Francesca Hayward
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1992
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet) TBA
as Clara
Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 2024
as Alice
- Cygnes
Cygnes 2024
Actor
Like Water for Chocolate 2023
as Tita
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration 2022
Actor
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling 2022
as Princess Stephanie
Royal Ballet All-Star Gala 2020
Actor
Audrey 2020
as Audrey Hepburn
- Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House 2020
as Dancer
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) 2020
as Dancer
Cats 2019
as Victoria
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words 2019
as Juliet
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) 2019
as Dora Penny (Dorabella)
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern 2019
as Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake 2018
as Prince Siegfried's younger sister
The Sun Is God 2017
Actor
Woolf Works 2017
as I Now, I Then / Becomings
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet 2016
as Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
The Nutcracker 2016
as Clara
Giselle 2016
as Pas de six
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker 2015
as Clara
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet) 2015
as Hen
Credits from TMDB.