Frances Tomelty
Acting
Born: 1948-10-06 · Belfast, Northern Ireland
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 producti
🎬 Movies (20)
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
2026
Leader of the Guild
Accused
2023
Mrs. Daly
Chéri
2009
Rose
Monk Dawson
1998
Mrs. Carter
The Boxer
1997
Mrs Maguire (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1994
Calphunia
Nobody's Children
1994
Mme. Beziel
High Boot Benny
1993
Matron
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
1992
Self - Commentary
The Field
1990
Widow
Burning Beds
1988
Star Trap
1988
Hermione Bradstreet
Bellman and True
1987
Anna
A State of Emergency
1986
Jackie Hampton
Lamb
1986
Mrs. Kane
Radio Pictures
1985
Susanna Prine
Blue Money
1985
Fidelma
Bullshot
1983
Fräulein Lenya von Bruno
Under the Skin
1982
Polly
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
1981
Ruby
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Woman in the Wall
2023
Sister Eileen
Karen Pirie
2022
Mary Grant Snr
Warrior Nun
2020
Sister Frances
Gangs of London
2020
Niamh
Black Earth Rising
2018
Sorcha Beattie
Charlie
2015
Sarah Haughey
Outlander
2014
Elspeth Cunningham
Atlantis
2013
Anysia
Peaky Blinders
2013
Bethany Boswell
The White Queen
2013
Margaret Beauchamp
Call the Midwife
2012
Dulcie Greenhalgh
Death in Paradise
2011
Olivia Reeves
Merlin
2008
Niede
Bonekickers
2008
Karen Magwilde
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Kitty Porter
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
2003
Rosemary Briggs
Spooks
2002
Carmen Joyce
Waking the Dead
2001
Jane Hussey
Vanity Fair
1998
Mrs O'Dowd