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