
Frances Barber
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1958-05-13 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- فرانسس باربر
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
TV Shows (68)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ingrid Lockston / Constance Fielding

Doctor Who
2005
as Madame Kovarian / Eye Patch Lady

Death in Paradise
2011
as Diana Watson

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Millicent / Merlina Rival

Casualty
1986
as Nancy

Play for Today
1970
as Melody

Father Brown
2013
as Davina Malmort

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lizzie Hinchcliffe

Omnibus
1967

Red Dwarf
1988
as Genny

New Tricks
2004

Hustle
2004
as Clarissa

Inspector Morse
1987
as Nicole Burgess

Screen Two
1985
as Jenny Coldfield / Karen / Mother

Inside No. 9
2014
as Lesley

Benidorm
2007
as Daisy

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant

The IT Crowd
2006
as Doctor Mendall

Law & Order: UK
2009

Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell

Silk
2011
as Caroline Warwick QC

Timewatch
1982
as Annie Besant

Playhouse Presents
2012
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great

The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Olivia Arnold

Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Gloria Twigge

Hotel Babylon
2006

Space Precinct
1994
as Erika Brandt

Screen One
1989
as Freddie Hancock

Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999

Whitstable Pearl
2021
as Dolly Nolan

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Dagmara

The Street
2006

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mrs Ambrigail

Friday Night Dinner
2011
as Sheila Bloom

Chef
1993
as Anita Lawrence

Funland
2005
as Connie Woolf

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Winnie Verloc

Great Expectations
2011
as Mrs. Brandley

Vexed
2010
as Pat Poynter

Ruby
1997
as Self

Psychobitches
2013
as Bette Davis / Doris Stokes / Catherine the Great / Elizabeth I / St Catherine / Whistler's Mother / Thora Hind / Josephine-Joseph / Barbara Cartland

Beautiful People
2008
as Miss Prentice

Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
as Janine

Queens of Mystery
2019
as Viv Collins

Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Sally Denton

Monkey Dust
2003
as (voice)

The Nativity
2010
as Elizabeth

Semi-Detached
2020
as Patricia

The Spa
2013
as Ginny

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991
as Medusa

Dreamland
2023
as Cheryl

Behaving Badly
1989

The Ice House
1997
as Diana Goode

Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as The Bolter

Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Amelia, Contessa di Faraglione

Pete versus Life
2010

Rhodes
1996
as Princess Catherine Radziwill

The Leaving of Liverpool
1992

The Rebel
2016
as Angela
Movies (84)

Goal!
2005
as Carol Harmison

Mr. Holmes
2015
as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"

Goal II: Living the Dream
2007
as Carol Harmison

Still Crazy
1998
as Lady in Black

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2017
as Joy

Hamlet
2024
as First Player / Player Queen / Second Clown

The Missionary
1982
as Mission Girl

The Bookshop
2017
as Jessie Welford
Listening
2003
as Woman

Evilenko
2004
as Fenja Evilenka

Muse of Fire
2013
as Self

Blue Iguana
2018
as Princess

We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as Diana Vreeland

Superstition
2001
as Isabella Flores

The Escort
1999
as Jessica

Castaway
1986
as Sister Saint Winifred

Prick Up Your Ears
1987
as Leonie Orton

Esther Kahn
2000
as Rivka Kahn

Boudica
2003
as Agrippina

Shiner
2000
as Georgie

Young Soul Rebels
1991
as Ann

Dead Fish
2005
as S & M Prostitute

We Think the World of You
1988
as Megan

Photographing Fairies
1997
as Beatrice Templeton

The Secret Santa Project
2025
as Carol

3 Steps to Heaven
1995
as Andrea Wallis

King Lear
2008
as Goneril

A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
as Venus de Milo

The Escape
2018
as Alison

McKellen: Playing the Part
2018

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
as Self

Hancock
1991
as Freddie Hancock

The Red Siren
2002
as Eva

Trick or Treat
2019
as Miss Ferguson

The Chosen
2016
as Natalia Sedova

The Queen and I
2018
as Princess Margaret

Acceptable Levels
1983
as Jill

The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self

The Grasscutter
1990
as Claire Deeds

An Ideal Husband
2018
as Mrs. Cheveley

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
as Adonia

A Hand to Hold
2026
as Moira
Plastic Man
1999
as Louise Ferman

Flyfishing
2003
as Frances

MUSIK
2026

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Miss Piggy (voice)

A Flame to the Phoenix
1983
as Wanda Grabinska

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1988
as Viola / Cesario

Giorgino
1994
as Marie

Home Sweet Home
1982
as Melody

The Fattest Man in Britain
2009
as Janice
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
1996
as Annie Shepherd
Bucky
2014
as Miss Eversham

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rosie

The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
as Ellen, Lil's Mother

A Royal Scandal
1997
as Lady Jersey

The People Before
2025

Scarborough Ahoy!
1994
as Maria

Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as Woman
Just in Time
1998

White City
1985
as Alice

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993
as Miss Trumble
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Jenny

The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Julia Sinclair

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
2021
as Mrs Ambrigail

In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Mother
A Statement of Affairs
1993
as Pip

Hard Feelings
1984
as Viv

Secret Friends
1991
as Angela

Return to Blood River
1994
as Karen

Toy Boys
1999
as Mrs. Chambers

Separate Bedrooms
1989
as Gert

May I Kill U?
2013
as Bernice

Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Sally Denton

His Passionate Bride
2005
as Narrator (voice)

A Bird Flew In
2022
as Marie
The State of Us
as Joan

Tea
1998
as Woman
Duck
1988

Bad Education: Christmas Special
2013
as Alfie's Mum

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
1994
as Anna Lindsay
From London with Love
Fish Tale
1994
as Helen Wormsley
It Might Be You
1995
as Wendy
About Frances Barber
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 (201… With 152 credits spanning from 1967 to 2026, Frances Barber has appeared in 84 films and 68 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frances Barber Movies
- Goal! (2005) — as Carol Harmison
- Mr. Holmes (2015) — as Matinee "Madame Schirmer"
- Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) — as Carol Harmison
- Still Crazy (1998) — as Lady in Black
- Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) — as Joy
Where to Watch Frances Barber Films
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