Francesca Hayward
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1992 (age 34)
- Birthplace
- Nairobi, Kenya
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Clara
Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Movie · as Alice
Cygnes
Movie
Like Water for Chocolate
Movie · as Tita
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Movie · as Princess Stephanie
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
Movie
Audrey
Movie · as Audrey Hepburn
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Dancer
Royal Ballet All-Star Gala
Movie
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Movie · as Dancer
Cats
Movie · as Victoria
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Movie · as Juliet
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
Movie · as Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Movie · as Prince Siegfried's younger sister
Woolf Works
Movie · as I Now, I Then / Becomings
The Sun Is God
Movie
Giselle
Movie · as Pas de six
The Nutcracker
Movie · as Clara
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
Movie · as Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Movie · as Clara
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Movie · as Hen
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep