Frances Barber

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Known For

Acting

Born

1958-05-13

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).

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Acting History

2025
The Secret Santa Project as Carol
2025
The People Before
2024
Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
2023
Dreamland as Cheryl
2022
A Bird Flew In as Marie
2022
The Chelsea Detective as Olivia Arnold
2021
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Herself
2021
Whitstable Pearl as Dolly Nolan
2019
Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
2019
Queens of Mystery as Viv Collins
2019
Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
2018
The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
2018
Blue Iguana as Princess
2018
An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
2018
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
The Escape as Alison
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
2017
The Bookshop as Jessie Welford
2017
Summer Comedy Shorts as Mum
2016
The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
2016
The Rebel as Angela
2015
Mr. Holmes as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
2014
Mapp and Lucia as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
2014
Bucky as Miss Eversham
2014
Inside No. 9 as Lesley
2014
The IT Crowd Manual as Self
2013
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
Psychobitches as Various Roles
2013
The Spa as Virginia (Ginny) Trench
2013
Father Brown as Davina Malmort
2013
May I Kill U? as Bernice
2012
We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
2011
Great Expectations as Mrs. Brandley
2011
Death in Paradise as Diana Watson
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011
Friday Night Dinner as Sheila Bloom
2011
Silk as Caroline Warwick
2010
The Nativity as Elizabeth
2010
Vexed as Pat Poynter
2010
Pete versus Life
2009
The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
2009
Law & Order: UK
2008
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
2008
Beautiful People as Miss Prentice
2008
King Lear as Goneril
2007
Goal II: Living the Dream as Carol Harmison
2007
Benidorm as Daisy
2006
The Street
2006
The IT Crowd as Doctor Mendall
2006
Hotel Babylon
2005
Funland
2005
Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
2005
Goal! as Carol Harmison
2005
Doctor Who as Madame Kovarian
2005
Doctor Who as Eye Patch Lady
2005
His Passionate Bride as Narrator (voice)
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
2004
Evilenko as Fenja Evilenka
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
2004
Hustle as Clarissa
2004
New Tricks
2003
Boudica as Agrippina
2003
Listening as Woman
2003
Monkey Dust as (voice)
2003
Flyfishing as Frances
2002
Celeb
2002
The Red Siren as Eva
2002
Having It Off
2001
Superstition as Isabella Flores
2001
The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
2001
Love in a Cold Climate as The Bolter
2000
Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
2000
Shiner as Georgie
1999
The Escort as Jessica
1999
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
1999
Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
1999
Toy Boys as Mrs. Chambers
1999
Gimme Gimme Gimme as Janine
1998
Still Crazy as Lady in Black
1998
Tea as Woman
1998
Just in Time
1997
Trial & Retribution
1997
A Royal Scandal as Lady Jersey
1997
Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
1997
Ruby as Self
1997
The Ice House as Diana Goode
1997
Midsomer Murders as Ingrid Lockston
1997
Midsomer Murders as Constance Fielding
1996
Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1995
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing as Adonia
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Sally Denton
1995
3 Steps to Heaven as Andrea Wallis
1994
Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
1994
Giorgino as Marie
1994
Space Precinct as Erika Brandt
1994
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin as Anna Lindsay
1994
In The Cold Light Of Day as Mother
1994
Return to Blood River as Karen
1994
Fish Tale as Helen Wormsley
1993
Rik Mayall Presents as Sally Denton
1993
A Statement of Affairs as Pip
1993
Chef as Anita Lawrence
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Miss Trumble
1992
The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
1992
The Leaving of Liverpool
1991
The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Gloria Twigge
1991
Hancock as Freddie Hancock
1991
Young Soul Rebels as Ann
1991
Secret Friends as Angela
1991
Do Not Disturb
1991
The Orchid House as Joan
1990
The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
1989
Separate Bedrooms as Gert
1989
The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
1989
Behaving Badly
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Millicent
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Merlina Rival
1988
Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
1988
We Think the World of You as Megan
1988
Red Dwarf as Genny
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Winnie Verloc
1988
Duck
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
1987
Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
1987
Inspector Morse as Nicole Burgess
1986
Casualty as Nancy
1986
Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
1985
White City as Alice
1984
Hard Feelings as Viv
1983
A Flame to the Phoenix as Wanda Grabinska
1983
Those Glory Glory Days as Woman
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies as Dagmara
1983
Acceptable Levels as Jill
1982
The Missionary as Mission Girl
1982
Timewatch as Annie Besant
1982
Home Sweet Home as Melody
1978
An Audience with... as Self
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Mrs Ambrigail
1970
Play for Today as Melody