Frances Barber
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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
Thatcherworld (1993)
as Penny Jenkins
Goal! (2005)
as Carol Harmison
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
The Bookshop (2017)
as Jessie Welford
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
as Carol Harmison
Castaway (1986)
as Sister Saint Winifred
Still Crazy (1998)
as Lady in Black
King Lear (2008)
as Goneril
Dead Fish (2005)
as S & M Prostitute
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
as Joy
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
Evilenko (2004)
as Fenja Evilenka
The Chosen (2016)
as Natalia Sedova
The Escape (2018)
as Alison
The Missionary (1982)
as Mission Girl
Blue Iguana (2018)
as Princess
Giorgino (1994)
as Marie
Esther Kahn (2000)
as Rivka Kahn
The Red Siren (2002)
as Eva
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
as Leonie Orton
The Escort (1999)
as Jessica
Boudica (2003)
as Agrippina
Toy Boys (1999)
as Mrs. Chambers
Hamlet (2024)
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Superstition (2001)
as Isabella Flores
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1988)
as Viola / Cesario
Photographing Fairies (1997)
as Beatrice Templeton
Shiner (2000)
as Georgie
The IT Crowd Manual (2014)
as Self
We'll Take Manhattan (2012)
as Diana Vreeland
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
as Venus de Milo
Listening (2003)
as Woman
We Think the World of You (1988)
as Megan
3 Steps to Heaven (1995)
as Andrea Wallis
The Queen and I (2018)
as Princess Margaret
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
as Rosie
McKellen: Playing the Part (2018)
Actor
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)
as Miss Piggy (voice)
Home Sweet Home (1982)
as Melody
Young Soul Rebels (1991)
as Ann
Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993)
as Miss Trumble
Hancock (1991)
as Freddie Hancock
Trick or Treat (2019)
as Miss Ferguson
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995)
as Adonia
Secret Friends (1991)
as Angela
White City (1985)
as Alice
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021)
as Self
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (2021)
as Mrs Ambrigail
A Bird Flew In (2022)
as Marie
A Flame to the Phoenix (1983)
as Wanda Grabinska
The Fattest Man in Britain (2009)
as Janice
A Royal Scandal (1997)
as Lady Jersey
The Secret Santa Project (2025)
as Carol
Plastic Man (1999)
as Louise Ferman
Just in Time (1998)
Actor
The Leaving of Liverpool (1992)
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
An Ideal Husband (2018)
as Mrs. Cheveley
Do Not Disturb (1991)
as Jenny
The Grasscutter (1990)
as Claire Deeds
MUSIK (2026)
Actor
The Gentleman Thief (2001)
as Julia Sinclair
A Hand to Hold (2026)
as Moira
May I Kill U? (2013)
as Bernice
Scarborough Ahoy! (1994)
as Maria
In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
as Mother
Acceptable Levels (1983)
as Jill
It Might Be You (1995)
as Wendy
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996)
as Annie Shepherd
Bad Education: Christmas Special (2013)
as Alfie's Mum
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town (1995)
as Sally Denton
From London with Love (—)
Actor
Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
as Woman
Fish Tale (1994)
as Helen Wormsley
His Passionate Bride (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Hard Feelings (1984)
as Viv
Bucky (2014)
as Miss Eversham
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin (1994)
as Anna Lindsay
The People Before (2025)
Actor
Separate Bedrooms (1989)
as Gert
Return to Blood River (1994)
as Karen
Duck (1988)
Actor
A Statement of Affairs (1993)
as Pip
The State of Us (—)
as Joan
Flyfishing (2003)
as Frances
Tea (1998)
as Woman