
Frances Barber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 13, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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
From London with Love
Movie

A Mother For An Hour
Movie · as Nestan

MUSIK
Movie

A Hand to Hold
Movie · as Moira

The State of Us
Movie · as Joan

The People Before
Movie

The Secret Santa Project
Movie · as Carol

Hamlet
Movie · as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

Dreamland
TV · as Cheryl · 6 eps

A Bird Flew In
Movie · as Marie

The Chelsea Detective
TV · as Olivia Arnold · 5 eps

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Movie · as Mrs Ambrigail

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Movie · as Self

Whitstable Pearl
TV · as Dolly Nolan · 18 eps

Semi-Detached
TV · as Patricia · 2 eps

Trick or Treat
Movie · as Miss Ferguson

Let's Talk About Sex
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

Queens of Mystery
TV · as Viv Collins · 1 ep

Blue Iguana
Movie · as Princess

The Escape
Movie · as Alison

McKellen: Playing the Part
Movie

An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Mrs. Cheveley

The Queen and I
Movie · as Princess Margaret

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Movie · as Joy

The Bookshop
Movie · as Jessie Welford
Summer Comedy Shorts
TV · as Mum · 1 ep

The Chosen
Movie · as Natalia Sedova

The Rebel
TV · as Angela · 2 eps

Mr. Holmes
Movie · as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

The IT Crowd Manual
Movie · as Self
Bucky
Movie · as Miss Eversham

Inside No. 9
TV · as Lesley · 1 ep

Mapp and Lucia
TV · as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione · 3 eps

May I Kill U?
Movie · as Bernice

Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self

Bad Education: Christmas Special
Movie · as Alfie's Mum

Father Brown
TV · as Davina Malmort · 1 ep

Psychobitches
TV · as Bette Davis, Doris Stokes, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, St Catherine, Whistler's Mother, Thora Hind, Josephine-Joseph, Barbara Cartland · 1 ep

The Spa
TV · as Ginny · 6 eps

We'll Take Manhattan
Movie · as Diana Vreeland

Playhouse Presents
TV · as Bette Davis, Doris Stokes, Catherine the Great · 1 ep

Death in Paradise
TV · as Diana Watson · 1 ep

Friday Night Dinner
TV · as Sheila Bloom · 1 ep

Great Expectations
TV · as Mrs. Brandley · 2 eps

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

Silk
TV · as Caroline Warwick QC · 12 eps

Vexed
TV · as Pat Poynter · 1 ep

Pete versus Life
TV · 1 ep

The Nativity
TV · as Elizabeth · 4 eps

The Fattest Man in Britain
Movie · as Janice

Law & Order: UK
TV · 1 ep

King Lear
Movie · as Goneril
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
TV · as Dinner Guest · 1 ep

Beautiful People
TV · as Miss Prentice · 1 ep

Goal II: Living the Dream
Movie · as Carol Harmison

Benidorm
TV · as Daisy · 1 ep

The Street
TV · 1 ep

Hotel Babylon
TV · as Arianna Adams

The IT Crowd
TV · as Doctor Mendall · 1 ep
Brief Encounters
TV · as Jackie Knight · 1 ep

Goal!
Movie · as Carol Harmison

Dead Fish
Movie · as S & M Prostitute

His Passionate Bride
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who
TV · as Madame Kovarian, Eye Patch Lady · 3 eps

Funland
TV · as Connie Woolf · 10 eps

Evilenko
Movie · as Fenja Evilenka

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Movie · as Miss Piggy (voice)

