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)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
as Mrs Ambrigail
(2021)
(2019)
Trick or Treat
as Miss Ferguson
(2018)
The Escape
as Alison
(2018)
(2018)
Blue Iguana
as Princess
(2018)
The Queen and I
as Princess Margaret
(2018)
An Ideal Husband
as Mrs. Cheveley
(2017)
(2017)
The Bookshop
as Jessie Welford
(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)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2013)
May I Kill U?
as Bernice
(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)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Miss Piggy (voice)
(2004)
Evilenko
as Fenja Evilenka
(2003)
Boudica
as Agrippina
(2003)
Flyfishing
as Frances
(2003)
Listening
as Woman
(2002)
The Red Siren
as Eva
(2001)
The Gentleman Thief
as Julia Sinclair
(2001)
Superstition
as Isabella Flores
(2000)
Esther Kahn
as Rivka Kahn
(2000)
Shiner
as Georgie
(1999)
Plastic Man
as Louise Ferman
(1999)
The Escort
as Jessica
(1999)
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Chambers
(1998)
(1998)
Still Crazy
as Lady in Black
(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)
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
as Adonia
(1995)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Sally Denton
(1994)
Scarborough Ahoy!
as Maria
(1994)
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Mother
(1994)
Giorgino
as Marie
(1994)
Return to Blood River
as Karen
(1994)
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
as Anna Lindsay
(1994)
Fish Tale
as Helen Wormsley
(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)
The Grasscutter
as Claire Deeds
(1989)
Separate Bedrooms
as Gert
(1988)
We Think the World of You
as Megan
(1988)
(1988)
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
as Viola / Cesario
(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)
Those Glory Glory Days
as Woman
(1983)
Acceptable Levels
as Jill
(1983)
A Flame to the Phoenix
as Wanda Grabinska
(1982)
Home Sweet Home
as Melody
(1982)
The Missionary
as Mission Girl