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