New Tricks
TV · 1 ep

Hustle
TV · as Clarissa · 1 ep

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Lizzie Hinchcliffe · 1 ep

Flyfishing
Movie · as Frances
Listening
Movie · as Woman

Boudica
Movie · as Agrippina

Monkey Dust
TV · as (voice) · 18 eps

The Red Siren
Movie · as Eva
Having It Off
TV · 6 eps
Celeb
TV · 6 eps

Superstition
Movie · as Isabella Flores

The Gentleman Thief
Movie · as Julia Sinclair

Love in a Cold Climate
TV · as The Bolter · 2 eps

Shiner
Movie · as Georgie

Esther Kahn
Movie · as Rivka Kahn

Treasure
TV · as Mum (voice) · 26 eps

The Escort
Movie · as Jessica
Plastic Man
Movie · as Louise Ferman

Toy Boys
Movie · as Mrs. Chambers

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
TV · 89 eps

Gimme Gimme Gimme
TV · as Janine · 1 ep

Plastic Man
TV · as Louise Ferman · 2 eps

Still Crazy
Movie · as Lady in Black
Just in Time
Movie

Tea
Movie · as Woman

Real Women
TV · as Anna Nicholls · 7 eps

Photographing Fairies
Movie · as Beatrice Templeton

A Royal Scandal
Movie · as Lady Jersey

Ruby
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Ice House
TV · as Diana Goode · 2 eps

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Ingrid Lockston, Constance Fielding · 1 ep
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
Movie · as Annie Shepherd

Rhodes
TV · as Princess Catherine Radziwill · 8 eps

Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell · 1 ep

3 Steps to Heaven
Movie · as Andrea Wallis

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Movie · as Adonia

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Movie · as Sally Denton
It Might Be You
Movie · as Wendy
Fish Tale
Movie · as Helen Wormsley

Giorgino
Movie · as Marie

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Movie · as Anna Lindsay

In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie · as Mother

Scarborough Ahoy!
Movie · as Maria

Return to Blood River
Movie · as Karen

Space Precinct
TV · as Erika Brandt · 1 ep

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Movie · as Miss Trumble
A Statement of Affairs
Movie · as Pip

Thatcherworld
Movie · as Penny Jenkins

Chef
TV · as Anita Lawrence · 1 ep

Rik Mayall Presents
TV · as Sally Denton · 1 ep

The Leaving of Liverpool
Movie · as Ellen, Lil's Mother

The Leaving of Liverpool
TV · 2 eps

Young Soul Rebels
Movie · as Ann

Secret Friends
Movie · as Angela
Do Not Disturb
Movie · as Jenny

Hancock
Movie · as Freddie Hancock

The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon
Movie · as Medusa

The Orchid House
TV · as Joan · 4 eps

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
TV · as Medusa · 1 ep

Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Gloria Twigge · 1 ep

The Grasscutter
Movie · as Claire Deeds

Separate Bedrooms
Movie · as Gert

Behaving Badly
TV · 4 eps

The Nightmare Years
TV · as Helga Bauer · 4 eps

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Lady Millicent, Merlina Rival · 1 ep

Screen One
TV · as Freddie Hancock · 1 ep

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Movie · as Viola / Cesario

We Think the World of You
Movie · as Megan
Duck
Movie

Red Dwarf
TV · as Genny · 1 ep

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Winnie Verloc · 1 ep

Prick Up Your Ears
Movie · as Leonie Orton

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Movie · as Rosie

Inspector Morse
TV · as Nicole Burgess · 1 ep

Castaway
Movie · as Sister Saint Winifred

Casualty
TV · as Nancy · 1 ep

A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie · as Venus de Milo

White City
Movie · as Alice

Screen Two
TV · as Jenny Coldfield, Karen, Mother · 1 ep

Hard Feelings
Movie · as Viv

A Flame to the Phoenix
Movie · as Wanda Grabinska

Acceptable Levels
Movie · as Jill

Those Glory Glory Days
Movie · as Woman

Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV · as Dagmara · 3 eps

Home Sweet Home
Movie · as Melody

The Missionary
Movie · as Mission Girl

Timewatch
TV · as Annie Besant · 1 ep

An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · as Mrs Ambrigail · 1 ep

Play for Today
TV · as Melody · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · 1 ep