Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Acting

Birthday

1958/05/13 (66 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Also know 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).

Acting
Still Crazy
6.7

(1998) Still Crazy

as Lady in Black

The IT Crowd Manual
8.4

(2014) The IT Crowd Manual

as Self

Young Soul Rebels
5.0

(1991) Young Soul Rebels

as Ann

A Zed & Two Noughts
7.0

(1985) A Zed & Two Noughts

as Venus de Milo

Goal!
6.8

(2005) Goal!

as Carol Harmison

Goal II: Living the Dream
6.0

(2007) Goal II: Living the Dream

as Carol Harmison

Prick Up Your Ears
6.7

(1987) Prick Up Your Ears

as Leonie Orton

The Fattest Man in Britain
5.9

(2009) The Fattest Man in Britain

as Janice

Shiner
5.6

(2000) Shiner

as Georgie

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
5.8

(1987) Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

as Rosie

0.0

(1994) Fish Tale

as Helen Wormsley

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
6.9

(2021) A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint

as Mrs Ambrigail

King Lear
6.7

(2008) King Lear

as Goneril

Dead Fish
5.5

(2005) Dead Fish

as S & M Prostitute

Mauvaise passe
5.3

(1999) The Escort

as Jessica

The Grasscutter
5.0

(1990) The Grasscutter

as ---

Giorgino
6.6

(1994) Giorgino

as Marie

Du fond du cœur
0.0

(1994) Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

as Anna Lindsay

3 Steps to Heaven
2.5

(1995) 3 Steps to Heaven

as Andrea Wallis

Secret Friends
3.9

(1991) Secret Friends

as Angela

May I Kill U?
4.6

(2013) May I Kill U?

as Bernice

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
0.0

(1995) Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

as Adonia

Superstition
5.2

(2001) Superstition

as Isabella Flores

Chambre à part
5.2

(1989) Separate Bedrooms

as Gert

In The Cold Light Of Day
0.0

(1994) In The Cold Light Of Day

as Mother

Flyfishing
4.0

(2003) Flyfishing

as Frances

White City
0.0

(1985) White City

as Alice

0.0

(1998) Just in Time

as ---

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
6.9

(1988) Twelfth Night, or What You Will

as Viola / Cesario

La sirène rouge
5.2

(2002) The Red Siren

as Eva

Photographing Fairies
5.7

(1997) Photographing Fairies

as Beatrice Templeton

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
0.0

(1995) Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town

as Sally Denton

Hamlet
7.8

(2024) Hamlet

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

Castaway
6.3

(1986) Castaway

as Sister Saint Winifred

Tea
0.0

(1998) Tea

as Woman

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
6.2

(1993) Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Miss Trumble

Home Sweet Home
6.3

(1982) Home Sweet Home

as Melody

0.0

(1991) Do Not Disturb

as ---

Hancock
0.0

(1991) Hancock

as Freddie Hancock

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
7.8

(2021) Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

as Herself

Evilenko
5.7

(2004) Evilenko

as Fenja Evilenka

0.0

(2014) Bucky

as Miss Eversham

The Leaving of Liverpool
6.0

(1992) The Leaving of Liverpool

as Ellen, Lil's Mother

Mr. Holmes
6.5

(2015) Mr. Holmes

as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

The Missionary
5.6

(1982) The Missionary

as Mission Girl

We'll Take Manhattan
5.7

(2012) We'll Take Manhattan

as Diana Vreeland

1.0

(1999) Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman

A Royal Scandal
7.0

(1997) A Royal Scandal

as Lady Jersey

Muse of Fire
6.5

(2013) Muse of Fire

as Self

We Think the World of You
6.7

(1988) We Think the World of You

as Megan

Blue Iguana
5.7

(2018) Blue Iguana

as Princess

El elegido
5.8

(2016) The Chosen

as Natalia Sedova

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
6.4

(2017) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

as Joy

The Escape
5.6

(2018) The Escape

as Alison

La librería
6.5

(2017) The Bookshop

as Jessie

A Flame to the Phoenix
0.0

(1983) A Flame to the Phoenix

as Wanda Grabinska

McKellen: Playing the Part
7.2

(2018) McKellen: Playing the Part

as ---

An Ideal Husband
7.5

(2018) An Ideal Husband

as Mrs. Cheveley

Esther Kahn
6.0

(2000) Esther Kahn

as Rivka Kahn

The Queen and I
6.4

(2018) The Queen and I

as Princess Margaret

Acceptable Levels
0.0

(1983) Acceptable Levels

as Jill

His Passionate Bride
7.0

(2005) His Passionate Bride

as Narrator (voice)

Those Glory Glory Days
4.6

(1983) Those Glory Glory Days

as Woman

Scarborough Ahoy!
7.0

(1994) Scarborough Ahoy!

as Maria

Trick or Treat
2.3

(2019) Trick or Treat

as Miss Ferguson

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
3.0

(2004) The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Miss Piggy (voice)

