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