Frances Barber
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-05-13 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Hamlet
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown
(2022)
A Bird Flew In
as Marie
(2021)
(2021)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
(2019)
Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
(2018)
The Escape
as Alison
(2018)
Blue Iguana
as Princess
(2018)
(2018)
The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
(2018)
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
(2017)
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
(2017)
(2016)
The Chosen
as Natalia Sedova
(2015)
Mr. Holmes
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
(2014)
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self
(2014)
Bucky
as Miss Eversham
(2013)
May I Kill U?
as Bernice
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2012)
We'll Take Manhattan
as Diana Vreeland
(2009)
The Fattest Man in Britain
as Janice
(2008)
King Lear
as Goneril
(2007)
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Carol Harmison
(2005)
Goal!
as Carol Harmison
(2005)
Dead Fish
as S & M Prostitute
(2005)
His Passionate Bride
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
(2004)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(2003)
Listening
as Woman
(2003)
Flyfishing
as Frances
(2002)
The Red Siren
as Eva
(2001)
Superstition
as Isabella Flores
(2001)
The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair
(2000)
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
(2000)
Shiner
as Georgie
(1999)
The Escort
as Jessica
(1999)
Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman
(1999)
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
(1998)
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
(1998)
(1998)
Tea
as Woman
(1997)
Photographing Fairies
as Beatrice Templeton
(1997)
A Royal Scandal
as Lady Jersey
(1995)
3 Steps to Heaven
as Andrea Wallis
(1995)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton
(1995)
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
as Adonia
(1994)
Giorgino
as Marie
(1994)
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Mother
(1994)
Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria
(1994)
Return to Blood River
as Karen
(1994)
Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley
(1994)
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay
(1993)
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Miss Trumble
(1993)
A Statement of Affairs
as Pip
(1992)
The Leaving of Liverpool
as Ellen, Lil's Mother
(1991)
Secret Friends
as Angela
(1991)
Young Soul Rebels
as Ann
(1991)
Hancock
as Freddie Hancock
(1991)
(1990)
(1989)
Separate Bedrooms
as Gert
(1988)
We Think the World of You
as Megan
(1988)
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario
(1988)
(1987)
Prick Up Your Ears
as Leonie Orton
(1987)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rosie
(1986)
Castaway
as Sister Saint Winifred
(1985)
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Venus de Milo
(1985)
White City
as Alice
(1984)
Hard Feelings
as Viv
(1983)
Acceptable Levels
as Jill
(1983)
Those Glory Glory Days
as Woman
(1983)
A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
(1982)
The Missionary
as Mission Girl
(1982)
Home Sweet Home
as Melody