0.0

(1993) A Statement of Affairs

as Pip

Return to Blood River
0.0

(1994) Return to Blood River

as Karen

0.0

(1999) Toy Boys

as Mrs. Chambers

A Bird Flew In
0.0

(2022) A Bird Flew In

as Marie

Hard Feelings
0.0

(1984) Hard Feelings

as Viv

7.3

(2003) Listening

as Woman

0.0

(1988) Duck

as ---

The Gentleman Thief
0.0

(2001) The Gentleman Thief

as Julia Sinclair

Monkey Dust
8.1

(2003) Monkey Dust

as ---

Death in Paradise
7.4

(2011) Death in Paradise

as Diana Watson

0.0

(2008) Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money

as Dinner Guest

Dalziel & Pascoe
6.4

(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe

as ---

Inspector Morse
7.8

(1987) Inspector Morse

as Nicole Burgess

Space Precinct
5.7

(1994) Space Precinct

as ---

Let's Talk About Sex
10.0

(2019) Let's Talk About Sex

as Narrator

Psychobitches
6.8

(2013) Psychobitches

as Various Roles

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
6.0

(1999) Bremner, Bird and Fortune

as ---

Law & Order: UK
6.8

(2009) Law & Order: UK

as ---

0.0

(2002) Having It Off

as ---

Red Dwarf
8.1

(1988) Red Dwarf

as Genny

Trial & Retribution
6.5

(1997) Trial & Retribution

as ---

Whitstable Pearl
6.5

(2021) Whitstable Pearl

as Dolly Nolan

New Tricks
7.4

(2004) New Tricks

as ---

Funland
6.4

(2005) Funland

as ---

0.0

(2002) Celeb

as ---

Behaving Badly
3.0

(1989) Behaving Badly

as ---

The Street
7.6

(2006) The Street

as ---

Rhodes
0.0

(1996) Rhodes

as Princess Catherine Radziwill

The Leaving of Liverpool
6.8

(1992) The Leaving of Liverpool

as ---

Doctor Who
7.5

(2005) Doctor Who

as Madame Kovarian

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Melody

Timewatch
6.9

(1982) Timewatch

as Annie Besant

Inside No. 9
8.0

(2014) Inside No. 9

as Lesley

Doctor Who
7.5

(2005) Doctor Who

as Eye Patch Lady

Vexed
6.9

(2010) Vexed

as Pat Poynter

Father Brown
7.5

(2013) Father Brown

as Davina Malmort

The Orchid House
5.5

(1991) The Orchid House

as Joan

Bad Education
7.0

(2012) Bad Education

as Alfie's Mum

Beautiful People
7.3

(2008) Beautiful People

as Miss Prentice

Chef
7.7

(1993) Chef

as Anita Lawrence

Friday Night Dinner
7.8

(2011) Friday Night Dinner

as Sheila Bloom

Gimme Gimme Gimme
7.0

(1999) Gimme Gimme Gimme

as Janine

Hotel Babylon
7.2

(2006) Hotel Babylon

as ---

Hustle
7.6

(2004) Hustle

as Clarissa

Benidorm
7.5

(2007) Benidorm

as Daisy

Murder Most Horrid
6.6

(1991) Murder Most Horrid

as Gloria Twigge

Rik Mayall Presents
7.3

(1993) Rik Mayall Presents

as Sally Denton

The IT Crowd
8.1

(2006) The IT Crowd

as Doctor Mendall

0.0

(1997) Ruby

as Self

Great Expectations
7.2

(2011) Great Expectations

as Mrs. Brandley

An Audience with...
5.3

(1978) An Audience with...

as Self

Pete versus Life
6.7

(2010) Pete versus Life

as ---

The Nightmare Years
5.0

(1989) The Nightmare Years

as Helga Bauer

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Nancy

The Chelsea Detective
6.4

(2022) The Chelsea Detective

as Olivia Arnold

The Nativity
8.8

(2010) The Nativity

as Elizabeth

Agatha Christie's Marple
7.6

(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lizzie Hinchcliffe

Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.1

(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lady Millicent

The Ice House
6.4

(1997) The Ice House

as Diana Goode

Love in a Cold Climate
7.8

(2001) Love in a Cold Climate

as The Bolter

Mapp and Lucia
6.7

(2014) Mapp and Lucia

as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione

Midsomer Murders
7.5

(1997) Midsomer Murders

as Ingrid Lockston

Silk
7.6

(2011) Silk

as Caroline Warwick

Queens of Mystery
7.0

(2019) Queens of Mystery

as Viv Collins

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
5.0

(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

The Spa
6.0

(2013) The Spa

as Virginia (Ginny) Trench

Plastic Man
0.0

(1999) Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman

Midsomer Murders
7.5

(1997) Midsomer Murders

as Constance Fielding

Dreamland
6.9

(2023) Dreamland

as Cheryl

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
0.0

(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Winnie Verloc

The Rebel
7.5

(2016) The Rebel

as Angela

Reilly: Ace of Spies
7.0

(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Dagmara

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
8.1

(1991) The Storyteller: Greek Myths

as Medusa

The IT Crowd
8.1

(2006) The IT Crowd

as Herself

Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.1

(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Merlina Rival