Francesca Hayward
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.
Acting
Movie
Cats
as Victoria
2019
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Movie
Audrey
as Audrey Hepburn
2020
Movie
Like Water for Chocolate
as Tita
2023
Movie
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
as Juliet
2019
Movie
The Nutcracker
as Clara
2016
Movie
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
as Prince Siegfried's younger sister
2018
Movie
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
as Clara
2015
Movie
Woolf Works
as I Now, I Then / Becomings
2017
Movie
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
as Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
2016
Movie
Royal Ballet All-Star Gala
2020
Movie
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
as Princess Stephanie
2022
Movie
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
2022
Movie
Giselle
as Pas de six
2016
Movie
The Sun Is God
2017
Movie
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
2019
Movie
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
as Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
2019
Movie
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
as Dancer
2020
Movie
The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
as Clara
Movie
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
as Hen
2015
Movie
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
as Dancer
2020
Movie
Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Alice
2024
Movie
Cygnes
2024