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Frances Barber
Frances Barber

Frances Barber

ActingBorn May 13, 1958 (age 68)Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

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).

Filmography

2026Movie
2026Movie
2025Movie
2024
Hamlet

as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

Movie
2023
Dreamland

as Cheryl

TV
2022Movie
2022
The Chelsea Detective

as Olivia Arnold

TV
2021
Whitstable Pearl

as Dolly Nolan

TV
2020
Semi-Detached

as Patricia

TV
2019
Trick or Treat

as Miss Ferguson

Movie
2019
Queens of Mystery

as Viv Collins

TV
2019TV
2018
The Queen and I

as Princess Margaret

Movie
2018
Blue Iguana

as Princess

Movie
2018
An Ideal Husband

as Mrs. Cheveley

Movie
2018
The Escape

as Alison

Movie
2017
The Bookshop

as Jessie Welford

Movie
2016
The Chosen

as Natalia Sedova

Movie
2016
The Rebel

as Angela

TV
2015
Mr. Holmes

as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

Movie
2014
Mapp and Lucia

as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione

TV
2014
Bucky

as Miss Eversham

Movie
2014
Inside No. 9

as Lesley

TV
2014Movie
2013Movie
2013Movie
2013
Psychobitches

as Bette Davis

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Doris Stokes

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Catherine the Great

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Elizabeth I

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as St Catherine

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Whistler's Mother

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Thora Hind

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Josephine-Joseph

TV
2013
Psychobitches

as Barbara Cartland

TV
2013
The Spa

as Ginny

TV
2013
Father Brown

as Davina Malmort

TV
2013
May I Kill U?

as Bernice

Movie
2012
Playhouse Presents

as Bette Davis

TV
2012
Playhouse Presents

as Doris Stokes

TV
2012
Playhouse Presents

as Catherine the Great

TV
2012
We'll Take Manhattan

as Diana Vreeland

Movie
2011
Great Expectations

as Mrs. Brandley

TV
2011
Death in Paradise

as Diana Watson

TV
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

TV
2011
Friday Night Dinner

as Sheila Bloom

TV
2011
Silk

as Caroline Warwick QC

TV
2010
The Nativity

as Elizabeth

TV
2010
Vexed

as Pat Poynter

TV
2009Movie
2008
Beautiful People

as Miss Prentice

TV
2008
King Lear

as Goneril

Movie
2007
Goal II: Living the Dream

as Carol Harmison

Movie
2007
Benidorm

as Daisy

TV
2006
The IT Crowd

as Doctor Mendall

TV
2005
Funland

as Connie Woolf

TV
2005
Dead Fish

as S & M Prostitute

Movie
2005
Goal!

as Carol Harmison

Movie
2005
Doctor Who

as Madame Kovarian

TV
2005
Doctor Who

as Eye Patch Lady

TV
2005
His Passionate Bride

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lizzie Hinchcliffe

TV
2004
Evilenko

as Fenja Evilenka

Movie
2004
The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Miss Piggy (voice)

Movie
2004
Hustle

as Clarissa

TV
2003
Listening

as Woman

Movie
2003
Boudica

as Agrippina

Movie
2003
Monkey Dust

as (voice)

TV
2003
Flyfishing

as Frances

Movie
2002TV
2002Movie
2001
Superstition

as Isabella Flores

Movie
2001
The Gentleman Thief

as Julia Sinclair

Movie
2001TV
2000
Esther Kahn

as Rivka Kahn

Movie
2000
Shiner

as Georgie

Movie
1999
The Escort

as Jessica

Movie
1999
Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman

TV
1999
Plastic Man

as Louise Ferman

Movie
1999
Toy Boys

as Mrs. Chambers

Movie
1999TV
1998
Still Crazy

as Lady in Black

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Tea

as Woman

Movie
1997
A Royal Scandal

as Lady Jersey

Movie
1997
Photographing Fairies

as Beatrice Templeton

Movie
1997
Ruby

as Self

TV
1997
The Ice House

as Diana Goode

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Ingrid Lockston

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Constance Fielding

TV
1996Movie
1996
Rhodes

as Princess Catherine Radziwill

TV
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe

as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell

TV
1995Movie
1995Movie
1995
3 Steps to Heaven

as Andrea Wallis

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Giorgino

as Marie

Movie
1994
Space Precinct

as Erika Brandt

TV
1994Movie
1994Movie
1994
Fish Tale

as Helen Wormsley

Movie
1993
Thatcherworld

as Penny Jenkins

Movie
1993
Rik Mayall Presents

as Sally Denton

TV
1993Movie
1993
Chef

as Anita Lawrence

TV
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Miss Trumble

Movie
1992
The Leaving of Liverpool

as Ellen, Lil's Mother

Movie
1991
Murder Most Horrid

as Gloria Twigge

TV
1991
Hancock

as Freddie Hancock

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1990
The Grasscutter

as Claire Deeds

Movie
1989Movie
1989
The Nightmare Years

as Helga Bauer

TV
1989
Screen One

as Freddie Hancock

TV
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Lady Millicent

TV
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Merlina Rival

TV
1988Movie
1988Movie
1988
Red Dwarf

as Genny

TV
1988Movie
1987Movie
1987
Prick Up Your Ears

as Leonie Orton

Movie
1987
Inspector Morse

as Nicole Burgess

TV
1986
Casualty

as Nancy

TV
1986
Castaway

as Sister Saint Winifred

Movie
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts

as Venus de Milo

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Jenny Coldfield

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Karen

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Mother

TV
1985
White City

as Alice

Movie
1984Movie
1983
A Flame to the Phoenix

as Wanda Grabinska

Movie
1983Movie
1983TV
1983Movie
1982
The Missionary

as Mission Girl

Movie
1982
Timewatch

as Annie Besant

TV
1982Movie
1978TV
1971TV
1970TV
1967TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 13, 1958
Place of BirthWolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Popularity1.6