Acting · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK · Born May 13, 1958
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).
MovieMUSIK
2026
MovieA Hand to Hold
2026
as Moira
MovieThe Secret Santa Project
2025
as Carol
MovieThe People Before
2025
MovieHamlet
2024
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
TVDreamland
2023
as Cheryl
MovieA Bird Flew In
2022
as Marie
TVThe Chelsea Detective
2022
as Olivia Arnold
MovieA Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
as Mrs Ambrigail
MovieFriday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
as Self
TVWhitstable Pearl
2021
as Dolly Nolan
TVSemi-Detached
2020
as Patricia
MovieTrick or Treat
2019
as Miss Ferguson
TVQueens of Mystery
2019
as Viv Collins
TVLet's Talk About Sex
2019
as Narrator
MovieThe Queen and I
2018
as Princess Margaret
MovieBlue Iguana
2018
as Princess
MovieAn Ideal Husband
2018
as Mrs. Cheveley
MovieMcKellen: Playing the Part
2018
MovieThe Escape
2018
as Alison
MovieFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Joy
MovieThe Bookshop
2017
as Jessie Welford
Summer Comedy Shorts
2017
as Mum
MovieThe Chosen
2016
as Natalia Sedova
TVThe Rebel
2016
as Angela
MovieMr. Holmes
2015
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
TVBritain's Busiest Airport: Heathrow
2015
as Narrator
TVMapp and Lucia
2014
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione
Bucky
2014
as Miss Eversham
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Lesley
MovieThe IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self
MovieBad Education: Christmas Special
2013
as Alfie's Mum
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
TVPsychobitches
2013
as Bette Davis
TVThe Spa
2013
as Ginny
TVFather Brown
2013
as Davina Malmort
MovieMay I Kill U?
2013
as Bernice
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Bette Davis
MovieWe'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Diana Vreeland
TVGreat Expectations
2011
as Mrs. Brandley
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Diana Watson
TVCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
TVFriday Night Dinner
2011
as Sheila Bloom
TVSilk
2011
as Caroline Warwick QC
TVThe Nativity
2010
as Elizabeth
TVVexed
2010
as Pat Poynter
TVPete versus Life
2010
MovieThe Fattest Man in Britain
2009
as Janice
TVLaw & Order: UK
2009
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
as Dinner Guest
TVBeautiful People
2008
as Miss Prentice
MovieKing Lear
2008
as Goneril
MovieGoal II: Living the Dream
2007
as Carol Harmison
TVBenidorm
2007
as Daisy
TVThe Street
2006
TVThe IT Crowd
2006
as Doctor Mendall
TVHotel Babylon
2006
TVFunland
2005
as Connie Woolf
MovieDead Fish
2005
as S & M Prostitute
MovieGoal!
2005
as Carol Harmison
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Madame Kovarian
MovieHis Passionate Bride
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
MovieEvilenko
2004
as Fenja Evilenka
MovieThe Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Miss Piggy (voice)
TVHustle
2004
as Clarissa
TVNew Tricks
2004
Listening
2003
as Woman
MovieBoudica
2003
as Agrippina
TVMonkey Dust
2003
as (voice)
MovieFlyfishing
2003
as Frances
Celeb
2002
MovieThe Red Siren
2002
as Eva
Having It Off
2002
MovieSuperstition
2001
as Isabella Flores
MovieThe Gentleman Thief
2001
as Julia Sinclair
TVLove in a Cold Climate
2001
as The Bolter
MovieEsther Kahn
2000
as Rivka Kahn
MovieShiner
2000
as Georgie
MovieThe Escort
1999
as Jessica
TVBremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
TVPlastic Man
1999
as Louise Ferman
Plastic Man
1999
as Louise Ferman
MovieToy Boys
1999
as Mrs. Chambers
TVGimme Gimme Gimme
1999
as Janine
MovieStill Crazy
1998
as Lady in Black
Just in Time
1998
MovieTea
1998
as Woman
MovieA Royal Scandal
1997
as Lady Jersey
MoviePhotographing Fairies
1997
as Beatrice Templeton
TVRuby
1997
as Self
TVThe Ice House
1997
as Diana Goode
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Ingrid Lockston
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
as Annie Shepherd
TVRhodes
1996
as Princess Catherine Radziwill
TVDalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
It Might Be You
1995
as Wendy
MovieAristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
as Adonia
MovieRik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Sally Denton
Movie3 Steps to Heaven
1995
as Andrea Wallis
MovieScarborough Ahoy!
1994
as Maria
MovieGiorgino
1994
as Marie
TVSpace Precinct
1994
as Erika Brandt
MovieDeep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
as Anna Lindsay
MovieIn The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Mother
MovieReturn to Blood River
1994
as Karen
Fish Tale
1994
as Helen Wormsley
MovieThatcherworld
1993
as Penny Jenkins
TVRik Mayall Presents
1993
as Sally Denton
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Pip
TVChef
1993
as Anita Lawrence
MovieSoft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Miss Trumble
MovieThe Leaving of Liverpool
1992
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
TVThe Leaving of Liverpool
1992
TVThe Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medusa
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Gloria Twigge
MovieHancock
1991
as Freddie Hancock
MovieYoung Soul Rebels
1991
as Ann
MovieSecret Friends
1991
as Angela
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Jenny
TVThe Orchid House
1991
as Joan
MovieThe Grasscutter
1990
as Claire Deeds
MovieSeparate Bedrooms
1989
as Gert
TVThe Nightmare Years
1989
as Helga Bauer
TVScreen One
1989
as Freddie Hancock
TVBehaving Badly
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Millicent
MovieTwelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Viola / Cesario
MovieWe Think the World of You
1988
as Megan
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Genny
TVThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Winnie Verloc
Duck
1988
MovieSammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rosie
MoviePrick Up Your Ears
1987
as Leonie Orton
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Nicole Burgess
TVCasualty
1986
as Nancy
MovieCastaway
1986
as Sister Saint Winifred
MovieA Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Venus de Milo
TVScreen Two
1985
as Jenny Coldfield
MovieWhite City
1985
as Alice
MovieHard Feelings
1984
as Viv
MovieA Flame to the Phoenix
1983
as Wanda Grabinska
MovieThose Glory Glory Days
1983
as Woman
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Dagmara
MovieAcceptable Levels
1983
as Jill
MovieThe Missionary
1982
as Mission Girl
TVTimewatch
1982
as Annie Besant
MovieHome Sweet Home
1982
as Melody
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mrs Ambrigail
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Melody
TVOmnibus
1967
From London with Love
MovieThe State of Us
as Joan
