Portrait of Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Acting

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).

Born: May 13, 1958

Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Filmography

2024
Hamlet

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

2023
Dreamland

as Cheryl

2022
2022
The Chelsea Detective

as Olivia Arnold

2021
Whitstable Pearl

as Dolly Nolan

2019
Trick or Treat

as Miss Ferguson

2019
Queens of Mystery

as Viv Collins

2019
2018
The Queen and I

as Princess Margaret

2018
Blue Iguana

as Princess

2018
An Ideal Husband

as Mrs. Cheveley

2018
The Escape

as Alison

2017
The Bookshop

as Jessie Welford

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

2013
2013
Psychobitches

as Various Roles

2013
The Spa

as Virginia (Ginny) Trench

2013
Father Brown

as Davina Malmort

2013
May I Kill U?

as Bernice

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

2010
The Nativity

as Elizabeth

2010
Vexed

as Pat Poynter

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 IT Crowd

as Doctor Mendall

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

2005
His Passionate Bride

as Narrator (voice)

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lizzie Hinchcliffe

2004
Evilenko

as Fenja Evilenka

2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Miss Piggy (voice)

2004
Hustle

as Clarissa

2003
Boudica

as Agrippina

2003
Monkey Dust

as (voice)

2003
Flyfishing

as Frances

2002
2001
Superstition

as Isabella Flores

2001
The Gentleman Thief

as Julia Sinclair

2001
2000
Esther Kahn

as Rivka Kahn

2000
Shiner

as Georgie

1999
The Escort

as Jessica

1999
Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman

1999
Toy Boys

as Mrs. Chambers

1999
1998
Still Crazy

as Lady in Black

1998
Tea

as Woman

1997
A Royal Scandal

as Lady Jersey

1997
Photographing Fairies

as Beatrice Templeton

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

1995
3 Steps to Heaven

as Andrea Wallis

1994
1994
Giorgino

as Marie

1994
Space Precinct

as Erika Brandt

1993
Rik Mayall Presents

as Sally Denton

1993
Chef

as Anita Lawrence

1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Miss Trumble

1992
The Leaving of Liverpool

as Ellen, Lil's Mother

1991
Murder Most Horrid

as Gloria Twigge

1991
Hancock

as Freddie Hancock

1991
1991
1990
The Grasscutter

as Claire Deeds

1989
The Nightmare Years

as Helga Bauer

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lady Millicent

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Merlina Rival

1988
1988
Red Dwarf

as Genny

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
White City

as Alice

1984
1983
A Flame to the Phoenix

as Wanda Grabinska

1983
1982
The Missionary

as Mission Girl

1982
Timewatch

as Annie Besant

1982
1971
1970