
Francesca Hayward
Known for: Acting
Born: July 4, 1992
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…
Known for

Like Water for Chocolate
2023

Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet
2016

Cats
2019

The Sun Is God
2017

Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2024
Cygnes
2024

Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
2019

Audrey
2020

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern
2019

Royal Ballet All-Star Gala
2020

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
2015

The Nutcracker
2016

The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Live from Covent Garden - Royal Opera House
2020

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling
2022

The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
2022

Woolf Works
2017

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2018

La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
2015

Giselle
2016

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
2020

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003