Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 13, 1958
Place of Birth:
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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Frances Barber
Biography
Frances Barber (née Brookes, born 13 May 1958) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays Camille (1985), and Uncle Vanya (1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears (1987), We Think the World of You (1988) and Dead Fish (2005); as well as Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992); and latterly Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017). Barber's numerous television credits include The Street (2009), Doctor Who (2011), Silk (2012–2014), and Whitstable Pearl (2021–2022).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The People Before | |
| 2024 | Hamlet | First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown |
| 2022 | A Bird Flew In | Marie |
| 2021 | A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint | Mrs Ambrigail |
| 2021 | Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel | Herself |
| 2019 | Trick or Treat | Miss Ferguson |
| 2018 | Blue Iguana | Princess |
| 2018 | The Escape | Alison |
| 2018 | McKellen: Playing the Part | |
| 2018 | An Ideal Husband | Mrs. Cheveley |
| 2018 | The Queen and I | Princess Margaret |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Joy |
| 2017 | The Bookshop | Jessie Welford |
| 2016 | The Chosen | Natalia Sedova |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Matinee "Madame Schirmer" |
| 2014 | The IT Crowd Manual | Self |
| 2014 | Bucky | Miss Eversham |
| 2013 | May I Kill U? | Bernice |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self |
| 2012 | We'll Take Manhattan | Diana Vreeland |
| 2009 | The Fattest Man in Britain | Janice |
| 2008 | King Lear | Goneril |
| 2007 | Goal II: Living the Dream | Carol Harmison |
| 2005 | Goal! | Carol Harmison |
| 2005 | Dead Fish | S & M Prostitute |
| 2005 | His Passionate Bride | Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Evilenko | Fenja Evilenka |
| 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two | Miss Piggy (voice) |
| 2003 | Flyfishing | Frances |
| 2003 | Listening | Woman |
| 2003 | Boudica | Agrippina |
| 2002 | The Red Siren | Eva |
| 2001 | Superstition | Isabella Flores |
| 2001 | The Gentleman Thief | Julia Sinclair |
| 2000 | Shiner | Georgie |
| 2000 | Esther Kahn | Rivka Kahn |
| 1999 | The Escort | Jessica |
| 1999 | Plastic Man | Louise Ferman |
| 1999 | Toy Boys | Mrs. Chambers |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Lady in Black |
| 1998 | Just in Time | |
| 1998 | Tea | Woman |
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | Beatrice Templeton |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | Lady Jersey |
| 1995 | 3 Steps to Heaven | Andrea Wallis |
| 1995 | Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing | Adonia |
| 1995 | Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town | Sally Denton |
| 1994 | Fish Tale | Helen Wormsley |
| 1994 | Giorgino | Marie |
| 1994 | Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin | Anna Lindsay |
| 1994 | In The Cold Light Of Day | Mother |
| 1994 | Scarborough Ahoy! | Maria |
| 1994 | Return to Blood River | Karen |
| 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Miss Trumble |
| 1993 | A Statement of Affairs | Pip |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Ellen, Lil's Mother |
| 1991 | Young Soul Rebels | Ann |
| 1991 | Secret Friends | Angela |
| 1991 | Do Not Disturb | |
| 1991 | Hancock | Freddie Hancock |
| 1990 | The Grasscutter | Claire Deeds |
| 1989 | Separate Bedrooms | Gert |
| 1988 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Viola / Cesario |
| 1988 | We Think the World of You | Megan |
| 1988 | Duck | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Leonie Orton |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Rosie |
| 1986 | Castaway | Sister Saint Winifred |
| 1985 | A Zed & Two Noughts | Venus de Milo |
| 1985 | White City | Alice |
| 1984 | Hard Feelings | Viv |
| 1983 | A Flame to the Phoenix | Wanda Grabinska |
| 1983 | Acceptable Levels | Jill |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days | Woman |
| 1982 | Home Sweet Home | Melody |
| 1982 | The Missionary | Mission Girl |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dreamland | Cheryl |
| 2022 | The Chelsea Detective | Olivia Arnold |
| 2021 | Whitstable Pearl | Dolly Nolan |
| 2019 | Let's Talk About Sex | Narrator |
| 2019 | Queens of Mystery | Viv Collins |
| 2017 | Summer Comedy Shorts | Mum |
| 2016 | The Rebel | Angela |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Lesley |
| 2014 | Mapp and Lucia | Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione |
| 2013 | Psychobitches | Various Roles |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Davina Malmort |
| 2013 | The Spa | Virginia (Ginny) Trench |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Diana Watson |
| 2011 | Friday Night Dinner | Sheila Bloom |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Mrs. Brandley |
| 2011 | Silk | Caroline Warwick |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant |
| 2010 | Vexed | Pat Poynter |
| 2010 | Pete versus Life | |
| 2010 | The Nativity | Elizabeth |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | |
| 2008 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money | Dinner Guest |
| 2008 | Beautiful People | Miss Prentice |
| 2007 | Benidorm | Daisy |
| 2006 | The Street | |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd | Doctor Mendall |
| 2005 | Funland | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Madame Kovarian |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Eye Patch Lady |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2004 | Hustle | Clarissa |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lizzie Hinchcliffe |
| 2003 | Monkey Dust | (voice) |
| 2002 | Having It Off | |
| 2002 | Celeb | |
| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate | The Bolter |
| 1999 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune | |
| 1999 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Janine |
| 1999 | Plastic Man | Louise Ferman |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1997 | Ruby | Self |
| 1997 | The Ice House | Diana Goode |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ingrid Lockston |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Constance Fielding |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1996 | Rhodes | Princess Catherine Radziwill |
| 1994 | Space Precinct | Erika Brandt |
| 1993 | Chef | Anita Lawrence |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents | Sally Denton |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | |
| 1991 | The Orchid House | Joan |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Gloria Twigge |
| 1991 | The Storyteller: Greek Myths | Medusa |
| 1989 | Behaving Badly | |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years | Helga Bauer |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lady Millicent |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Merlina Rival |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Genny |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Winnie Verloc |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Nicole Burgess |
| 1986 | Casualty | Nancy |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Dagmara |
| 1982 | Timewatch | Annie Besant |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Melody |