Frances Barber
Known for Acting · 154 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 (69)
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
Play for Today
1970
as Melody
Casualty
1986
as Nancy
Father Brown
2013
as Davina Malmort
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
Screen Two
1985
as Jenny Coldfield / Karen / Mother
Omnibus
1967
New Tricks
2004
Hustle
2004
as Clarissa
Inspector Morse
1987
as Nicole Burgess
The IT Crowd
2006
as Doctor Mendall
Silk
2011
as Caroline Warwick QC
Red Dwarf
1988
as Genny
Benidorm
2007
as Daisy
Inside No. 9
2014
as Lesley
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
Law & Order: UK
2009
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Olivia Arnold
Timewatch
1982
as Annie Besant
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Dagmara
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Gloria Twigge
Space Precinct
1994
as Erika Brandt
Screen One
1989
as Freddie Hancock
Hotel Babylon
2006
Friday Night Dinner
2011
as Sheila Bloom
Whitstable Pearl
2021
as Dolly Nolan
Psychobitches
2013
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind / Josephine-Joseph / Barbara Cartland
Great Expectations
2011
as Mrs. Brandley
Ruby
1997
as Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mrs Ambrigail
Funland
2005
as Connie Woolf
Queens of Mystery
2019
as Viv Collins
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
Beautiful People
2008
as Miss Prentice
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Winnie Verloc
The Spa
2013
as Ginny
Vexed
2010
as Pat Poynter
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
as Janine
Semi-Detached
2020
as Patricia
Monkey Dust
2003
as (voice)
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medusa
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Sally Denton
Dreamland
2023
as Cheryl
Chef
1993
as Anita Lawrence
Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator
Summer Comedy Shorts
2017
as Mum
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
Celeb
2002
The Nativity
2010
as Elizabeth
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as The Bolter
The Ice House
1997
as Diana Goode
The Street
2006
Pete versus Life
2010
The Rebel
2016
as Angela
Movies (85)
The Bookshop
2017
as Jessie Welford
Goal!
2005
as Carol Harmison
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
as Carol Harmison
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Superstition
2001
as Isabella Flores
King Lear
2008
as Goneril
Evilenko
2004
as Fenja Evilenka
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Diana Vreeland
Castaway
1986
as Sister Saint Winifred
A Hand to Hold
2026
as Moira
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Joy
Giorgino
1994
as Marie
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Red Siren
2002
as Eva
The Missionary
1982
as Mission Girl
The Escort
1999
as Jessica
A Bird Flew In
2022
as Marie
The State of Us
as Joan
Blue Iguana
2018
as Princess
Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
as Alfie's Mum
McKellen: Playing the Part
2018
Photographing Fairies
1997
as Beatrice Templeton
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rosie
Thatcherworld
1993
as Penny Jenkins
The Secret Santa Project
2025
as Carol
Scarborough Ahoy!
1994
as Maria
Boudica
2003
as Agrippina
MUSIK
2026
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Leonie Orton
An Ideal Husband
2018
as Mrs. Cheveley
Still Crazy
1998
as Lady in Black
Home Sweet Home
1982
as Melody
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as Woman
The Escape
2018
as Alison
His Passionate Bride
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Queen and I
2018
as Princess Margaret
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self
Esther Kahn
2000
as Rivka Kahn
Listening
2003
as Woman
Dead Fish
2005
as S & M Prostitute
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Viola / Cesario
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Jenny
We Think the World of You
1988
as Megan
Trick or Treat
2019
as Miss Ferguson
3 Steps to Heaven
1995
as Andrea Wallis
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
as Annie Shepherd
Hard Feelings
1984
as Viv
The Chosen
2016
as Natalia Sedova
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Julia Sinclair
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Miss Trumble
It Might Be You
1995
as Wendy
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Mother
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Venus de Milo
From London with Love
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Miss Piggy (voice)
Secret Friends
1991
as Angela
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
as Adonia
Duck
1988
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
The Grasscutter
1990
as Claire Deeds
Hamlet
2024
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
May I Kill U?
2013
as Bernice
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Pip
Return to Blood River
1994
as Karen
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Sally Denton
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
as Janice
A Royal Scandal
1997
as Lady Jersey
A Flame to the Phoenix
1983
as Wanda Grabinska
Plastic Man
1999
as Louise Ferman
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
as Self
Young Soul Rebels
1991
as Ann
Shiner
2000
as Georgie
The People Before
2025
Acceptable Levels
1983
as Jill
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
as Anna Lindsay
White City
1985
as Alice
Separate Bedrooms
1989
as Gert
Bucky
2014
as Miss Eversham
Hancock
1991
as Freddie Hancock
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
as Mrs Ambrigail
Toy Boys
1999
as Mrs. Chambers
Tea
1998
as Woman
Flyfishing
2003
as Frances
Just in Time
1998
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 154 credits spanning from 1967 to 2026, Frances Barber has appeared in 85 films and 69 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frances Barber Movies
- The Bookshop (2017) — as Jessie Welford
- Goal! (2005) — as Carol Harmison
- Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) — as Carol Harmison
- Mr. Holmes (2015) — as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- Superstition (2001) — as Isabella Flores
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