Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty
Born (1948-10-06) 6 October 1948 (age 76)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OccupationActress
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1976; div. 1984)​
Children2, including Joe Sumner
ParentJoseph 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.[citation needed] She had an older sister, Roma (1945–2020), also an actress.

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[1] as well as big-budget adaptations Atlantis, Merlin, The White Queen, and A Perfect Spy.[citation needed]

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

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).[citation needed] Tomelty also portrayed Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role.[2]

Personal life

On 1 May 1976, Tomelty married musician Sting, the lead singer and bassist in the rock band the Police – after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of rock-musical Rock Nativity.[3] She played the Virgin Mary; he played in the band. They have two children together, Joe Sumner and Fuschia Sumner.[4] Tomelty and Sting divorced in 1984.[5]

References

  1. ^ Weston, Christopher. "Death In Paradise Season 9 Episode 8 Cast: Guest Stars Frances Tomelty, Andi Osho And Peter De Jersey". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ West, Timothy (7 April 2001). "The king of comedy". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Frances Tomelty: Life and Career of Sting's First Wife" Melanie Gold
  4. ^ "Sting cuts his kids out of his will". NewsComAu. 22 June 2014.
  5. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (3 August 2002). "Interview: Trudie Styler". The Guardian.

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