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