Frances Barber
May 13, 1958 (68 years old) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2023 · Dreamland as Cheryl
- 2022 · The Chelsea Detective as Olivia Arnold
- 2021 · Whitstable Pearl as Dolly Nolan
- 2020 · Semi-Detached as Patricia
- 2019 · Queens of Mystery as Viv Collins
- 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 Rebel as Angela
- 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- 2015 · Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow as Narrator
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Lesley
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Bette Davis
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Doris Stokes
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Catherine the Great
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Elizabeth I
- 2013 · Psychobitches as St Catherine
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Whistler's Mother
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Thora Hind
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Josephine-Joseph
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Barbara Cartland
- 2013 · The Spa as Ginny
- 2013 · Father Brown as Davina Malmort
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Bette Davis
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Doris Stokes
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Catherine the Great
- 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 QC
- 2010 · The Nativity as Elizabeth
- 2010 · Vexed as Pat Poynter
- 2010 · Pete versus Life as
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Miss Prentice
- 2007 · Goal II: Living the Dream as Carol Harmison
- 2007 · Benidorm as Daisy
- 2006 · The Street as
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Doctor Mendall
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Funland as Connie Woolf
- 2005 · Goal! as Carol Harmison
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Madame Kovarian
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Eye Patch Lady
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
- 2004 · Evilenko as Fenja Evilenka
- 2004 · Hustle as Clarissa
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Monkey Dust as (voice)
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2001 · Love in a Cold Climate as The Bolter
- 1999 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune as
- 1999 · Gimme Gimme Gimme as Janine
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Lady in Black
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · The Ice House as Diana Goode
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Ingrid Lockston
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Constance Fielding
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Erika Brandt
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Sally Denton
- 1993 · Chef as Anita Lawrence
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths - Perseus & the Gorgon as Medusa
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Gloria Twigge
- 1989 · Screen One as Freddie Hancock
- 1989 · Behaving Badly as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Millicent
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Merlina Rival
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Genny
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Winnie Verloc
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Nicole Burgess
- 1986 · Casualty as Nancy
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jenny Coldfield
- 1985 · Screen Two as Karen
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mother
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Dagmara
- 1982 · Timewatch as Annie Besant
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as Mrs Ambrigail
- 1970 · Play for Today as Melody
- 1967 · Omnibus as
- Future · A Mother For An Hour as Nestan
- 2026 · The State of Us as Joan
- 2026 · A Hand to Hold as Moira
- 2025 · The Secret Santa Project as Carol
- 2022 · A Bird Flew In as Marie
- 2021 · A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2021 · Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 2019 · Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
- 2018 · The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2012 · We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 2009 · The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2008 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2008 · King Lear as Goneril
- 2005 · Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
- 2004 · The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 2003 · Boudica as Agrippina
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 2001 · Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 2000 · Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
- 1999 · The Escort as Jessica
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1998 · Real Women as Anna Nicholls
- 1997 · Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
- 1996 · Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 1996 · Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 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 · Giorgino as Marie
- 1993 · Thatcherworld as Penny Jenkins
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 1988 · Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
- 1988 · We Think the World of You as Megan
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1986 · Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1983 · Those Glory Glory Days as Woman
- 1982 · The Missionary as Mission Girl
- 1982 · Home Sweet Home as Melody
- Future · From London with Love as
- 2026 · MUSIK as
- 2025 · The People Before as
- 2024 · Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 2019 · Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
- 2018 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2016 · The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 2014 · Bucky as Miss Eversham
- 2014 · The IT Crowd Manual as Self
- 2013 · Bad Education: Christmas Special as Alfie's Mum
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Bernice
- 2006 · Brief Encounters as Jackie Knight
- 2005 · His Passionate Bride as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 2001 · The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
- 2000 · Shiner as Georgie
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1999 · Toy Boys as Mrs. Chambers
- 1998 · Tea as Woman
- 1998 · Just in Time as
- 1997 · A Royal Scandal as Lady Jersey
- 1995 · It Might Be You as Wendy
- 1994 · Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 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 · A Statement of Affairs as Pip
- 1993 · Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Miss Trumble
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 1991 · Hancock as Freddie Hancock
- 1991 · Secret Friends as Angela
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1989 · Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1988 · Duck as
- 1985 · White City as Alice
- 1984 · Hard Feelings as Viv
- 1983 · A Flame to the Phoenix as Wanda Grabinska
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Jill