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