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