten
Maureen Sullivan
2015
Series
Trial & Retribution
Norma O'Sullivan
1997
Series
Law & Order: UK
Sister Logan
2009
Series
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Series
The White Queen
Margaret Beauchamp
2013
Series
The Nevers
Phoenicia Elizabeth Hague
2021
Series
Cracker
Mrs. Lang
1993
Series
Boon
Nina Brack
1986
Series
Warrior Nun
Sister Frances
2020
Series
Atlantis
Anysia
2013
Series
Kavanagh Q.C.
Gina Lomax
1995
Series
Special Branch
Student
1969
Film
The Field
Widow
1990
Series
Strangers
DC Linda Doran
1978
Series
Black Earth Rising
Sorcha Beattie
2018
Series
Callan
Second Woman
1967
Series
Karen Pirie
Mary Grant Snr
2022
Series
Survivors
Mary Jean Mead
1975
Series
London Kills
Anne Garrick
2019
Series
Catastrophe
Carol
2015
Series
Vanity Fair
Mrs O'Dowd
1998
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Calphurnia (voice)
1992
The Doctors
Norah Daley
1969
Series
In Suspicious Circumstances
Maime
1991
Series
The Hairdresser Mysteries
Mrs Marigold
2026
Series
Spender
Lorraine Hope
1991
Series
The Woman in the Wall
Sister Eileen
2023
Series
Apple Tree Yard
Price
2017
Series
Storyboard
Laura Grey
1983
Film
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
Leader of the Guild
2026
Series
99-1
Commander Stone
1994
Film
The Boxer
Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
1997
Film
Chéri
Rose
2009
Series
Bonekickers
Karen Magwilde
2008
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Mrs. Sullivan
1999
The World of Wodehouse
Angela
1967
Series
The Death of Bunny Munro
Candice Birch
2025
Series
Perfect Scoundrels
Patricia
1990
Series
Oxbridge Blues
Angela Lane
1984
4 Play
Julia Parrish
1989
Film
The Medusa Touch
Nanny
1978
Summer Season
Susanna Prine
1985
Series
A Perfect Spy
Peggy Wentworth
1987
Series
Testament of Youth
Sister Hope Milroy
1979
Series
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Kitty Porter
2006
Series
The Enigma Files
Josepha
1980
Series
Man at the Top
Denise
1970
Life and Death of Penelope
Susie
1976
Sold
Lady Ellesmere
2007
Series
Charlie
Sarah Haughey
2015
Series
Harriet's Back in Town
Wendy Barrett
1972
Series
Armchair Theatre
Student
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Caroline Young
1956
Film
Accused
Mrs. Daly
2023
Film
The Romantic Englishwoman
Airport Shop Assistant
1975
Film
Bellman and True
Anna
1987
Film
Monk Dawson
Mrs. Carter
1998
Film
Burning Beds
1988
Film
Radio Pictures
Susanna Prine
1985
Film
Lamb
Mrs. Kane
1986
Film
The Changeling
Diaphanta
1974
Series
A Place to Hide
Ann Smith
1976
Film
Blue Money
Fidelma
1985
Star Trap
Hermione Bradstreet
1988
Ukridge
Angela
1968
A Touch of the Victorians
Caroline Young
1972
Film
A State of Emergency
Jackie Hampton
1986
Film
Nobody's Children
Mme. Beziel
1994
Film
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
Nun
1971
Film
Bullshot
Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
1983
Film
Catchpenny Twist
Monagh
1977
Film
High Boot Benny
Matron
1993
Film
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
Self - Commentary
1992
Film
Under the Skin
Polly
1982
Girl on the M1
Student
1971
Series
The Royal
Rosemary Briggs
2003
Film
Julius Caesar
Calphunia
1994
Film
The Bouncing Boy
Women at Hospital
1972
Film
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
Ruby
1981
Film
Juno and the Paycock
Juno Boyle
1980