Acting
21
Woman
Jul 4, 1992 (32)
Nairobi, Kenya
Francesca Hayward
Francesca Hayward is a Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress, the daughter of an English father and a Kenyan mother. She is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. At the age of two, she moved to the Goring-by-Sea suburb of Worthing in West Sussex to live with her grandparents. She started ballet at age 3, after her grandparents bought her a video of The Nutcracker. When she was young, she danced at Le Serve School of Ballet and Theatre Dance in Worthing until her teacher encouraged her to audition to White Lodge, the junior section of the Royal Ballet School. After being a Junior Associate from the age of nine, she entered the School at the age of 11 in 2003, and progressed to the Royal Ballet Upper School in 2008. According to Hayward, due to an injury, she did not officially graduate, but received a certificate of attendance.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | RB&O Live 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice |
| — | The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet) | Clara |
| — | The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration | |
| 2023 | Like Water for Chocolate | Tita |
| 2022 | The Royal Ballet: Mayerling | Princess Stephanie |
| 2020 | Audrey | Audrey Hepburn |
| 2020 | Royal Ballet All-Star Gala | |
| 2020 | The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) | Dancer |
| 2020 | Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House | Dancer |
| 2019 | Cats | Victoria |
| 2019 | Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words | Juliet |
| 2019 | Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) | Dora Penny (Dorabella) |
| 2019 | The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern | Principal Dancer (Golden Hour) |
| 2018 | Swan Lake | Prince Siegfried's younger sister |
| 2017 | Woolf Works | I Now, I Then / Becomings |
| 2017 | The Sun Is God | |
| 2016 | The Nutcracker | Clara |
| 2016 | Giselle | Pas de six |
| 2016 | Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet | Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy |
| 2015 | The Nutcracker - Royal Ballet | Clara |
| 2015 | La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) | Hen |