Francesca Hayward

Known for ActingBorn 1992-07-04 (age 33)Nairobi, Kenya

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

The Nutcracker

Audrey

Royal Ballet All-Star Gala

Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words

Like Water for Chocolate

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Cats

Woolf Works

Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Cygnes

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling

The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

The Sun Is God

Giselle

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)

The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)