Frances Barber
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).
Movies
The Secret Santa Project
Carol
The People Before
Hamlet
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
A Bird Flew In
Marie
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Mrs Ambrigail
Trick or Treat
Miss Ferguson
The Queen and I
Princess Margaret
Blue Iguana
Princess
An Ideal Husband
Mrs. Cheveley
McKellen: Playing the Part
The Escape
Alison
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Joy
The Bookshop
Jessie Welford
The Chosen
Natalia Sedova
Mr. Holmes
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Bucky
Miss Eversham
May I Kill U?
Bernice
We'll Take Manhattan
Diana Vreeland
The Fattest Man in Britain
Janice
King Lear
Goneril
Goal II: Living the Dream
Carol Harmison
Dead Fish
S & M Prostitute
Goal!
Carol Harmison
His Passionate Bride
Narrator (voice)
Evilenko
Fenja Evilenka
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Miss Piggy (voice)
Boudica
Agrippina
Listening
Woman
Flyfishing
Frances
The Red Siren
Eva
Superstition
Isabella Flores
The Gentleman Thief
Julia Sinclair
Esther Kahn
Rivka Kahn
Shiner
Georgie
The Escort
Jessica
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
Toy Boys
Mrs. Chambers
Still Crazy
Lady in Black
Just in Time
Tea
Woman
A Royal Scandal
Lady Jersey
Photographing Fairies
Beatrice Templeton
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Adonia
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Sally Denton
3 Steps to Heaven
Andrea Wallis
Scarborough Ahoy!
Maria
Giorgino
Marie
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Anna Lindsay
In The Cold Light Of Day
Mother
Return to Blood River
Karen
Fish Tale
Helen Wormsley
A Statement of Affairs
Pip
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Miss Trumble
The Leaving of Liverpool
Ellen, Lil's Mother
Hancock
Freddie Hancock
Young Soul Rebels
Ann
Secret Friends
Angela
Do Not Disturb
The Grasscutter
Claire Deeds
Separate Bedrooms
Gert
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Viola / Cesario
We Think the World of You
Megan
Duck
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rosie
Prick Up Your Ears
Leonie Orton
Castaway
Sister Saint Winifred
A Zed & Two Noughts
Venus de Milo
White City
Alice
Hard Feelings
Viv
A Flame to the Phoenix
Wanda Grabinska
Those Glory Glory Days
Woman
Acceptable Levels
Jill
The Missionary
Mission Girl
Home Sweet Home
Melody
TV Series
Dreamland
Cheryl
6 Episodes
The Chelsea Detective
Olivia Arnold
5 Episodes
Whitstable Pearl
Dolly Nolan
18 Episodes
Queens of Mystery
Viv Collins
1 Episode
Let's Talk About Sex
Narrator
3 Episodes
Summer Comedy Shorts
Mum
1 Episode
The Rebel
Angela
2 Episodes
Mapp and Lucia
Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
3 Episodes
Inside No. 9
Lesley
1 Episode
Psychobitches
Various Roles
11 Episodes
The Spa
Virginia (Ginny) Trench
8 Episodes
Father Brown
Davina Malmort
1 Episode
Great Expectations
Mrs. Brandley
2 Episodes
Death in Paradise
Diana Watson
1 Episode
Friday Night Dinner
Sheila Bloom
1 Episode
Silk
Caroline Warwick
12 Episodes
The Nativity
Elizabeth
4 Episodes
Vexed
Pat Poynter
1 Episode
Pete versus Life
1 Episode
Law & Order: UK
1 Episode
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
Dinner Guest
1 Episode
Beautiful People
Miss Prentice
1 Episode
Benidorm
Daisy
1 Episode
The Street
1 Episode
The IT Crowd
Doctor Mendall
1 Episode
Hotel Babylon
1 Episode
Funland
11 Episodes
Doctor Who
Madame Kovarian
3 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lizzie Hinchcliffe
1 Episode
Hustle
Clarissa
1 Episode
New Tricks
1 Episode
Monkey Dust
(voice)
18 Episodes
Celeb
6 Episodes
Having It Off
6 Episodes
Love in a Cold Climate
The Bolter
2 Episodes
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
89 Episodes
Plastic Man
Louise Ferman
2 Episodes
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Janine
1 Episode
Trial & Retribution
2 Episodes
The Ice House
Diana Goode
2 Episodes
Midsomer Murders
Ingrid Lockston
1 Episode
Rhodes
Princess Catherine Radziwill
8 Episodes
Dalziel & Pascoe
1 Episode
Space Precinct
Erika Brandt
1 Episode
Rik Mayall Presents
Sally Denton
1 Episode
Chef
Anita Lawrence
1 Episode
The Leaving of Liverpool
2 Episodes
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Medusa
1 Episode
Murder Most Horrid
Gloria Twigge
1 Episode
The Orchid House
Joan
4 Episodes
The Nightmare Years
Helga Bauer
4 Episodes
Behaving Badly
4 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Millicent
1 Episode
Red Dwarf
Genny
1 Episode
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Winnie Verloc
1 Episode
Inspector Morse
Nicole Burgess
1 Episode
Casualty
Nancy
1 Episode
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dagmara
3 Episodes
Timewatch
Annie Besant
1 Episode
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mrs Ambrigail
1 Episode
Play for Today
Melody
1 Episode