Frances Barber
May 13, 1958 (66 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
- 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 as
- 2018 · The Escape as Alison
- 2017 · Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
- 2017 · The Bookshop as Jessie
- 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 · Bad Education as Alfie's Mum
- 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 as
- 2009 · The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as
- 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 as
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Doctor Mendall
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Herself
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Funland as
- 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 as
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2003 · Monkey Dust as
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 2001 · Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
- 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 as
- 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
- 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
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 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 as
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1990 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as
- 1989 · Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 1989 · Behaving Badly as
- 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 as
- 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
- 1970 · Play for Today as Melody