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 · 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
- 2022 · A Bird Flew In as Marie
- 2021 · Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 2019 · Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
- 2019 · Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as
- 2018 · The Escape as Alison
- 2016 · The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 2012 · We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 2010 · Pete versus Life as
- 2008 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2005 · Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
- 2004 · The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 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
- 1997 · Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
- 1996 · Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 1995 · Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing as Adonia
- 1995 · Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Sally Denton
- 1994 · Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 1989 · Behaving Badly as
- 1988 · We Think the World of You as Megan
- 1988 · Duck as
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 1986 · Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
- Future · The State of Us as Joan
- 2025 · The People Before as
- 2023 · Dreamland as Cheryl
- 2022 · The Chelsea Detective as Olivia Arnold
- 2021 · A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2021 · Whitstable Pearl as Dolly Nolan
- 2020 · Semi-Detached as Patricia
- 2019 · Queens of Mystery as Viv Collins
- 2018 · The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2018 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 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 · 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 · The Nativity as Elizabeth
- 2010 · Vexed as Pat Poynter
- 2009 · The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as
- 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 · 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 · Hustle as Clarissa
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Boudica as Agrippina
- 2003 · Monkey Dust as (voice)
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 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 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · The Ice House as Diana Goode
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Ingrid Lockston
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Constance Fielding
- 1996 · Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 1995 · It Might Be You as Wendy
- 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
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1991 · Secret Friends as Angela
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1988 · Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
- Future · From London with Love as
- 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 · Red Dwarf as Genny
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Winnie Verloc
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Nicole Burgess
- 1986 · Casualty as Nancy
- 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 · 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
- 1967 · Omnibus as