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.
Filmography (23 titles)
MovieRoyal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice · 2024
Cygnes
2024
5.2MovieLike Water for Chocolate
Tita · 2023
MovieThe Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
2022
MovieThe Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Princess Stephanie · 2022
7.0MovieRoyal Ballet All-Star Gala
2020
7.1MovieAudrey
Audrey Hepburn · 2020
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Dancer · 2020
MovieThe Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
Dancer · 2020
4.1MovieCats
Victoria · 2019
6.8MovieRomeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Juliet · 2019
MovieConcerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Dora Penny (Dorabella) · 2019
MovieThe Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
Principal Dancer (Golden Hour) · 2019
8.5MovieTchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Prince Siegfried's younger sister · 2018
MovieThe Sun Is God
2017
2.0MovieWoolf Works
I Now, I Then / Becomings · 2017
10.0MovieDancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy · 2016
7.7MovieThe Nutcracker
Clara · 2016
MovieGiselle
Pas de six · 2016
10.0MovieThe Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Clara · 2015
MovieLa Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Hen · 2015
5.3ShowJimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2003
MovieThe Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Clara ·