Frances Barber
3.6Acting

Frances Barber

May 13, 1958 - Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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).

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Cast

Media
Movie1998Still CrazyLady in Black
Movie2014The IT Crowd ManualSelf
Movie1991Young Soul RebelsAnn
Movie1985A Zed & Two NoughtsVenus de Milo
Movie2005Goal!Carol Harmison
Movie2007Goal II: Living the DreamCarol Harmison
Movie1987Prick Up Your EarsLeonie Orton
Movie2009The Fattest Man in BritainJanice
Movie2000ShinerGeorgie
Movie1987Sammy and Rosie Get LaidRosie
Movie1994Fish TaleHelen Wormsley
Movie2021A Ghost Story for Christmas: The MezzotintMrs Ambrigail
Movie2008King LearGoneril
Movie2005Dead FishS & M Prostitute
Movie1999The EscortJessica
Movie1990The Grasscutter
Movie1994GiorginoMarie
Movie1994Deep in My Heart - Germaine and BenjaminAnna Lindsay
Movie19953 Steps to HeavenAndrea Wallis
Movie1991Secret FriendsAngela
Movie2013May I Kill U?Bernice
Movie1995Aristophanes: The Gods Are LaughingAdonia
Movie2001SuperstitionIsabella Flores
Movie1989Separate BedroomsGert
Movie1994In The Cold Light Of DayMother
Movie2003FlyfishingFrances
Movie1985White CityAlice
Movie1998Just in Time
Movie1988Twelfth Night, or What You WillViola / Cesario
Movie2002The Red SirenEva
Movie1997Photographing FairiesBeatrice Templeton
Movie1995Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old TownSally Denton
Movie2024HamletFirst Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Movie1986CastawaySister Saint Winifred
Movie1998TeaWoman
Movie1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderMiss Trumble
Movie1982Home Sweet HomeMelody
Movie1991Do Not Disturb
Movie1991HancockFreddie Hancock
Movie2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of SquirrelHerself
Movie2004EvilenkoFenja Evilenka
Movie2014BuckyMiss Eversham
Movie1992The Leaving of LiverpoolEllen, Lil's Mother
Movie2015Mr. HolmesMatinee "Madame Schirmer"
Movie1982The MissionaryMission Girl
Movie2012We'll Take ManhattanDiana Vreeland
Movie1999Plastic ManLouise Ferman
Movie1997A Royal ScandalLady Jersey
Movie2013Muse of FireSelf
Movie1988We Think the World of YouMegan
Movie2018Blue IguanaPrincess
Movie2016The ChosenNatalia Sedova
Movie2017Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolJoy
Movie2018The EscapeAlison
Movie2017The BookshopJessie Welford
Movie1983A Flame to the PhoenixWanda Grabinska
Movie2018McKellen: Playing the Part
Movie2018An Ideal HusbandMrs. Cheveley
Movie2000Esther KahnRivka Kahn
Movie2018The Queen and IPrincess Margaret
Movie1983Acceptable LevelsJill
Movie2005His Passionate BrideNarrator (voice)
Movie1983Those Glory Glory DaysWoman
Movie1994Scarborough Ahoy!Maria
Movie2019Trick or TreatMiss Ferguson
Movie2004The Legend of the Tamworth TwoMiss Piggy (voice)
Movie1993A Statement of AffairsPip
Movie1994Return to Blood RiverKaren
Movie1999Toy BoysMrs. Chambers
Movie2022A Bird Flew InMarie
Movie1984Hard FeelingsViv
Movie2003ListeningWoman
Movie1988Duck
Movie2001The Gentleman ThiefJulia Sinclair
Movie2025The People Before
TV Show2003Monkey Dust18
TV Show2011Death in ParadiseDiana Watson1
TV Show2008Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly MoneyDinner Guest1
TV Show1996Dalziel & Pascoe1
TV Show1987Inspector MorseNicole Burgess1
TV Show1994Space PrecinctErika Brandt1
TV Show2019Let's Talk About SexNarrator3
TV Show2013PsychobitchesVarious Roles11
TV Show1999Bremner, Bird and Fortune89
TV Show2009Law & Order: UK1
TV Show2002Having It Off6
TV Show1988Red DwarfGenny1
TV Show1997Trial & Retribution2
TV Show2021Whitstable PearlDolly Nolan18
TV Show2004New Tricks1
TV Show2005Funland11
TV Show2002Celeb6
TV Show1989Behaving Badly4
TV Show2006The Street1
TV Show1996RhodesPrincess Catherine Radziwill8
TV Show1992The Leaving of Liverpool2
TV Show2005Doctor WhoMadame Kovarian3
TV Show1970Play for TodayMelody1
TV Show1982TimewatchAnnie Besant1
TV Show2014Inside No. 9Lesley1
TV Show2005Doctor WhoEye Patch Lady3
TV Show2010VexedPat Poynter1
TV Show2013Father BrownDavina Malmort1
TV Show1991The Orchid HouseJoan4
TV Show2008Beautiful PeopleMiss Prentice1
TV Show1993ChefAnita Lawrence1
TV Show2011Friday Night DinnerSheila Bloom1
TV Show1999Gimme Gimme GimmeJanine1
TV Show2006Hotel Babylon1
TV Show2004HustleClarissa1
TV Show2007BenidormDaisy1
TV Show1991Murder Most HorridGloria Twigge1
TV Show1993Rik Mayall PresentsSally Denton1
TV Show2006The IT CrowdDoctor Mendall1
TV Show1997RubySelf2
TV Show2011Great ExpectationsMrs. Brandley2
TV Show1978An Audience with...Self1
TV Show2010Pete versus Life1
TV Show1989The Nightmare YearsHelga Bauer4
TV Show1986CasualtyNancy1
TV Show2022The Chelsea DetectiveOlivia Arnold5
TV Show2010The NativityElizabeth4
TV Show2004Agatha Christie's MarpleLizzie Hinchcliffe1
TV Show1989Agatha Christie's PoirotLady Millicent1
TV Show1997The Ice HouseDiana Goode2
TV Show2001Love in a Cold ClimateThe Bolter2
TV Show2014Mapp and LuciaAmelia, Contessa di Faraglione3
TV Show1997Midsomer MurdersIngrid Lockston1
TV Show2011SilkCaroline Warwick12
TV Show2019Queens of MysteryViv Collins1
TV Show2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant1
TV Show2013The SpaVirginia (Ginny) Trench8
TV Show1999Plastic ManLouise Ferman2
TV Show1997Midsomer MurdersConstance Fielding1
TV Show2023DreamlandCheryl6
TV Show1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersWinnie Verloc1
TV Show2016The RebelAngela2
TV Show1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesDagmara3
TV Show1991The Storyteller: Greek MythsMedusa1
TV Show1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMerlina Rival1

Crew

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