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