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
- 2026 · The State of Us as Joan
- 2026 · MUSIK as
- 2026 · A Hand to Hold as Moira
- 2025 · The Secret Santa Project as Carol
- 2024 · Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 2019 · Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
- 2019 · Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
- 2018 · The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 2018 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as
- 2018 · The Escape as Alison
- 2016 · The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 2016 · The Rebel as Angela
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
- 2012 · We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 2010 · The Nativity as Elizabeth
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2003 · Boudica as Agrippina
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 2001 · Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 2000 · Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
- 2000 · Shiner as Georgie
- 1999 · The Escort as Jessica
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1998 · Real Women as Anna Nicholls
- 1996 · Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 1996 · Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 1994 · Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1991 · Secret Friends as Angela
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 1989 · Behaving Badly as
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 1986 · Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1982 · The Missionary as Mission Girl
- Future · From London with Love as
- 2025 · The People Before as
- 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 Self
- 2021 · Whitstable Pearl as Dolly Nolan
- 2020 · Semi-Detached as Patricia
- 2019 · Queens of Mystery as Viv Collins
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2017 · Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
- 2017 · The Bookshop as Jessie Welford
- 2017 · Summer Comedy Shorts as Mum
- 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- 2015 · Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow as Narrator
- 2014 · Bucky as Miss Eversham
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Lesley
- 2014 · The IT Crowd Manual as Self
- 2013 · Bad Education: Christmas Special as Alfie's Mum
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 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
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Bernice
- 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 · 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 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Funland as Connie Woolf
- 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 · Monkey Dust as (voice)
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2001 · The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
- 2001 · Love in a Cold Climate as The Bolter
- 1999 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune as
- 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 · 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 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 1995 · It Might Be You as Wendy
- 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
- 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 · Thatcherworld as Penny Jenkins
- 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
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Gloria Twigge
- 1991 · Hancock as Freddie Hancock
- 1989 · Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1989 · Screen One as Freddie Hancock
- 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 · 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
- 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 · 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
- 1967 · Omnibus as