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 20...
Best known work
Cats
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Audrey
2020
Like Water for Chocolate
2023
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
2019
The Nutcracker
2016
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2018
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2015
Woolf Works
2017
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
2016Filmography
TBA
2024
2024
2023
Like Water for Chocolateas Tita
2022
2022
The Royal Ballet: Mayerlingas Princess Stephanie
2020
2020
Audreyas Audrey Hepburn
2020
2020
2019
Catsas Victoria
2019
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Wordsas Juliet
2019
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
2019
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Patternas Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
2018
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lakeas Prince Siegfried's younger sister
2017
2017
Woolf Worksas I Now, I Then / Becomings
2016
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Balletas Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
2016
The Nutcrackeras Clara
2016
Giselleas Pas de six
2015
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcrackeras Clara
2015
2003