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