Frances Barber
Acting
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
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movieHamlet
2024
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
tvDreamland
2023
Cheryl
tvThe Chelsea Detective
2022
Olivia Arnold
movieA Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
Mrs Ambrigail
tvWhitstable Pearl
2021
Dolly Nolan
tvSemi-Detached
2020
Patricia
movieTrick or Treat
2019
Miss Ferguson
tvQueens of Mystery
2019
Viv Collins
tvLet's Talk About Sex
2019
Narrator
movieThe Queen and I
2018
Princess Margaret
movieBlue Iguana
2018
Princess
movieAn Ideal Husband
2018
Mrs. Cheveley
movieThe Escape
2018
Alison
movieThe Bookshop
2017
Jessie Welford
movieThe Chosen
2016
Natalia Sedova
tvThe Rebel
2016
Angela
movieMr. Holmes
2015
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
tvMapp and Lucia
2014
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
Bucky
2014
Miss Eversham
tvInside No. 9
2014
Lesley
movieBad Education: Christmas Special
2013
Alfie's Mum
tvPsychobitches
2013
Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind / Josephine-Joseph / Barbara Cartland
tvThe Spa
2013
Ginny
tvFather Brown
2013
Davina Malmort
movieMay I Kill U?
2013
Bernice
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012
Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great
movieWe'll Take Manhattan
2012
Diana Vreeland
tvGreat Expectations
2011
Mrs. Brandley
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Diana Watson
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
tvFriday Night Dinner
2011
Sheila Bloom
tvSilk
2011
Caroline Warwick QC
tvThe Nativity
2010
Elizabeth
tvVexed
2010
Pat Poynter
tvBeautiful People
2008
Miss Prentice
movieKing Lear
2008
Goneril
movieGoal II: Living the Dream
2007
Carol Harmison
tvBenidorm
2007
Daisy
tvThe IT Crowd
2006
Doctor Mendall
tvFunland
2005
Connie Woolf
movieDead Fish
2005
S & M Prostitute
movieGoal!
2005
Carol Harmison
tvDoctor Who
2005
Madame Kovarian / Eye Patch Lady
movieHis Passionate Bride
2005
Narrator (voice)
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
movieEvilenko
2004
Fenja Evilenka
movieThe Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Miss Piggy (voice)
tvHustle
2004
Clarissa
movieBoudica
2003
Agrippina
tvMonkey Dust
2003
(voice)
movieFlyfishing
2003
Frances
movieSuperstition
2001
Isabella Flores
movieThe Gentleman Thief
2001
Julia Sinclair
tvLove in a Cold Climate
2001
The Bolter
movieEsther Kahn
2000
Rivka Kahn
movieShiner
2000
Georgie
movieThe Escort
1999
Jessica
tvPlastic Man
1999
Louise Ferman
Plastic Man
1999
Louise Ferman
movieToy Boys
1999
Mrs. Chambers
tvGimme Gimme Gimme
1999
Janine
movieStill Crazy
1998
Lady in Black
movieTea
1998
Woman
movieA Royal Scandal
1997
Lady Jersey
moviePhotographing Fairies
1997
Beatrice Templeton
tvRuby
1997
Self
tvThe Ice House
1997
Diana Goode
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Ingrid Lockston / Constance Fielding
tvRhodes
1996
Princess Catherine Radziwill
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996
Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
movieRik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
Sally Denton
movie3 Steps to Heaven
1995
Andrea Wallis
movieGiorgino
1994
Marie
tvSpace Precinct
1994
Erika Brandt
Fish Tale
1994
Helen Wormsley
movieThatcherworld
1993
Penny Jenkins
tvRik Mayall Presents
1993
Sally Denton
tvChef
1993
Anita Lawrence
movieSoft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
Miss Trumble
movieThe Leaving of Liverpool
1992
Ellen, Lil's Mother
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991
Gloria Twigge
movieHancock
1991
Freddie Hancock
movieSecret Friends
1991
Angela
movieThe Grasscutter
1990
Claire Deeds
tvThe Nightmare Years
1989
Helga Bauer
tvScreen One
1989
Freddie Hancock
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Lady Millicent / Merlina Rival
movieTwelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
Viola / Cesario
tvRed Dwarf
1988
Genny
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Winnie Verloc
moviePrick Up Your Ears
1987
Leonie Orton
tvInspector Morse
1987
Nicole Burgess
tvCasualty
1986
Nancy
movieCastaway
1986
Sister Saint Winifred
movieA Zed & Two Noughts
1985
Venus de Milo
tvScreen Two
1985
Jenny Coldfield / Karen / Mother
movieWhite City
1985
Alice
movieA Flame to the Phoenix
1983
Wanda Grabinska
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Dagmara
movieThe Missionary
1982
Mission Girl
tvTimewatch
1982
Annie Besant
movieHome Sweet Home
1982
Melody
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Mrs Ambrigail
tvPlay for Today
1970
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