Frances Tomelty
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.
Known For

Midsomer Murders

Peaky Blinders

Outlander

Death in Paradise

Silent Witness

Casualty

Casualty

Call the Midwife
All Movies (28)
- Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead2026 · as Leader of the Guild
- Accused2023 · as Mrs. Daly
- Chéri2009 · as Rose
- Monk Dawson1998 · as Mrs. Carter
- The Boxer1997 · as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
- Julius Caesar1994 · as Calphunia
- Nobody's Children1994 · as Mme. Beziel
- High Boot Benny1993 · as Matron
- Carlo Levi Stopped Here1992 · as Self - Commentary
- The Field1990 · as Widow
- Burning Beds1988
- Star Trap1988 · as Hermione Bradstreet
- Bellman and True1987 · as Anna
- A State of Emergency1986 · as Jackie Hampton
- Lamb1986 · as Mrs. Kane
- Radio Pictures1985 · as Susanna Prine
- Blue Money1985 · as Fidelma
- Bullshot1983 · as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
- Under the Skin1982 · as Polly
- Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain1981 · as Ruby
- Juno and the Paycock1980 · as Juno Boyle
- The Medusa Touch1978 · as Nanny
- Catchpenny Twist1977 · as Monagh
- The Romantic Englishwoman1975 · as Airport Shop Assistant
- The Changeling1974 · as Diaphanta
- The Bouncing Boy1972 · as Women at Hospital
- A Touch of the Victorians1972 · as Caroline Young
- Girl on the M11971 · as Student
All TV Shows (49)
- The Woman in the Wall2023 · as Sister Eileen
- Karen Pirie2022 · as Mary Grant Snr
- Warrior Nun2020 · as Sister Frances
- Gangs of London2020 · as Niamh
- Black Earth Rising2018 · as Sorcha Beattie
- Charlie2015 · as Sarah Haughey
- Outlander2014 · as Elspeth Cunningham
- Atlantis2013 · as Anysia
- Peaky Blinders2013 · as Bethany Boswell
- The White Queen2013 · as Margaret Beauchamp
- Call the Midwife2012 · as Dulcie Greenhalgh
- Death in Paradise2011 · as Olivia Reeves
- Merlin2008 · as Niede
- Bonekickers2008 · as Karen Magwilde
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard2006 · as Kitty Porter
- New Tricks2004
- The Royal2003 · as Rosemary Briggs
- Spooks2002 · as Carmen Joyce
- Waking the Dead2001 · as Jane Hussey
- Vanity Fair1998 · as Mrs O'Dowd
- Trial & Retribution1997 · as Norma O'Sullivan
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Audrey Monday
- Silent Witness1996
- 99-11994 · as Commander Stone
- Cracker1993 · as Mrs. Lang
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Calphurnia (voice)
- In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Maime
- Spender1991 · as Lorraine Hope
- Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Patricia
- Inspector Morse1987 · as Grace Craven
- Casualty1986 · as Annie McGann
- Casualty1986 · as Morven Tasker
- Oxbridge Blues1984 · as Angela Lane
- American Playhouse1982 · as Sheila Bennett Hatch
- Bergerac1981 · as Bonnie Hawkesworth
- The Enigma Files1980 · as Josepha
- Testament of Youth1979
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Norma
- Strangers1978 · as DC Linda Doran
- Life and Death of Penelope1976
- Survivors1975 · as Mary Jean Mead
- Pebble Mill at One1972
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970 · as Polly
- Callan1967
- The World of Wodehouse1967 · as Angela
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Diaphanta
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Student
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Caroline Young