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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).
The roles that explain the career.
7 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Devil's Tower | Kim | Film |
| 2013 | Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story | Self | Film |
| 2010 | Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert | Eponine (1985 Cast) | Film |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Young Mother | Film |
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Eunice | Film |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne | Film |
| 1975 | The Hiding Place | Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited) | Film |
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