Frances Barber
- Acting
- May 13, 1958 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
- The State of Us · Joan
- 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"
- Britain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow · Narrator
- 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, Doris Stokes
- The Spa · Ginny
- Father Brown · Davina Malmort
- May I Kill U? · Bernice
- Playhouse Presents · Bette Davis, Doris Stokes
- We'll Take Manhattan · Diana Vreeland
- Great Expectations · Mrs. Brandley
- Death in Paradise · Diana Watson
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip · Self
- 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
- Brief Encounters · Jackie Knight
- The Street
- The IT Crowd · Doctor Mendall
- Hotel Babylon
- Funland · Connie Woolf
- Dead Fish · S & M Prostitute
- Goal! · Carol Harmison
- Doctor Who · Madame Kovarian, 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
- The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream · Thanks
- Love in a Cold Climate · The Bolter