
Frances Tomelty
Born
1948-10-06
Place of birth
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 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him fo...
Known for

Peaky Blinders
Bethany Boswell

Outlander
Elspeth Cunningham

Warrior Nun
Sister Frances

Merlin
Niede

Gangs of London
Niamh

The White Queen
Margaret Beauchamp

Midsomer Murders
Audrey Monday

Death in Paradise
Olivia Reeves

The Boxer
Mrs Maguire (uncredited)

Call the Midwife
Dulcie Greenhalgh

Chéri
Rose

The Medusa Touch
Nanny

Atlantis
Anysia

Inspector Morse
Grace Craven

Spooks
Carmen Joyce