Frances Pennington is the current wife of Cut Smith who is a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and co-founding member of the pop-rock band Tears for Fears along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal.

Smith grew up in Bath, Somerset in England, and lived on the Snow Hill council estate (subject of the track “Snow Hill”). He attended the Beechen Cliff School. Smith has been married twice.

Curt Smith started a relationship with marketing executive Frances Pennington after divorcing his first wife.  They married in 1996 and now live in Los Angeles with their two daughters, Diva, and Wilder, born in 1999 and 2001.

Smith became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2007. He is a supporter of Manchester United and LAFC. She is good friends with Gela Nash, the wife of Duran Duran bassist, John Taylor. Mother, with Tears for Fears bassist Curt Smith, of daughters Diva Smith and Wilder-Smith