Frances Tomelty

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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 for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.

Most Popular Frances Tomelty Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

Blue Money Trailer (1985)

01 March 1985

Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.

Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead Trailer (2026)

13 March 2026

Centuries after the Great Flood, riders compete in death races on the water to secure shelter for their people behind the walls of Argos.

The Boxer Trailer (1997)

31 December 1997

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill.

The Field Trailer (1990)

21 September 1990

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it.

Burning Beds Trailer (1988)

30 October 1988

Harry, a timpanist and pyromaniac, and Ginamove into the same apartment due to Hamburg's housing shortage.

Under the Skin Trailer (1982)

19 January 1982

"When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins.

The Medusa Touch Trailer (1978)

13 April 1978

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist.

Catchpenny Twist Trailer (1977)

05 December 1977

Roy and Martyn want to write the next Irish winner for the Eurovision Song Contest. So who thinks they are working for British Army Intelligence?

Nobody's Children Trailer (1994)

03 March 1994

An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.

Carlo Levi Stopped Here Trailer (1992)

28 July 1992

The deep North-South divide in Italy is explored through the eyes of northern anti-fascist writer and painter, Carlo Levi, who is exiled by Mussolini to a remote village in Southern Italy.

Chéri Trailer (2009)

08 April 2009

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain Trailer (1981)

24 November 1981

Two women navigate the challenges of life on a wintry day in 1980s Belfast. While Ruby has a cold and gets caught in the rain, Iris is job-hunting but feels lost in the traffic.

The Bouncing Boy Trailer (1972)

11 December 1972

A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

Bullshot Trailer (1983)

27 October 1983

The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary.

Star Trap Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

Two rival detectives investigate a murder that involves black magic.

Bellman and True Trailer (1987)

12 November 1987

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank.

High Boot Benny Trailer (1993)

03 September 1993

A police informant is found dead in a boarding-school situated near the border between Ulster and Eire.

Monk Dawson Trailer (1998)

31 July 1998

A novice monk from the north of England is expelled from his order and relocates to London, where he struggles with his spiritual goals, earthly temptations and personal ideals.

Radio Pictures Trailer (1985)

16 July 1985

Intrigues and tension surround the production of a radio drama. The leading lady is unhappy with the script, the leading man is attempting to seduce the leading lady and the peeping tom of the play within the play presides over them all.

Accused Trailer (2023)

05 October 2023

After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.

The Changeling Trailer (1974)

20 January 1974

Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain.

The Romantic Englishwoman Trailer (1975)

11 June 1975

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going to overcome his writer's block.

Girl on the M1 Trailer (1971)

21 September 1971

A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.

A Touch of the Victorians Trailer (1972)

05 September 1972

An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.

Lamb Trailer (1986)

10 October 1986

Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two recognise kindred spirits and escape to London together.

A State of Emergency Trailer (1986)

01 November 1986

This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith.

Juno and the Paycock Trailer (1980)

12 April 1980

During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.

Julius Caesar Trailer (1994)

30 November 1994

A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.