Frances Ruffelle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 August 1965 · 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).
Known for
Acting 16
- 2026Breach as Maria
- 2025Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park as Eponine
- 2021Locked Down as Neighbour
- 2017Long Forgotten Fields as Sue Foster
- 2017How to be Human as Maria
- 2014Devil's Tower as Kim
- 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
- 2012Les Misérables as Whore 1
- 2010Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream as Self
- 2010Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert as Eponine (1985 Cast)
- 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Eponine Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
- 1996Secrets & Lies as Young Mother
- 1982Marks as Christening Guest
- 1982P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang as Eunice
- 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian's as Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne
- 1975The Hiding Place as Sarah Van Der Weghe (uncredited)