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Frances Tomelty

Irish actress (born 1948)

Summary

Irish actress (born 1948)

Field	Value
name	Frances Tomelty
birth_date
birth_place	Belfast, Northern Ireland
occupation	Actress
spouse
children	2, including Joe Sumner
parents	Joseph Tomelty

Frances Tomelty (born 6 October 1948) is a Northern Irish actress whose numerous television credits include Strangers (1978–1979), Testament of Youth (1979), Inspector Morse (1988), Cracker (1993), The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006), The White Queen (2013) and Unforgotten (2015). Her theatre roles include playing Kate in the original production of Dancing at Lughnasa in Dublin (1990). She was married to the musician Sting from 1976 to 1984.

Early life

Tomelty was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the daughter of actor Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995) and Lena Milligan.

Career

Tomelty's television work has included Survivors, Bergerac, Blue Money, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street, Cracker, Spooks, Casualty, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Holby City, Law & Order: UK, The Royal, Waking the Dead, Silent Witness, Unforgotten, Catastrophe, Death in Paradise{{cite web |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721055402/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/02/27/death-in-paradise-season-9-episode-8-cast-guest-stars/?amp |url-status=dead

On film, she has acted in Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot, The Field, and Chéri.

Tomelty's theatre roles include Elaine Navazio in Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon (1979 British premiere directed by Eric Thompson at the Royal Exchange, Manchester); Mia Schuurman in In the Talking Dark by Dolores Walshe (1989) (directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester); Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (1990) (directed by Patrick Mason at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Momma in Doctor Heart by Peter Muller (1991 British premiere directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester); and Mrs Alving in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (2000) (directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester). Tomelty also portrayed Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role.

Personal life

On 1 May 1976, Tomelty married musician Sting, the lead singer and bassist in the rock band the Police. They met on the set of rock-musical Rock Nativity. She played the Virgin Mary; he played in the band. They have two children together, including Joe Sumner. Tomelty and Sting divorced in 1984.

References

West, Timothy. (7 April 2001). "The king of comedy".
"Frances Tomelty: Life and Career of Sting's First Wife" Melanie Gold
(22 June 2014). "Sting cuts his kids out of his will".
Higginbotham, Adam. (3 August 2002). "Interview: Trudie Styler".

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