Frances Ruffelle
ActingBiography
Frances Ruffelle (born 29 August 1965) is an English musical theatre actress and singer. She won a Tony Award in 1987, and represented the United Kingdom in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)", finishing 10th. The song became a UK Top 30 hit. In 1984, Ruffelle starred as Dinah in the original West End production of Starlight Express. From 1985, she was the original Éponine in the first English-language productions of Les Misérables in the West End and on Broadway, winning the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other stage roles include Yonah in Children of Eden (1991), Roxie Hart in Chicago (2003–04, 2007), the title role in Piaf (2013), Bella in The A–Z of Mrs P (2014), and Queenie in The Wild Party. Her albums include Fragile (1994), Frances Ruffelle (1998), Showgirl (2004), Imperfectly Me (2010), and I Say Yeh-Yeh (2015).
Movies
(15 total)
Les Misérables
as Whore 1
Secrets & Lies
as Young Mother
Locked Down
as Neighbour
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
as Eponine (1985 Cast)
The Hiding Place
as Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited)
Devil's Tower
as Kim
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Eunice
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne
Long Forgotten Fields
as Sue Foster
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Eponine Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
How to be Human
as Maria
Marks
as Christening Guest
TV Shows
(6 total)
The Equalizer
as Sylvie
Top of the Pops
as Self
An Audience with...
as Self
Strangers
as Elsie
Objects of Affection
as Christening Guest
Stars in the House
as Self