Frances Ruffelle

Known for ActingBorn 1965-08-29 (age 60)London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

Objects of Affection

Secrets & Lies

Les Misérables

Strangers

The Equalizer

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

The Hiding Place

Top of the Pops

Locked Down

An Audience with...

Long Forgotten Fields

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

Devil's Tower

Stars in the House

How to be Human

Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream

Marks

Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park