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