Frances Barber
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).
Known For
Lady in Black
Still Crazy
Self
The IT Crowd Manual
Ann
Young Soul Rebels
Venus de Milo
A Zed & Two Noughts
Carol Harmison
Goal!
Carol Harmison
Goal II: Living the Dream
Leonie Orton
Prick Up Your Ears
Janice
The Fattest Man in Britain
Georgie
Shiner
Rosie
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Helen Wormsley
Fish Tale
Mrs Ambrigail
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Goneril
King Lear
S & M Prostitute
Dead Fish
Jessica
Mauvaise passe
Claire Deeds
The Grasscutter
Marie
Giorgino
Anna Lindsay
Du fond du cœur
Andrea Wallis
3 Steps to Heaven
Angela
Secret Friends
Bernice
May I Kill U?
Adonia
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Isabella Flores
Superstition
Gert
Chambre à part
Mother
In The Cold Light Of Day
Frances
Flyfishing
Alice
White City
Just in Time
Viola / Cesario
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Eva
La sirène rouge
Beatrice Templeton
Photographing Fairies
Sally Denton
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
Hamlet
Sister Saint Winifred
Castaway
Woman
Tea
Miss Trumble
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Melody
Home Sweet Home
Do Not Disturb
Freddie Hancock
Hancock
Self
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Fenja Evilenka
Evilenko
Miss Eversham
Bucky
Ellen, Lil's Mother
The Leaving of Liverpool
Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
Mr. Holmes
Mission Girl
The Missionary
Diana Vreeland
We'll Take Manhattan
Louise Ferman
Plastic Man
Lady Jersey
A Royal Scandal
Self
Muse of Fire
Megan
We Think the World of You
Princess
Blue Iguana
Natalia Sedova
El elegido
Joy
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Alison
The Escape
Jessie Welford
The Bookshop
Wanda Grabinska
A Flame to the Phoenix
McKellen: Playing the Part
Mrs. Cheveley
An Ideal Husband
Rivka Kahn
Esther Kahn
Princess Margaret
The Queen and I
Jill
Acceptable Levels
Narrator (voice)
His Passionate Bride
Woman
Those Glory Glory Days
Maria
Scarborough Ahoy!
Miss Ferguson
Trick or Treat
Miss Piggy (voice)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Pip
A Statement of Affairs
Karen
Return to Blood River
Mrs. Chambers
Toy Boys
Marie
A Bird Flew In
Viv
Hard Feelings
Woman
Listening
Duck
Julia Sinclair
The Gentleman Thief
The People Before
Agrippina
Boudica
Carol
The Secret Santa Project
Alfie's Mum
Bad Education: Christmas Special
Annie Shepherd
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
MUSIK
From London with Love
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
81
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-05-13
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
فرانسس باربر