Frances Barber
May 13, 1958 (68 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · MUSIK as
- 2026 · A Hand to Hold as Moira
- 2025 · The Secret Santa Project as Carol
- 2023 · Dreamland as Cheryl
- 2022 · A Bird Flew In as Marie
- 2022 · The Chelsea Detective as Olivia Arnold
- 2021 · Whitstable Pearl as Dolly Nolan
- 2020 · Semi-Detached as Patricia
- 2019 · Trick or Treat as Miss Ferguson
- 2019 · Queens of Mystery as Viv Collins
- 2019 · Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2017 · Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
- 2017 · The Bookshop as Jessie Welford
- 2017 · Summer Comedy Shorts as Mum
- 2016 · The Rebel as Angela
- 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Lesley
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Bette Davis
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Doris Stokes
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Catherine the Great
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Elizabeth I
- 2013 · Psychobitches as St Catherine
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Whistler's Mother
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Thora Hind
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Josephine-Joseph
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Barbara Cartland
- 2013 · The Spa as Ginny
- 2013 · Father Brown as Davina Malmort
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Bette Davis
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Doris Stokes
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Catherine the Great
- 2011 · Great Expectations as Mrs. Brandley
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Diana Watson
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · Friday Night Dinner as Sheila Bloom
- 2011 · Silk as Caroline Warwick QC
- 2010 · The Nativity as Elizabeth
- 2010 · Vexed as Pat Poynter
- 2010 · Pete versus Life as
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Miss Prentice
- 2007 · Goal II: Living the Dream as Carol Harmison
- 2007 · Benidorm as Daisy
- 2006 · The Street as
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Doctor Mendall
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Funland as Connie Woolf
- 2005 · Goal! as Carol Harmison
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Madame Kovarian
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Eye Patch Lady
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
- 2004 · Evilenko as Fenja Evilenka
- 2004 · Hustle as Clarissa
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Monkey Dust as (voice)
- 2001 · Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 2001 · Love in a Cold Climate as The Bolter
- 1999 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune as
- 1999 · Gimme Gimme Gimme as Janine
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Lady in Black
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · The Ice House as Diana Goode
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Ingrid Lockston
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Constance Fielding
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Erika Brandt
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Sally Denton
- 1993 · Chef as Anita Lawrence
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Gloria Twigge
- 1989 · Screen One as Freddie Hancock
- 1989 · Behaving Badly as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lady Millicent
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Merlina Rival
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Genny
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Winnie Verloc
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Nicole Burgess
- 1986 · Casualty as Nancy
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jenny Coldfield
- 1985 · Screen Two as Karen
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mother
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Dagmara
- 1982 · Timewatch as Annie Besant
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as Mrs Ambrigail
- 1970 · Play for Today as Melody
- 1967 · Omnibus as
- Future · From London with Love as
- 2025 · The People Before as
- 2024 · Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 2021 · A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2021 · Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 2018 · The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 2018 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as
- 2018 · The Escape as Alison
- 2016 · The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 2014 · Bucky as Miss Eversham
- 2014 · The IT Crowd Manual as Self
- 2013 · Bad Education: Christmas Special as Alfie's Mum
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Bernice
- 2012 · We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 2009 · The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2008 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2008 · King Lear as Goneril
- 2005 · Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
- 2005 · His Passionate Bride as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2003 · Boudica as Agrippina
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 2001 · The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
- 2000 · Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
- 2000 · Shiner as Georgie
- 1999 · The Escort as Jessica
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1999 · Toy Boys as Mrs. Chambers
- 1998 · Just in Time as
- 1998 · Tea as Woman
- 1997 · A Royal Scandal as Lady Jersey
- 1997 · Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
- 1996 · Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 1996 · Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 1995 · It Might Be You as Wendy
- 1995 · Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing as Adonia
- 1995 · Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Sally Denton
- 1995 · 3 Steps to Heaven as Andrea Wallis
- 1994 · Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 1994 · Giorgino as Marie
- 1994 · Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin as Anna Lindsay
- 1994 · In The Cold Light Of Day as Mother
- 1994 · Return to Blood River as Karen
- 1994 · Fish Tale as Helen Wormsley
- 1993 · A Statement of Affairs as Pip
- 1993 · Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Miss Trumble
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 1991 · Hancock as Freddie Hancock
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1991 · Secret Friends as Angela
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1989 · Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 1988 · Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
- 1988 · We Think the World of You as Megan
- 1988 · Duck as
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1986 · Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
- 1985 · White City as Alice
- 1984 · Hard Feelings as Viv
- 1983 · A Flame to the Phoenix as Wanda Grabinska
- 1983 · Those Glory Glory Days as Woman
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Jill
- 1982 · The Missionary as Mission Girl
- 1982 · Home Sweet Home as Melody
- Future · The State of Us as Joan