Frances Barber
Known for Acting · 151 credits
- Born
- 1958-05-13 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- فرانسس باربر
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).
Known For
TV Shows (68)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ingrid Lockston / Constance Fielding
Doctor Who
2005
as Madame Kovarian / Eye Patch Lady
Death in Paradise
2011
as Diana Watson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Millicent / Merlina Rival
Casualty
1986
as Nancy
Play for Today
1970
as Melody
Father Brown
2013
as Davina Malmort
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Omnibus
1967
Red Dwarf
1988
as Genny
Hustle
2004
as Clarissa
New Tricks
2004
Inspector Morse
1987
as Nicole Burgess
Inside No. 9
2014
as Lesley
Screen Two
1985
as Jenny Coldfield / Karen / Mother
Benidorm
2007
as Daisy
The IT Crowd
2006
as Doctor Mendall
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Silk
2011
as Caroline Warwick QC
Law & Order: UK
2009
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Olivia Arnold
Timewatch
1982
as Annie Besant
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Gloria Twigge
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Hotel Babylon
2006
Space Precinct
1994
as Erika Brandt
Whitstable Pearl
2021
as Dolly Nolan
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Dagmara
The Street
2006
Screen One
1989
as Freddie Hancock
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mrs Ambrigail
Friday Night Dinner
2011
as Sheila Bloom
Great Expectations
2011
as Mrs. Brandley
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Winnie Verloc
Chef
1993
as Anita Lawrence
Funland
2005
as Connie Woolf
Psychobitches
2013
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind / Josephine-Joseph / Barbara Cartland
Vexed
2010
as Pat Poynter
Ruby
1997
as Self
Beautiful People
2008
as Miss Prentice
Queens of Mystery
2019
as Viv Collins
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Sally Denton
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
as Janine
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medusa
Monkey Dust
2003
as (voice)
The Spa
2013
as Ginny
Semi-Detached
2020
as Patricia
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as The Bolter
Pete versus Life
2010
Dreamland
2023
as Cheryl
Behaving Badly
1989
The Ice House
1997
as Diana Goode
The Nativity
2010
as Elizabeth
The Rebel
2016
as Angela
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
Rhodes
1996
as Princess Catherine Radziwill
Movies (83)
Goal!
2005
as Carol Harmison
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
as Carol Harmison
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Joy
Still Crazy
1998
as Lady in Black
The Bookshop
2017
as Jessie Welford
The Missionary
1982
as Mission Girl
Castaway
1986
as Sister Saint Winifred
Blue Iguana
2018
as Princess
Hamlet
2024
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Listening
2003
as Woman
Shiner
2000
as Georgie
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Evilenko
2004
as Fenja Evilenka
The Escort
1999
as Jessica
Dead Fish
2005
as S & M Prostitute
We Think the World of You
1988
as Megan
Esther Kahn
2000
as Rivka Kahn
Boudica
2003
as Agrippina
King Lear
2008
as Goneril
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Venus de Milo
Photographing Fairies
1997
as Beatrice Templeton
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Leonie Orton
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
as Self
Young Soul Rebels
1991
as Ann
The Secret Santa Project
2025
as Carol
3 Steps to Heaven
1995
as Andrea Wallis
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Viola / Cesario
The Chosen
2016
as Natalia Sedova
Hancock
1991
as Freddie Hancock
The Red Siren
2002
as Eva
The Escape
2018
as Alison
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Miss Piggy (voice)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
as Mrs Ambrigail
Superstition
2001
as Isabella Flores
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Diana Vreeland
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
Plastic Man
1999
as Louise Ferman
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
Flyfishing
2003
as Frances
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as Woman
Secret Friends
1991
as Angela
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Jenny
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self
Giorgino
1994
as Marie
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Miss Trumble
The Queen and I
2018
as Princess Margaret
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rosie
Home Sweet Home
1982
as Melody
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
as Janice
Trick or Treat
2019
as Miss Ferguson
A Royal Scandal
1997
as Lady Jersey
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Julia Sinclair
Separate Bedrooms
1989
as Gert
An Ideal Husband
2018
as Mrs. Cheveley
MUSIK
2026
A Hand to Hold
2026
as Moira
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
as Adonia
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Sally Denton
The Grasscutter
1990
as Claire Deeds
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Pip
A Bird Flew In
2022
as Marie
Bucky
2014
as Miss Eversham
Just in Time
1998
Acceptable Levels
1983
as Jill
The People Before
2025
A Flame to the Phoenix
1983
as Wanda Grabinska
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Mother
Toy Boys
1999
as Mrs. Chambers
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
as Annie Shepherd
His Passionate Bride
2005
as Narrator (voice)
White City
1985
as Alice
May I Kill U?
2013
as Bernice
Hard Feelings
1984
as Viv
Scarborough Ahoy!
1994
as Maria
From London with Love
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
as Anna Lindsay
Duck
1988
Tea
1998
as Woman
Return to Blood River
1994
as Karen
Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
as Alfie's Mum
The State of Us
as Joan
Fish Tale
1994
as Helen Wormsley
About Frances Barber
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 (201… With 151 credits spanning from 1967 to 2026, Frances Barber has appeared in 83 films and 68 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frances Barber Movies
- Goal! (2005) — as Carol Harmison
- Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) — as Carol Harmison
- Mr. Holmes (2015) — as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) — as Joy
- Still Crazy (1998) — as Lady in Black
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