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
- 2025 · The Secret Santa Project as Carol
- 2024 · Hamlet as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
- 2023 · Dreamland as Cheryl
- 2022 · The Chelsea Detective as Olivia Arnold
- 2021 · Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Self
- 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
- 2018 · The Queen and I as Princess Margaret
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Princess
- 2018 · McKellen: Playing the Part as
- 2018 · The Escape as Alison
- 2017 · Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool as Joy
- 2017 · The Bookshop as Jessie Welford
- 2017 · Summer Comedy Shorts as Mum
- 2016 · The Chosen as Natalia Sedova
- 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
- 2014 · The IT Crowd Manual as Self
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 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
- 2012 · We'll Take Manhattan as Diana Vreeland
- 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 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money as Dinner Guest
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Miss Prentice
- 2008 · King Lear as Goneril
- 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 · Dead Fish as S & M Prostitute
- 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 · Boudica as Agrippina
- 2003 · Listening as Woman
- 2003 · Monkey Dust as (voice)
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · The Red Siren as Eva
- 2001 · Superstition as Isabella Flores
- 2001 · Love in a Cold Climate as The Bolter
- 2000 · Esther Kahn as Rivka Kahn
- 2000 · Shiner as Georgie
- 1999 · The Escort as Jessica
- 1999 · Bremner, Bird and Fortune as
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1999 · Plastic Man as Louise Ferman
- 1999 · Gimme Gimme Gimme as Janine
- 1998 · Still Crazy as Lady in Black
- 1997 · A Royal Scandal as Lady Jersey
- 1997 · Photographing Fairies as Beatrice Templeton
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · The Ice House as Diana Goode
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Ingrid Lockston
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Constance Fielding
- 1996 · Rhodes as Princess Catherine Radziwill
- 1996 · Dalziel and Pascoe as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- 1995 · 3 Steps to Heaven as Andrea Wallis
- 1994 · Giorgino as Marie
- 1994 · Space Precinct as Erika Brandt
- 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Sally Denton
- 1993 · Chef as Anita Lawrence
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as
- 1992 · The Leaving of Liverpool as Ellen, Lil's Mother
- 1991 · The Storyteller: Greek Myths as Medusa
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Gloria Twigge
- 1991 · Hancock as Freddie Hancock
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Ann
- 1991 · The Orchid House as Joan
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Helga Bauer
- 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 · We Think the World of You as Megan
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Genny
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Winnie Verloc
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rosie
- 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears as Leonie Orton
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Nicole Burgess
- 1986 · Casualty as Nancy
- 1986 · Castaway as Sister Saint Winifred
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Venus de Milo
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jenny Coldfield
- 1985 · Screen Two as Karen
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mother
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Dagmara
- 1983 · Acceptable Levels as Jill
- 1982 · The Missionary as Mission Girl
- 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
- Future · The State of Us as Joan
- 2026 · MUSIK as
- 2026 · A Hand to Hold as Moira
- 2025 · The People Before as
- 2022 · A Bird Flew In as Marie
- 2021 · A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint as Mrs Ambrigail
- 2019 · Let's Talk About Sex as Narrator
- 2018 · An Ideal Husband as Mrs. Cheveley
- 2014 · Bucky as Miss Eversham
- 2013 · Bad Education: Christmas Special as Alfie's Mum
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Bernice
- 2009 · The Fattest Man in Britain as Janice
- 2005 · His Passionate Bride as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Miss Piggy (voice)
- 2003 · Flyfishing as Frances
- 2002 · Having It Off as
- 2001 · The Gentleman Thief as Julia Sinclair
- 1999 · Toy Boys as Mrs. Chambers
- 1998 · Just in Time as
- 1998 · Tea as Woman
- 1996 · Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs as Annie Shepherd
- 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
- 1994 · Scarborough Ahoy! as Maria
- 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
- 1991 · Secret Friends as Angela
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Jenny
- 1990 · The Grasscutter as Claire Deeds
- 1989 · Separate Bedrooms as Gert
- 1988 · Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Viola / Cesario
- 1988 · Duck as
- 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
- 1982 · Home Sweet Home as Melody
- 1967 · Omnibus as
- Future · From London with Love as