Francesca Hayward
Born in Nairobi, Kenya — Jul 04 1992
Biography
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 j…
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Cats
Victoria
Audrey
Audrey Hepburn
Like Water for Chocolate
Tita
Woolf Works
I Now, I Then / Becomings
Royal Ballet All-Star Gala
Giselle
Pas de six
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
Dancer
Royal Opera House: Swan Lake
Prince Siegfried's younger sister
The Nutcracker
Clara
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)
The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
Princess Stephanie
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Dora Penny (Dorabella)
Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
Dancer
Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
Herself, Sugar Plum Fairy
La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Hen
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Clara
The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Clara
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
Cygnes
The Sun Is God
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Juliet